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Hug Your Cat Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Puhi: Burn PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Kukim: Burn HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A goose mate returns to pollute the house.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Th-th-th-th-that’s all folks!” (Porky Pig)
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.org
TODAY – May 30th, 2008: IMPEACH THEM ALL — JOAN OF ARC JUSTICE! The Bush/Cheney cabal of greed, priviledge, self-rightesousness, hypocricy, religious fanatacism, and terrorism at home and abroad has brought this country to its knees. Look what happens when an election is stolen by anti-democratic fanatics with the complicity of a shameful and cowardly Supreme Court. “Get over it” yourself, Scalia –you ignorant, arrogant prick.
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — May 30th
1431: Joan of Arc is burned at the stake in Rouen France for being a heretic
1650: Harvard College is founded by the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1854: Kansas and Nebraska become territories
1868: Memorial Day is first observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi place flowers on both Confederate & Union graves
1896: The world’s first automobile accident occurs as a bicyclist is run over in New York City
1901: Memorial Day first officially observed in the U.S.
1909: National Conference on the African-American convenes (leads to the founding of the NAACP – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
1911: First Indianapolis 500 car race: Ray Harroun wins at 75 MPH (120 KPH)
1958: The Unknown Soldiers, killed in World War II and the Korean conflict, are buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
1989: Student demonstrators at Tiananmen Square in Beijing erected a 33-foot statue they called the “Goddess of Democracy.”
2002: Nine climbers fall into a crevasse near the summit of Oregon’s Mount Hood (three died)
2002: A solemn, wordless ceremony marked the end of the cleanup at Ground Zero in New York, 8 1/2 months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
1672: Peter I (the Great), tsar of Russia
1846: Peter Carl Faberge, Russia, goldsmith/jeweler/egg maker
1899: Irving Thalberg, movie executive
1908: Mel Blanc, voice of Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig
1909: Benny Goodman, clarinetist,
1955: Nicky “Topper” Headon, drummer (Clash)
1976: Omri Hairi Katz, actor
