Earthquake & Tidal Waves
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Education-Sharing Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Pulu: Wet PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— i gat wara: Wet HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Nothing from the shore; nothing from the upland.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Our earthly ball a peopled garden.” (Goethe)
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Support Tibet Against Chinese Atrocities WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Jib Jab Easter PODCAST OF THE WEEK — Global Podcasting Directory BLOG OF THE WEEK — The Daily KosMarch 27th, 1964: A series of tsunamis hit Maui, Molokai, Oahu, and to a lesser extent Kauai and the Big Island. No one is hurt and little damage is reported in Hawii. The tidal waves were triggered by an Alaskan earthquake – the strongest in North American history– that killed 117 people. Signs of the this magnitude 8.4 quake can still be seen near Anchorage to this day. EVENTS ON THIS DAY — March 27th
- 1512: Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sights Florida
- 1836: First Mormon temple dedicated (Kirtland Ohio)
- 1860: M L Byrn patents the corkscrew (NY)
- 1866: President Andrew Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th amendment
- 1899: Marconi transmits the first international wireless message
- 1912: First Japanese cherry trees planted in Washington DC
- 1939: University of Oregon wins first NCAA basketball championship
- 1945: The last V-2 rocket is fired in WWII
- 1998 The FDA approves the drug Viagra, made by Pfizer, to fight male impotence
- 2001: California regulators approve electricity rate hikes of up to 46 percent
BORN ON THIS DAY — March 27th
- 1845: WQilhelm Roewntgen, Nobel physicist
- 1914: Budd Schulberg, author
- 1914: Richard Denning, actor
- 1915: Edward Steichen, photographer
- 1917: Harry West, Unionist party leader
- 1930: David Janssen, actor
- 1942: Sarah Vaughan, jazz vocalist and pianist
- 1942: Michael York, actor
- 1950: Tony Banks, rock keyboardist
- 1963: Quentin Tarantino, director/writer/actor
- 1963: Randall Cunningham, NFL QB
- 1970: Mariah Carey, singer (
- 1971: Nathan Fillion, actor
- 1984: Emily Ann Lloyd, actress
- 1995: Taylor Atelian, actress
