Can You Still Call It Tidal?
May 31, 2008 7:02 am > Maui Yesterdays |
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Nat’l Macaroon Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kai Pi’i: High Wave PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Luzim: Abandon HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Sea lettuce is easily swayed by the action of the tide.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “It’s only when the tides go out that you discover who’s been swimming naked.” (Warren Buffet)
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
May 31st, 1924: A 15-foot “tidal” wave strikes Kaumalapau Harobor on Lanai. No one is hurt and there is little damage. We think there should be minimums met before a wave can be called tidal, don’t you?
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — May 31st
1057: Tax protester Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry England
1790: The U.S. copyright law is enacted
1868: Dr. James Moore (UK) wins the first recorded bicycle race
1879: The first electric railway opens at the Berlin Trades Exposition
1930: Bobby Jones wins the British Amateur Golf Tournament
1955: The U.S. Supreme Court orders “All deliberate speed” in the integration of public schools
1958: Dick Dale composses and plays the first “surf music” with his “Let’s Go Trippin”
1962: Nazi Gestapo official Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel for his role in the Holocaust
1969: John Lennon & Yoko Ono record “Give Peace a Chance”
1994: The U.S. announces it will no longer aim long-range nuclear missiles at the former USSR
2001: Veteran FBI agent Robert Hanssen pleads innocent to charges of spying for Moscow (he later changes his plea to guilty and is sentenced to life in prison)
2002: The World Cup soccer tournament opens for the first time in Asia (it begins with a match held in South Korea, which co-hosts the event with Japan)
2005: Former FBI official W. Mark Felt stepped forward as “Deep Throat,” the secret Washington Post source that helped bring down President Richard M. Nixon during the Watergate scandal.
BORN ON THIS DAY — May 31st
1819: Walt Whitman, poet
1912: Henry M “Scoop” Jackson, U.S. senator (D-Wash)
1923: Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
1930: Clint Eastwood, actor/mayor
1938: Peter Yarrow, folk singer
1941: Johnny Paycheck, country singer
1948: John “Bonzo” Bonham, drummer (Led Zeppelin)
1948: Rhea Perlman, actress
1949: Tom Berenger, actor
1960: Chris Elliot, comedic actor/writer/director
1965: Brooke Shields, actress/model
1976: Colin Farrell, actor
