Congratulations, It’s a State!
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Int’l Museum Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Oia‘i‘o: Truth PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Tok tru: Truth HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A cuttlefish is a creature that moves two ways.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “A hair divides what is false and true.” (Omar Khayyam) WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — The Smithsonian Museums WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Mathews Exposes Right-Wing Ignoramus NETCAST OF THE WEEK — NEWSEUM - World’s Most Interactive Museum GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Feed the Hungry at FreeRice.com
May 18th, 1959: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the statehood of Hawaii. On the same day, in its last act, the Territorial Legislature decided to adopt the slogan “the Aloha State.” Thus ends badly, since 1893, a 66-year struggle for the independence of a country first taken over by a pineapple baron and some marines. Where there’s greed and a will, there’s usually a way.
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — May 18th
- 1642: The Canadian city of Montreal is founded by the Sieur de Maisonneuve
- 1804: Napoleon is declared Emperor of France by the French Senate
- 1852: Massachusets enacts a compulsory education law for children aged 8-14
- 1860: Abraham Lincoln is nominated for president
- 1896: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the concept of “separate but equal” racial segregation
- 1914: The first commercial cargo goes through the Panama Canal
- 1917: The U.S. passes the Selective Service Act, enabling conscription
- 1965: Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names, including Kirk, for the character of Star Trek Captain
- 1967: The governor of Oklahoma signs the first law legalizing human artificial insemination
- 1974: India becomes the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb
- 1980: Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state explodes, leaving 57 people dead or missing.
- 1994: Three decades of occupation by Israel in the Gaza Strip
- 1998: The U.S. Justice Department files antitrust action against Microsoft Corporation for embedding its own browser into its operating system, thus limiting competition from others such as Netscape
BORN ON THIS DAY — May 18th
- 1048: Omar Khayyam, Persian poet/mathematician/astronomer
- 1872: Bertrand Russell, mathematician/philosopher
- 1912: Richard Brooks, director
- 1919: Margot Fonteyn, ballerina
- 1928: Pernell Roberts, actor
- 1930: Babara Goldsmith, uthor
- 1934: Dwayne Hickman, actor
- 1937: Brooks Robinson, Baseball hall-of-famer
- 1941: Diane McBain, actress
- 1952: George Strait, country singer
- 1955: Chow Yun-Fat, actor
- 1969: Martika, Cuban singer
- 1975: Jack Johnson, Hawaii singer/songwriter/environmentalist
