Dapitan Ousted at CWD
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Yesterday: After almost two years of trying remove Jan Dapitan as Executive Director of Maui’s Community Work Day (CWD), the Board of Directors has finally forced her out and installed her replacement, Rae Chandler. The 73-year-old Dapitan, who has worked with CWD since it began as the Maui branch of Keep Hawaii Beautiful in 1978, has so far refused to leave her post.
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EVENTS ON THIS DAY — August 20th
1896: Dial telephone patented
1940: Leon Trotsky, assassinated in Mexico City by Stalin agents, dies 8/21
1964: LBJ signs anti-poverty measure totaling nearly $1 billion
1965: Rolling Stones release “Satisfaction” (their first #1 U.S. hit)
1968: 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia
1971: FBI begins covert investigation of journalist Daniel Schorr
1988: Iran and Iraq enact a cease-fire in their 5 year war.
1998: Retaliating 13 days after the deadly embassy bombings in East Africa, president Bill Cinton orders US cruise missile strikes against al-Qaida training camps in Afghanistan and at what was described as a chemical plant in Sudan
1940: Leon Trotsky, assassinated in Mexico City by Stalin agents, dies 8/21
1964: LBJ signs anti-poverty measure totaling nearly $1 billion
1965: Rolling Stones release “Satisfaction” (their first #1 U.S. hit)
1968: 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia
1971: FBI begins covert investigation of journalist Daniel Schorr
1988: Iran and Iraq enact a cease-fire in their 5 year war.
1998: Retaliating 13 days after the deadly embassy bombings in East Africa, president Bill Cinton orders US cruise missile strikes against al-Qaida training camps in Afghanistan and at what was described as a chemical plant in Sudan
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BORN ON THIS DAY — August 20th
1785: Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Naval hero
1833: Benjamin Harrison, (R) 23rd US President
1890: H.P. Lovecraft, Gothic novelist
1907: Shirley Booth, actress
1921: Jacqueline Susann, author
1933: George Mitchell, US Senator (D-Me)
1942: Isaac Hayes, singer/songwriter
1943: Robert Plant, rocker
1944: Rajiv Gandhi, PM of India
1946: Connie Chung,broadcast journalist
1952: John Hiatt, singer/songwriter
1953: Peter Horton, actor
1954: Al Roker, TV weatherman
1956: Joan Allen, actress
1785: Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Naval hero
1833: Benjamin Harrison, (R) 23rd US President
1890: H.P. Lovecraft, Gothic novelist
1907: Shirley Booth, actress
1921: Jacqueline Susann, author
1933: George Mitchell, US Senator (D-Me)
1942: Isaac Hayes, singer/songwriter
1943: Robert Plant, rocker
1944: Rajiv Gandhi, PM of India
1946: Connie Chung,broadcast journalist
1952: John Hiatt, singer/songwriter
1953: Peter Horton, actor
1954: Al Roker, TV weatherman
1956: Joan Allen, actress
