Can You See Me Now?
April 5, 2008 11:55 am > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays |
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Go For Broke Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Ho’opouliuli: Blackout PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Telipon: Telephone HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Set the canoes moving while the billows rest.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Well, if I called a wrong number, why did you answer the phone?” (James Thurber)
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 — BoingBong.com
April 5th, 1890: The Maui Telephone Company announces it has made Maui’s very first phone call – at 7:10 pm that evening from the central office to, well, another part of the central office. The call went like this: “Hello, this is Dave.” To which the receiver replied, “Dave’s not here….” Ok, actually it was company president A.F.Hopke calling to congratulate his employees on knowing where the green and red wires really went. In the picture: 118 years of telephoning on Maui has led to this….
April 5th, 1974: Electricity fails everywhere on Maui at 7 am, and is partially restored by 10 am. We can find no historical note why this happened, what fixed it, or how long the blackout lasted. Yep, sounds like Maui….
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — April 5th
- -2348: (BCE) Noah’s ark is grounded, on Mt. Ararat after the receding of 40 days and nights of rain (calculated date)
- 1653: Postage stamps make their world debut in Paris, France
- 1792: George Washington casts the first presidential veto
- 1954: Elvis Presley records his debut single, “That’s All Right”
- 1955: Winston Churchill resigns as British PM; Anthony Eden succeeds him
- 1989: Solidarity is granted legal status in Poland
- 1990: Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, which allows Newman Foods to continue to give all its profits to charity
- 1997: Allen Ginsberg, poet, dies in New York City at age 70
BORN ON THIS DAY — April 5th
- 1588: Thomas Hobbes, philosopher
- 1725: Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer
- 1827: Joseph Lister, physician 1900: Spencer Tracy, actor
- 1908: Bette Davis, actress
- 1916: Gregory Peck, actor
- 1927: Christopher Hewett, actor
- 1928: Michael Bryant, actor
- 1937: Colin Powell, Secretary of State, Chariman of Joint Chiefs
- 1941: Eric Burdon, rocker
- 1941: Michael Moriarity, actor
- 1942: Peter Greenaway, director/writer
- 1946: Jane Asher, actress
- 1949: Judith Arlene Resnik, astronaut
- 1966: Mike McCready, rock musician
- 1967: Troy Gentry, country singer
- 1972: Pat Green, country singer
