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National Arbor Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — La‘au: Tree PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Diwai: Tree HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The branches grow because of the trunk.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “You can always tell a Dogwood by its bark.” (Anon) WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — “The Green Issue” - NYT Magazine WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — National Geographic PODCAST OF THE WEEK — Earth News BLOG OF THE WEEK — The Environmental Blog
ARBOR DAY April 25th: National Arbor Day is the last Friday of April making it on April 25, 2008. But some U.S. States celebrate this tree-planting holiday on other days of the year. The first Arbor Day took place on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska. It was the brainchild of Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902), a Nebraska journalist and politician originally from Michigan. Throughout his long and productive career, Morton worked to improve agricultural techniques in his adopted state and throughout the United States when he served as President Grover Cleveland’s Secretary of Agriculture. His most important legacy is Arbor Day, originally celebrated on his birthday, April 22.
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — April 25th
- 1507: America got its name from German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller, who first used the term on a world map
- 1792: Highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier became the first person under French law to be executed by guillotine.
- 1859: Ground was broken for the Suez Canal.
- 1898: The United States declared war on Spain.
- 1901: New York became the first state to require automobile license plates.
- 1959: The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping.
- 1990: The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the space shuttle Discovery.
- 1992: Islamic forces in Afghanistan took control of most of the capital of Kabul following the collapse of the Communist government.
- 1998: Whitewater prosecutors questioned first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on videotape about her work as a private lawyer for a failed savings and loan.
- 2003: Georgia lawmakers voted to scrap the Dixie cross from the state’s flag.
BORN ON THIS DAY — April 25th
- 1599: Oliver Cromwell, soldier and statesman
- 1840: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer
- 1874: Guglielmo Marconi, Nobel physicist and inventor
- 1908: Edward R. Murrow, radio and television broadcaster
- 1917: Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer
- 1931: Paul Mazursky, actor/director
- 1941: Al Pacino, actor
- 1970: Renee Zellweger, actress
- 1946: Stu Cook, rock musician
- 1948: Jeffrey DeMunn, actor
- 1965: Hank Azaria, actor
- 1965: Andy Bell, rock singer
- 1971: Jason Lee, actor
