Striking A Blow for Freedom
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Memo Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Kulieana: Priviledge PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Stret: Correct HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Jealousy belongs to the ugly.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Mix a little foolishness with your prudence; it’s good to be silly at the right moment.” (Horace)
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 21st, 1945: Hawaii gets its own version of the “Little Wagner Act,” which allows plantation workers the right to strike. The Act was named for its creator, Senator Robert Wagner of New York, who wrote the law which over the next ten years, spread to every state — the right of workers to strike for grievances.EVENTS ON THIS DAY — May 21st
- 1602: Martha’s Vineyard is first sighted (by Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)
- 1832: The first Democratic National Convention is held in Baltimore
- 1840: New Zealand is declared a British colony
- 1846: The first steamship arrives in Hawaii
- 1927: Charles A Lindbergh lands in Paris becoming the first person to fly a heavier then air aircraft alone non-stop across the Atlantic (3,610 miles in 33-1/2 hours.)
- 1937: The “Black Blizzard” hits the Great Plain States from Kansas to Oklahoma
- 1956: The US explodes the first airlifted hydrogen fusion bomb (dropped from a plane onto Bikini Atoll)
- 1991: Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a suicide bomber during national elections
BORN ON THIS DAY — May 21st
- 1844: Henri Rousseau, painter
- 1898: Armand Hammer, industrialist
- 1904: Fats Waller, jazz pianist/composer
- 1917: Raymond Burr, actor
- 1921: Andrei Sakharov, physicist/human rights worker
- 1926: Robert Creeley, poet/novelist
- 1941: Ronald Isley, singer
- 1947: Richard Hatch, actor
- 1951: Al Franken, comedian/actor
- 1952: Mr T. (Lawrence Tero), actor
- 1957: Judge Reinhold, actor
- 1959: Nick Cassavetes, actor
- 1968: Lisa Edelstein, actress
