Molokai Pitches In
April 26, 2008 1:43 am > MAUI TODAY |
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Rubber Eraser Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Luna kanawai: Judge PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Lektrik: Electric HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A coral reef hardens into land.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” (Pablo Picasso) 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 BlogApril 26th, 2008: The county of Maui is running an ecycling event on the island of Molokai today from 9 am to noon. It’s located at the landfill, just outside of town. Look for the 20-foot container just inside the entrance. There will be volunteers there to help you unload your stuff.The event takes anything with a circuit board - computers, printers, televisions, anything you don’t want. Such items cannot go into the landfill.Last year’s event recycled more than 4 tons of stuff. Kudos to the people of Molokai for helping out!
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — April 26th
- 1607: An expedition of English colonists went ashore at Cape Henry, VA, to establish the first permanent English settlement in the Western Hemisphere.
- 1865: John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was surrounded and killed by federal troops near Bowling Green, VA.
- 1937: Planes from Nazi Germany raided the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
- 2000: Vermont Gov. Howard Dean signed the nation’s first bill allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions.
- 2004: The government unveiled the new colorized $50 bill.
- 2005: Syria’s 29-year military presence in Lebanon ended as Syrian soldiers completed a withdrawal brought about by international pressure and Lebanese street protests.
BORN ON THIS DAY — April 26th
- 1785: John James Audubon, ornithologist, artist and naturalist
- 1822: Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape architect
- 1886: Ma Rainey, American singer
- 1889: Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher
- 1914:Bernard Malamud, novelist and short-story writer
- 1916: Morris West,Australian novelist
- 1934: Carol Burnett, actress
- 1939: Duane Eddy, rock musician
- 1943: Bobby Rydel, Singer
- 1944: Gary Wright rock singer
- 1962: Joan Chen, actress
- 1964: Jet Li, actor
- 1966: Kevin James, actor/comedian
- 1968: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, actress
