Occult Day Day 323 of 2008 43 days left in this year

HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Lole: Mouse, rat
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Lilik rat: Mouse
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A rat eats, then leaves its droppings.“
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.” – Mickey Mouse

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WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Democracy Now!
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Barack Obama is Irish
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Left Wing Conspiracy
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Media Matters

NATIONAL NEWS ARCHIVES – November 18, 1928

Mickey Mouse’s birthday. Mickey Mouse was created 80 years ago by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks (voiced by Walt Disney). The Walt Disney Company celebrates his birth as November 18, 1928 upon the release of Steamboat Willie. The anthropomorphic mouse has evolved from being simply a character in animated cartoons and comic strips to become one of the most recognizable symbols in the world.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY – November 18
1307: William Tell shoots an apple off of his son’s head
1865: Mark Twain publishes the “Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
1894: The first newspaper Sunday color comic section is published (NY World)
1964: J Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as the “most notorious liar”
1976: Spain’s parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship
1978: More than 900 people died in Jonestown, Guyana, after Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jones urged them to kill themselves by drinking cyanide-laced grape punch. Jones died of a bullet wound to the head; whether it was self-inflicted is unknown.
1987: The congressional Iran-Contra committees issued their final report, saying President Ronald Reagan bore “ultimate responsibility” for wrongdoing by his aides.
2003: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules gay couples have the right to marry.
2004: Britain outlawed fox hunting in England and Wales.

BORN ON THIS DAY – November 18
1901: George Gallup, J public opinion pollster
1923: Ted Stevens, US senator (R-Alaska)
1939: Brenda Vaccaro, actress
1941: David Hemmings, actor
1942: Linda Evans, actor
1950: Graham Parker, musician
1953: Kevin Nealon, actor/comedian
1960: Elizabeth Perkins, actress
1956: Warren Moon, NFL Hall of Famer
1956: Katy Sagal, actress
1958: Oscar Nunez, actor (“The Office”)
1960: Elizabeth Perkins, actress (“Weeds”)
1968: Owen Wilson, actor

DIED ON THIS DAY – November 18
1886: Chester A Arthur (21st President), dies in NY at 56
1962: Niels Bohr physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1922, dies at 77
1969: Joseph P Kennedy dies in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, at 81
1978: Leo J Ryan (Rep-Cal) & 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 912 member
1982 Donald Dillaway actor, dies at 78