Remembrance Day (CA) Day 316 of 2008 50 days left in this year

HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Koa kahiko: Veteran
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Pait: War
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Where are the arms with which to swim.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “There’s only one me, and I’m stuck with him.” - Kurt Vonnegut, jr

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WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Democracy Now!
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — President-elect Obama in Chicago
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Left Wing Conspiracy
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Media Matters

MAUI NEWS TODAY - November 11, 2008
Today is Veterans Day, a federal, state and county holiday. All government offices and banks are closed.

MAUI NEWS ARCHIVES - November 11, 1950
Hana airport opens. The first plane to land is a Trans-Pacific Alohaliner.Many people assume that this means airplanes could now land at Hana on Maui. In truth, airplanes had been flying to Hana since the late teens, perhaps as early as 1917.The difference, of course, was the size of the planes. Until the airport was constructed, only small, light planes could land on dirt or grassy fields.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY - November 11
1620: 41 pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, anchored off Massachusetts, sign the Mayflower Compact, calling for just & equal laws under a “body politick”
1889: The Washington Territory is admitted as the 42nd state of the Union
1968: John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear nude on the cover of the “2 Virgins” album
1970: The first episode of “Sesame Street” is aired on the Public Broadcasting Network
1992: The Church of England votes to ordain women as priests
1993: A bronze statue is dedicated in Washington DC honoring the more than 11,000 American women who served in the Vietnam War

BORN ON THIS DAY - November 11
1744: Abigail Smith Adams, 2nd first lady
1885: George S Patton, general
1904: Alger Hiss, State Department official
1922: Kurt Vonnegut Jr, author
1925: Jonathan Winters, comedian
1927: Mose Allison, jazz artist
1940: Barbara Boxer, US Senator (CA)
1944: Jesse Colin ocker
1945: Daniel Ortega Saavedra, president of Nicaragua
1962: Demi Moore, actress
1964: Calista Flockhart, actress
1974: Leonardo DiCaprio, actor

DIED ON THIS DAY - November 11
1831: Nat Turner former slave who led a violent insurrection, is hanged in VA
1973: Stringbean [David Akeman], banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw), dies at 58
1984: Rev Martin Luther King Sr dies in Atlanta at 84
2004: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat dies in Paris at age 75