General Election Day 2008
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Koho: Election, vote PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Vot: Vote HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The multitude finds life at last.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “A fool and his money are soon elected.” – Will Rogers WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Washington Post Election Crystal Ball WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Noami Klein & Alan Greenspan on Crony Capitalism NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Left Wing Conspiracy GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Media Matters
NATIONAL NEWS TODAY – November 4, 2008:
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EVENTS ON THIS DAY – November 4
1873: Dentist John Beers of San Francisco patents the gold crown
1922: Howard Carter discovers the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt
1924: Nellie Tayloe Ross is elected the first female governor in the U.S. (Wyoming)
1979: 500 Iranian “students” seize the U.S. embassy, take 90 hostages (beginning a 444-day stand-off)
1997: Hundreds of thousands of men attended a Promise Keepers rally at the Mall in Washington, D.C.
BORN ON THIS DAY – November 4
1650: William III, of Orange, king of England
1879: Will Rogers, humorist
1916: Walter Cronkite, TV news anchor
1918: Art Carney, actor
1919: Martin Balsam, actor
1937: Loretta Swit, actress
1960: Kathy Griffin, comedian
1961: Jeff Probs, TV personality
1967: P Diddy, Rapper/producer
1967: Matthew McConaughey, actor
DIED ON THIS DAY – November 4
1984: Merie Earle actress (Maude-Waltons), dies of uremic poisoning at 95
1987: Raphael Soyer artist (Depression scenes in NYC), dies at 87
1995: Yitzhak Rabin IDF Chief of Staff, diplomat and the fifth Prime Minister of the State of Israel, dies at 73
