Full Moon Maui
May 19, 2008 > MAUI TODAY No Comments |
 Canada Victoria DayDay 140 of 2008 226 days left in this year |
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Mahina pia: Full Moon PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Raun pela mun: Full moon HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Back as a cliff, face as bright as the full moon.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “The full moon makes one crazy thirsty.” (Anon)
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 
TODAY, May 19th, 2008 - Smallest Full Moon of the year at (4:52pm HST)
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — May 19th
- 1536: Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded for adultery
- 1588: The Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England
- 1865: President Jefferson Davis is captured by the Union Cavalry in Georgia
- 1920: The U.S. Senate refuses to ratify the League of Nations Covenant
- 1921: Congress enacts the Emergency Quota Act, a national quota system sharply curbing immigration
- 1935: “Lawrence of Arabia” (T.E. Lawrence) dies from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash in England
- 1935: The NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936
- 1992: The 27th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises, goes into effect
- 1995: The world’s youngest doctor, 17 year old Balamurali Ambati, graduates from Mount Sinai
- 2004: Specialist Jeremy C. Sivits received a year in prison and a bad conduct discharge in the first court-martial stemming from abuse of Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison.
- 2005: “Revenge of the Sith,” the final chapter of the “Star Wars” saga, opened in movie theaters.
BORN ON THIS DAY — May 19th
- 1890: Ho Chi Minh, president North Vietnam
- 1925: Malcolm X, assassinated leader of black muslims
- 1934: Jim Lehrer, newscaster 939: James Fox, actor (Greystoke)
- 1940: Frank Lorenzo, airline executive
- 1941: Nora Ephron, writer
- 1945: Pete Townsend, rock musician
- 1948: Grace Jones, singer/actress
- 1970: Jason Gray-Stanford, actor
- 1989: Devon Cole Borisoff, actor
- 1993: Kylie Harmon, actress
