Full Moon Maui

May 19, 2008 7:11 am tr > MAUI TODAY Full Moon Maui

Canada Victoria Day
Day 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

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

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