That Sinking Feeling
April 16, 2008 6:56 am > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays |
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Rubber Eraser Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Palemo: Sink PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Mauspas: Dumb HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The rain follows the forest.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort.” (E.J.Smith, Captain, HMS Titanic, 1907) WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Draft of Maui County General Plan WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — JibJab.com PODCAST OF THE WEEK — The Ethicist, NYT BLOG OF THE WEEK — TheRoot.com
April 16th, 1912: You think news on Maui can still travel slowly today, it’s nothing to what it was in 1912. The HMS Titanic sunk the night of April 14 and didn’t reach our newspapers here on Maui until today, two days after the fact. Recent research indicates that sub-standard rivets probably played a role in the sinking of the Titanic.
The photo is the wreck of the Titanic as it appears on
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — April 16th
- 1789: George Washington heads out from Mount Vernon NY for the first presidential inauguration (takes place New York City)
- 1917: Lenin returns from exile to Russia to start the Bolshevik Revolution
- 1947: The hallucinogenic effect of the drug LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is first observed by Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman when he accidentally absorbs some on his skin
- 1947: The first zoom lens for television cameras is demonstrated by the National Broadcasting Company in New York City
- 1987: FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves
- 1992: The House Ethics Committee reports publicly that 303 current/former lawmakers had overdrawn their House bank accounts
- 2003: Micheal Joradan plays his last basketball game and retires from the sport for the third and last time (in Philadelphia)
BORN ON THIS DAY — April 16th
- 1867: Wilbur Wright, aviation pioneer
- 1889: Charlie Chaplin, silent movie comedic actor
- 1904: Lily Pons, soprano diva
- 1911: William Stearn, botanist
- 1921: Peter Ustinov, actor
- 1922: Kingsley Amis, novelist
- 1924: Henry Mancini, composer/conductor
- 1925: Edie Adams, actress
- 1929: Roy Hamilton, singer
- 1930: Herbie Mann, jazz flute/sax
- 1935: Bobby Vinton, singer
- 1939: Dusty Springfield, rock vocalist
- 1947: Gerry Rafferty, guitarist/vocalist
- 1947: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA center
- 1955: Ellen Barkin, actress
- 1962: Ian MacKaye, rocker
- 1965: Jon Cryer, actor
- 1970: Gabriella Sabatini, tennis player
- 1971: Peter Billingsley, actor
- 1976: Lukas Haas, actor
