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Day 88 of 2008
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Ho’Kolohe: Comical
 PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Pani: Funny
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “One laughs when joyous; sulks when angry.”
 HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY —  “When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth.” (GB Shaw) 

 WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Maui Culinary Academy - Class Act
 WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK —  Jib Jab Easter
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 BLOG OF THE WEEK —  Daily.Mahalo.com


March 28th, 1937: The US Army announces that there will be massive war games surrounding the Hawaiian islands.  More than 100 ships and nearly 40,000 men will take part in a faux invasion of Hawaii, and the defensive actions taken to repel it. “Enemy forces” land in Paia Bay two months later but are met with brave defenders of the realm. The army declares the United States is ready to protect its interests in the Pacific.  Pearl Harbor happens four years later.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY — March 28th

  •   193: Roman Emperor Pertinax is killed after only 87 days in office 
  • 1895: Construction begins on the Boston Subway 
  • 1930: Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara 
  • 1935: Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket 
  • 1939: The Spanish Civil War ends as Madrid falls to Francisco Franco 
  • 1945: The last V-1 (buzz bomb) attack is made on London 
  • 1976: The world’s population exceeds 4 BILLION (it will be over SIX billion by the turn of the century) 
  • 1979: America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred inside the Unit Two reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, PA
  • 1990: Michael Jordan scores 69 points (the 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game) 
  • 1990: President Bush I awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Olympic runner Jesse Owen 
  • 1995: The world’s largest bank is created when Japan’s Mitsubishi Bank merges with the Bank of Tokyo 
  • 1996: A 6.0 earthquake in Ecuador kills at least 27 people, injures 100 and makes several thousand homeless 
  • 1999: A 5.5 earthquake kills over 100 people and injures nearly 400 in the Xizang-India border region 
  • 2000: The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rules to curtail the police power to depend on tips to stop and search people  

BORN ON THIS DAY — March 28th

  • 1760: Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist  
  • 1868: Maxim Gorki, Russia, writer
  • 1905: Marlin Perkins,  TV host 
  • 1909: Nelson Algren, novelist 
  • 1920: Dirk Bogarde, actor 
  • 1928: Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security advisor
  • 1944: Ken Howard,  actor
  • 1944: Rick Barry, ABA/NBA forward
  • 1955: Reba McEntire, country singer/songwriter  
  • 1968: Lucy Lawless, actress
  • 1969: Salt, rocker
  • 1969: Rodney Atkins, country singer
  • 1969:  Brett Ratner, director    
  • 1970: Vince Vaughn, actor
  • 1977: Angelo Garcia, singer