A Curious Sunday
May 25, 2008 9:21 am > MAUI TODAY |
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Missing Children’s Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Niele: Curious PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Tambu: Holy HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The skin is a garmet that dries easily.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Never lose a holy curiosity.” (Albert Einstein) WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Curiosity WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — My Stroke of Insight NETCAST OF THE WEEK — 10-Minute Lessons GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — ModestNeeds.orgEVENTS ON THIS DAY — May 25th
-585: First known calculated prediction of a solar eclipse
1825: The American Unitarian Association is founded
1844: The first telegraphed news dispatch is sent
-585: First known calculated prediction of a solar eclipse
1825: The American Unitarian Association is founded
1844: The first telegraphed news dispatch is sent
1895: Playwright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison
1925: John T. Scopes is indicted in Tennessee for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution in a public school (the trial becomes known as the “Scope’s Mionkey Trial” in reference to the Darwinian teaching that humans descended from apes)
1961: President John Fitzgerald Kennedy proposes sending ‘A man to the Moon before the decade is out.’
1978: “Star Wars” opens in theaters across the U.S.
1980: Mount St. Helens erupts for a second time
1986: An estimated seven million Americans participate in “Hands Across America” (forming a line across the lower U.S. to raise money for the hungry and homeless)
1992: Jay Leno debuts as the permanent host of NBC’s “Tonight Show”
1997: Polish voters adopt a constitution that removed the last traces of communism.
2006: Former Enron Corp. chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling are convicted in Houston of conspiracy and fraud for the company’s downfall. (Skilling was sentenced to 24 years in prison; Lay died before he could be sentenced.)
1925: John T. Scopes is indicted in Tennessee for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution in a public school (the trial becomes known as the “Scope’s Mionkey Trial” in reference to the Darwinian teaching that humans descended from apes)
1961: President John Fitzgerald Kennedy proposes sending ‘A man to the Moon before the decade is out.’
1978: “Star Wars” opens in theaters across the U.S.
1980: Mount St. Helens erupts for a second time
1986: An estimated seven million Americans participate in “Hands Across America” (forming a line across the lower U.S. to raise money for the hungry and homeless)
1992: Jay Leno debuts as the permanent host of NBC’s “Tonight Show”
1997: Polish voters adopt a constitution that removed the last traces of communism.
2006: Former Enron Corp. chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling are convicted in Houston of conspiracy and fraud for the company’s downfall. (Skilling was sentenced to 24 years in prison; Lay died before he could be sentenced.)
BORN ON THIS DAY — May 25th
1803: Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist/philosopher
1878: Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, actor
1889: Igor Sikorsky, developed a working helicopter
1898: Bennett Cerf, publisher
1926: Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter
1927: Robert Ludlum, spy novelist
1936: Tom T Hall, country singer/writer
1938: Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer
1939: Ian McKellen, actor
1947: Karen Valentine, actress
1963: Mike Myers, actor/comedian
1965: Mark Knight, rock guitarist
1975: Lauryn Hill, R&B singer
1803: Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist/philosopher
1878: Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, actor
1889: Igor Sikorsky, developed a working helicopter
1898: Bennett Cerf, publisher
1926: Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter
1927: Robert Ludlum, spy novelist
1936: Tom T Hall, country singer/writer
1938: Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer
1939: Ian McKellen, actor
1947: Karen Valentine, actress
1963: Mike Myers, actor/comedian
1965: Mark Knight, rock guitarist
1975: Lauryn Hill, R&B singer
