Moon Landing Anniversary

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Day  202 of 2008
164 days left in this year


HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Mahina: Moon
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Mun: Moon
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY —  “She has a face as bright as the moon.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Well, George, we knocked the bastard off.” (Edmund Hillary)

WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Ben Cohen Oreo Cartoon
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — 1st Moon Landing – 1969
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Tekzilla
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Give Rice to the Hungry

EVENTS ON THIS DAY — July 20th
1878: The first telephone is introduced in Hawaii

1881: Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, a fugitive since the Battle of the Little Big Horn surrendered to federal troops
Apollo 11 patch1969: The first men land on the Moon, aboard Apollo 11 – Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin - “It’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”
1985: Divers find the wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha (contained gold and other treasure)
1987: Don Mattingly ties the first base fielding record (22 put-outs)
1990: A federal appeals court sets aside Oliver North’s Iran-Contra convictions (reversing one outright)
1992: Vaclav Havel, the playwright who led the Velvet Revolution against communism, steps down as president of Czechoslovakia
2007: President George W. Bush signs an executive order prohibiting cruel and inhuman treatment, including humiliation or denigration of religious beliefs, in the detention and interrogation of terrorism suspects

BORN ON THIS DAY — July 20th
1919: Sir Edmund Hillary, one of first 2 men to scale Mt Everest
1920: Elliot L Richardson, Attorney General/Sec of Defense
1938: Diana Rigg, actress
1938: Natalie Wood, actress
1943: John Lodge, bassist (Moody Blues)
1944: T G Sheppard, country singer
1945:Larry Craig, US senator (R-Idaho)
1946: Kim Carnes, singer
1947: Carlos Santana, musician
1954: Jay Jay French, guitarist (Twisted Sister)
1955: Michael Anthony, bassist (Van Halen)
1968: Chris Kennedy, actor
1978: Charlie Korsmo, actor

One Response
  1. Import from China :

    Date: July 20, 2008 @ 8:38 am

    Great info – keep up the great work.

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