Hawaiians Die For US
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National PB&J Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Ho’ouka kaua: Attack PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Pait: War HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Swallow the blood of wrath and hold the blood of patience.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Better a wise enemy than a foolish friend.” (Anon) WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Maui Culinary Academy - Class Act WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Iraq War Veterans Speak Out PODCAST OF THE WEEK — Tekzilla.com BLOG OF THE WEEK — Daily.Mahalo.com
April 2nd, 1917: Five Hawaiian residents, one from Maui, die when the American steamer carrying them off the coast of France, is attacked and sunk by Germans. The bodies are never recovered. By April 6, President Woodrow Wilson had asked Congress to declare war against Germany, and the U.S. had entered World War I. Oh for the days when a president used to revere constitutional law and ask Congress for a declaration of war….
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — April 2nd
- 1513: Florida is discovered, and claimed for Spain, by Ponce de Leon
- 1819: The first successful agricultural journal, “The American Farmer,” begins publication
- 1827: Lead pencils are first manufactured by Joseph Dixon
- 1877: The first Easter egg roll is held on the White House lawn
- 1932: Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 in ransom for his kidnapped son (his infant son is later found dead)
- 1935: British physicist Sir Robert Watson-Watt is granted a patent for RADAR
- 1953: Francis Crick and James Watson write a paper, dated today, that first describes the double-helical structure of DNA
- 1954: Plans to build Disneyland are first announced
- 1978: VELCRO first goes on sale
- 1982: Argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Islands
- 2000: Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi suffers a debilitating stroke (he dies in May)
- 2007: In its first case on climate change, the Supreme Court declared in a 5-4 ruling that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act.
BORN ON THIS DAY — April 2nd
- 742: Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor
- 1805: Hans Christian Andersen, author of 150 fairy tales
- 1840: Emile Zola, novelist/leading theorist & practitioner of French Naturalism
- 1908: Buddy Ebsen, actor
- 1914: Alec Guinness, actor
- 1920: Jack Webb, actor
- 1924: Doris Day, actress
- 1939: Marvin Gaye Jr, singer
- 1941: Leon Russell, pianist/singer
- 1946: Kurt Winter, rocker
- 1947: Emmylou Harris, country singer
- 1955: Dana Carvey, comedian
- 1965: Rodney King, African American motorist beaten by LA cops
- 1975: Deedee Magno, rocke
- 1967: Greg Camp, rock musician
- 1969: Tony Fredianelli, rock musician
- 1973: Roselyn Sanchez, actress
- 1975: Jill King, country singer
- 1975: Adam Rodriguez, acto
- 1981: Bethany Joy Galeotti, actress
- 1988: Jesse Plemons, actor
