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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DY — Ho’okui: Hit
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Boskru bilong balus: Crew of a plane
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “One can enjoy a canoe ride when the paddler is skilled.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music…and of aviation.” (Tom Stoppard)

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WEB SURF SPOTS OF THE WEEK — Naomi Klein’s Website
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — I’m Voting Republican
NETCASTS OF THE WEEK — Naomi Klein Audio | Gore Vidal’s Article of Impeachment
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Hawaii Canines

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June 24th, 1941: Haleakala proves deadly to three Navy planes piloted by Marines who were making a routine night flight over Maui about six months before the U.S. entered World War II. In what is still today a somewhat inexplicable occurrence, all three planes hit the west side of the volcano at about 8,000 feet and the pilots die.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY - June 24th
1497: John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England
1509: Henry VIII becomes King of England
1861: Tennessee becomes the 11th (& last) state to secede from the U.S.
1949: “Hopalong Cassidy” becomes the first televised network western (NBC)
1968: “Resurrection City,” a shantytown constructed as part of the Poor People’s March on Washington D.C., was closed down by authorities.
1970: U.S. Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1997: The Air Force releases a report on the 1947 “Roswell Incident” that states the alien bodies seen by witnesses were actually life-sized dummies
1998: AT&T Corp. agrees to buy cable television giant Tele-Communications Inc. for $31.7 billion
2004: Federal investigators question President George W. Bush for more than an hour in connection with the news leak of a CIA operative’s name.

BORN ON THIS DAY - June 24th
1771: EI Du Pont, chemist/scientist
1813: Henry Ward Beecher, clergyman/orator
1842: Ambrose Bierce, satirist
1912: Norman Cousins, editor
1915: Fred Hoyle, cosmologist
1916: John Ciardi, poet/critic
1942: Mick Fleetwood, drummer
1944: Bruce Johnston, rocker
1944: Jeff Beck, singer/songwriter
1947: Peter Weller, actor
1950: Nancy Allen, actress
1957: Astro, reggae singer
1961: Curt Smith, rocker
1979: Mindy Kaling actress/producer
1987: Kaitlin Cullum, actress