Primary Election Slate Set
July 23, 2008 6:48 am > MAUI TODAY, Local Election Primary Election Slate Set |
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Vanilla Ice Cream Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Koho: Election PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Plantesen: Plantation HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A goose mate returns to pollute the house.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “No man should be in politics unless he would honestly rather not be there.” (Samuel Adams) WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Graphjam WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — JibJab – Election 2008 NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Tekzilla GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Give Rice to the Hungry
TODAY – Election Filing Deadline Passes: Now that yesterday’s filing deadline for candidates has passed, Sepember’s Primary Election slate is set. Two candidates - Danny Mateo and Mike Victorino - are running unopposed for County Council. South Maui and Lanai wilI be the most contested seats. Primary Election ballots for State Senate and Legislature races are also finalized. See 2008 Election page (from navigation bar above). Read more …
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EVENTS ON THIS DAY — July 23rd
636: Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire
1827: The first U.S. swim school opens (Boston Massachusetts)
1840: Workers begin the first U.S. railroad labor strike at the Baltimore & Ohio’s Mt. Clare, MD
1877: The first telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii is completed
1904: The ice cream cone, created by Charles E Menches, is introduced during the Louisiana Purchase Expo (St. Louis)
1940: The “Blitz” begins: all-night bombing of London by Nazi war planes
1958: The first four women are named to peerage in Britain’s House of Lords
1967: Race riots claiming 43 lives erupt in Detroit
1972: Eddy Merck (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France
2000: Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to complete a career Grand Slam when he won the British Open at age 24
636: Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire
1827: The first U.S. swim school opens (Boston Massachusetts)
1840: Workers begin the first U.S. railroad labor strike at the Baltimore & Ohio’s Mt. Clare, MD
1877: The first telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii is completed
1904: The ice cream cone, created by Charles E Menches, is introduced during the Louisiana Purchase Expo (St. Louis)
1940: The “Blitz” begins: all-night bombing of London by Nazi war planes
1958: The first four women are named to peerage in Britain’s House of Lords
1967: Race riots claiming 43 lives erupt in Detroit
1972: Eddy Merck (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France
2000: Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to complete a career Grand Slam when he won the British Open at age 24
BORN ON THIS DAY — July 23rd
1892: Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia
1936: Anthony M Kennedy, supreme court justice
1936: Don Drysdale, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher
1938: Ronny Cox, actor
1961: Woody Harrelson, actor
1965: Slash, rock musician
1967: Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor
1973: Omar Epps, actor
1980: Michelle Williams, singer
