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June 28, 2008 6:34 am > MAUI TODAY |
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Paul Bunyan Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Ho‘omana‘o‘ana: Memory PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Holim long tingting: Remember HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “High flies the cloud in the sky lifted by the wind.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Nothing is so much strengthened by practice, nor weakened by neglect, as memory.” (Quintillian)
WEB SURF SPOTS OF THE WEEK — Naomi Klein’s Website WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — John Cusack in Move On’s New Video NETCASTS OF THE WEEK — Naomi Klein Audio | Gore Vidal’s Article of Impeachment GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Hawaii CaninesBORN ON THIS DAY - June 28th
1491: Henry VIII, of England
1577: Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish Baroque painter
1712: Jean Jacques Rousseau, social commentator
1867: Luigi Pirandello, writer
1909: Eric Ambler, suspense author
1926: Mel Brooks, comedic actor/director/playwright
1933: Pat (Noriyuki) Morita, actor
1945: David Knights, bassist
1946: Gilda Radner, comedienne
1948: Kathy Bates, actress
1960: John Elway, NFL QB
1966: John Cusack, actor
1966: Mary Stuart Masterson, actress
1973: Alessandro Nivola, actor
1986: Kellie Pickler, country singer
1491: Henry VIII, of England
1577: Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish Baroque painter
1712: Jean Jacques Rousseau, social commentator
1867: Luigi Pirandello, writer
1909: Eric Ambler, suspense author
1926: Mel Brooks, comedic actor/director/playwright
1933: Pat (Noriyuki) Morita, actor
1945: David Knights, bassist
1946: Gilda Radner, comedienne
1948: Kathy Bates, actress
1960: John Elway, NFL QB
1966: John Cusack, actor
1966: Mary Stuart Masterson, actress
1973: Alessandro Nivola, actor
1986: Kellie Pickler, country singer
EVENTS ON THIS DAY - June 28th
1838: Britain’s Queen Victoria is crowned in Westminster Abbey
1938: The National Minimum Wage Act is passed by Congress
1951: The radio program “Amos ‘n Andy” premieres on television (CBS) to become the first TV series with an all-African American cast (also negatively stereotyping African Americans)
1956: The first atomic reactor is built for private research (Chicago Illinois)
1965: The first U.S. ground combat forces in Vietnam are authorized by President Johnson
1967: Israel formally declares that Jerusalem is reunified under its sovereignty (the Arab sector was captured in June)
1977: The U.S. Supreme Court rules to allow Federal control of the Nixon tapes and transcripts
2000: Elian Gonzalez is returned to Cuba, seven months after he was cast adrift in the Florida Straits
2000: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Boy Scouts can bar homosexuals from serving as troop leaders
2001: Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic was handed over by Serbia to the U.N. war crimes tribunal.
2004: The United States resumed direct diplomatic ties with Libya after a 24-year break.
1838: Britain’s Queen Victoria is crowned in Westminster Abbey
1938: The National Minimum Wage Act is passed by Congress
1951: The radio program “Amos ‘n Andy” premieres on television (CBS) to become the first TV series with an all-African American cast (also negatively stereotyping African Americans)
1956: The first atomic reactor is built for private research (Chicago Illinois)
1965: The first U.S. ground combat forces in Vietnam are authorized by President Johnson
1967: Israel formally declares that Jerusalem is reunified under its sovereignty (the Arab sector was captured in June)
1977: The U.S. Supreme Court rules to allow Federal control of the Nixon tapes and transcripts
2000: Elian Gonzalez is returned to Cuba, seven months after he was cast adrift in the Florida Straits
2000: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Boy Scouts can bar homosexuals from serving as troop leaders
2001: Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic was handed over by Serbia to the U.N. war crimes tribunal.
2004: The United States resumed direct diplomatic ties with Libya after a 24-year break.
