Makawao Rodeo & Parade
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Ku’i: Boom
Parking and a shuttle are available at Oskie Rice Arena and Eddie Tam Memorial Center. Spectators parking at the arena will be shuttled to Makawao Town from 7 to 8:45 a.m. After the parade, the shuttles will run from the Eddie Tam Memorial Center and Makawao town to the Oskie Rice Arena until noon.
1687: Isaac Newton’s PRINCIPIA is published by the Royal Society in England
1776: The Declaration of Independence is first published
1865: The Salvation Army is founded (by William Booth in London)
1975: Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title, by defeating Jimmy Connors
1989: Oliver North is fined $150,000 and given a suspended prison term for his part in the Iran-Contra scandal (convictions are later overturned)
2006: Enron founder Kenneth Lay, who was facing decades in prison for one of the most sprawling business frauds in U.S. history, dies of heart disease at age 64
1747: John Paul Jones, U.S. Naval hero
1889: Jean Cocteau, writer/artist/film maker
1810: P.T. Barnum, American showman
1909: Andrei Gromyko, diplomat/USSR President
1929: Katherine Helmond, actress
1943: Robbie Robertson, rock singer, musician
1951: Huey Lewis, rock musician
1959: Marc Cohn, singer
1965: Kathryn Erbe, actress


