Another Day in Paradise
May 15, 2008 5:43 am > MAUI TODAY |
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Peace Officer Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Ike: Knowledge PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Save: Know HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Knowledge is set up in the clouds.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Some animals are more equal than others.”(George Orwell)
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — FactCheck.org WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Voter Watch NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Podango Podcasts BLOG OF THE WEEK — LIVESTRONG Blog
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — May 15th
- 1602: Cape Cod is discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold
- 1618: Johannes Kepler discovers his harmonics law
- 1911: The U.S. Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act
- 1915: AT&T becomes the first corporation to have 1 million stockholders
- 1940: The first nylon stockings are offered for sale in the United States
- 1980: The first trans-U.S. balloon crossing is made
- 1988: The Soviet Union began withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan.
- 1995: Dow Corning Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- 2006: A defiant Saddam Hussein refuses to enter a plea at his trial, insisting he was still Iraq’s president
- 2006: The Pentagon discloses the names of everyone detained at the Guantanamo Bay prison since it opened four years earlier.
BORN ON THIS DAY — May 15th
- 1856: Frank L. Baum, writer
- 1890: Katherine Anne Porter, writer
- 1902: Richard Daley, Chicago mayor
- 1914: Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer
- 1921: Erroll Garner, jazz pianist
- 1923: Richard Avedon, photographer
- 1930: Jasper Johns, artist
- 1936: Anna Maria Alberghetti, actress/singer
- 1936: Wavy Gravy, psychedelic clown
- 1937: Trini Lopez, singer
- 1948: Brian Eno, singer
