Moon Landing Anniversary
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Mahina: MoonEVENTS 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
1969: 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
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
1969: 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


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Date: July 20, 2008 @ 8:38 am
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