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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Makua: Parent PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Papamama: Parents HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Warm is the home in which a parent lives.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.” (Kahil Gibran) WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Listen to Tita, No Littah! - Maui Recycling WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — “Herr Meets Hare” - Bugs Bunny NETCAST OF THE WEEK — TruthDig.com Podcast GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Give Rice to the HungryJuly 27th, 1940: Cartoon character Bugs Bunny is born in Brooklyn, NY. The proud parents were Tex Avery and Mel Blanc.
xEVENTS ON THIS DAY — July 27th
1586: Sir Walter Raleigh brings the first tobacco to England from Virginia
1866: Cyrus W. Field succeeds in laying the first Atlantic telegraph cable (1,686 miles long)
1909: Orville Wright test flies the first U.S. Army airplane for 1 hour and 12 minutes
1940: Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts
1944: The U.S. regains possession of Guam from Japanese
1974: The House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommending Nixon impeachment on a charge that he had personally engaged in a “course of conduct” designed to obstruct justice in the Watergate case
2005: NASA says a sizable chunk of foam insulation came flying off the shuttle Discovery’s fuel bank during liftoff, prompting the space agency to ground future shuttle flights until the problem could be fixed.
2005: Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian who’d plotted to bomb the Los Angeles airport on the eve of the millennium, was sentenced to 22 years in prison by a judge in Seattle.
1586: Sir Walter Raleigh brings the first tobacco to England from Virginia
1866: Cyrus W. Field succeeds in laying the first Atlantic telegraph cable (1,686 miles long)
1909: Orville Wright test flies the first U.S. Army airplane for 1 hour and 12 minutes
1940: Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts
1944: The U.S. regains possession of Guam from Japanese
1974: The House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommending Nixon impeachment on a charge that he had personally engaged in a “course of conduct” designed to obstruct justice in the Watergate case
2005: NASA says a sizable chunk of foam insulation came flying off the shuttle Discovery’s fuel bank during liftoff, prompting the space agency to ground future shuttle flights until the problem could be fixed.
2005: Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian who’d plotted to bomb the Los Angeles airport on the eve of the millennium, was sentenced to 22 years in prison by a judge in Seattle.
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BORN ON THIS DAY — July 27th
1824: Alexandre Dumas, playwright/novelist
1944: Bobbie Gentry, singer
1947: Betty Thomas, actress
1948: Peggy Fleming, figure skater
1949: Maureen McGovern, singer
1957: Bill Engvall, comedian
1968: Julian McMahon, actor
1972: Maya Rudolph, comedian
1964: Pete Yorn, rock singer/songwriter
1977: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, actor
1824: Alexandre Dumas, playwright/novelist
1944: Bobbie Gentry, singer
1947: Betty Thomas, actress
1948: Peggy Fleming, figure skater
1949: Maureen McGovern, singer
1957: Bill Engvall, comedian
1968: Julian McMahon, actor
1972: Maya Rudolph, comedian
1964: Pete Yorn, rock singer/songwriter
1977: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, actor
