Not So Sweet Now
July 26, 2008 > MAUI TODAY 2 Comments |
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All or Nothing Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kopa‘a: Sugar PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Suga: Sugar HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The deaf hear but one kind of speech.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” (Aldous Huxley) 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 HungryEVENTS ON THIS DAY — July 26th
1775: Benjamin Franklin becomes the first Postmaster General
1788: New York became the 11th state to ratify the Constitution
1788: Sydney Australia is settled by British colonists
1790: The U.S. passes the Assumption bill, making the federal government responsible for state debts
1835: The first sugar cane plantation is started in Hawaii
1953: Fidel Castro leads the attack on Moncada Barracks and begins the Cuban revolution
1990: President George H.W. Bush signs into law the Americans with Disabilities Act
1775: Benjamin Franklin becomes the first Postmaster General
1788: New York became the 11th state to ratify the Constitution
1788: Sydney Australia is settled by British colonists
1790: The U.S. passes the Assumption bill, making the federal government responsible for state debts
1835: The first sugar cane plantation is started in Hawaii
1953: Fidel Castro leads the attack on Moncada Barracks and begins the Cuban revolution
1990: President George H.W. Bush signs into law the Americans with Disabilities Act
BORN ON THIS DAY — July 26th
1856: Geeorge Bernard Shaw, playwright
1875: Carl Jung, founded analytic psychology
1892: Pearl S Buck, novelist
1894: Aldous Huxley, novelist
1922: Blake Edwards, writer/director
1922: Jason Robards Jr, actor
1928: Stanley Kubrick, film director
1943: Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones lead singer
1946: Helen Mirren, actress
1959: Kevin Spacey, actor
1964: Sandra Bullock, actress
1963: Jeremy Piven, actor
1973: Kate Beckinsale, actress
