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Nat’l Hitchihiking Month
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Hookalakupua: Magic PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Sanguma: Magic HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Silent is the mouth of the inhospitable.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried.” (Herman Melville) WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Energy Conservation: Starting at Home WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — John McGoo for President NETCAST OF THE WEEK — TruthDig.com Podcast GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Give Rice to the HungryEVENTS ON THIS DAY — July 31st
1498: Christopher Columbus, on his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, discovers the island of Trinidad
1809: The first practical U.S. railroad track is used (wooden, for horse-drawn cars - Philadelphia)
1811: Mexican revolutionary Miguel Hidalgo, a priest, is executed by the Spanish
1922: 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides the world’s first water skis (Minnesota)
1953: The U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare is created
1966: The U.S. begins bombing the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the North and South Vietnam
1976: In just four hours, 12 inches of rain falls on Big Thompson Canyon in Colorado, creating a flood killing 144 people and causing $30 million in damages
1991: U.S. President Bush I and USSR President Gorbachev sign the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
1994: The United Nations authorizes armed intervention, under U.S. command, to restore democracy in Haiti
1995: The Walt Disney Company agrees to acquire Capital Cities-ABC Inc. in a $19 billion deal
2007: The U.N. Security Council unanimously approves a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force for Sudan’s Darfur region
1498: Christopher Columbus, on his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, discovers the island of Trinidad
1809: The first practical U.S. railroad track is used (wooden, for horse-drawn cars - Philadelphia)
1811: Mexican revolutionary Miguel Hidalgo, a priest, is executed by the Spanish
1922: 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides the world’s first water skis (Minnesota)
1953: The U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare is created
1966: The U.S. begins bombing the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the North and South Vietnam
1976: In just four hours, 12 inches of rain falls on Big Thompson Canyon in Colorado, creating a flood killing 144 people and causing $30 million in damages
1991: U.S. President Bush I and USSR President Gorbachev sign the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
1994: The United Nations authorizes armed intervention, under U.S. command, to restore democracy in Haiti
1995: The Walt Disney Company agrees to acquire Capital Cities-ABC Inc. in a $19 billion deal
2007: The U.N. Security Council unanimously approves a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force for Sudan’s Darfur region
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BORN ON THIS DAY — July 31st
1919: Primo Levi, chemist/writer
1921: Whitney M Young Jr, civil rights leader
1940: Stanley Jaffe, film producer
1944: Geraldine Chaplin, actress
1946: Bob Welch, rocker (Fleetwood Mac)
1956: Deval Patric, Governor of Massachusetts
1962: Wesley Snipes, actor
1965: J.K. Rowling, British author
1979: B.J. Novak, actor/writer (”The Office”)
1919: Primo Levi, chemist/writer
1921: Whitney M Young Jr, civil rights leader
1940: Stanley Jaffe, film producer
1944: Geraldine Chaplin, actress
1946: Bob Welch, rocker (Fleetwood Mac)
1956: Deval Patric, Governor of Massachusetts
1962: Wesley Snipes, actor
1965: J.K. Rowling, British author
1979: B.J. Novak, actor/writer (”The Office”)
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Date: July 31, 2008 @ 7:53 am
There’s a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that’s all some people have? It isn’t much, but it’s better than nothing in this cockeyed caravan.JoelMcCreaJoel McCrea, Sullivan’s Travels