Internat’l Drum Month Day 329 of 2008 37 days left in this year

HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Mo‘olelo: Legend
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Stillum: Steal
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Be careful lest the result be disastrous to you.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Legend: A tale that has attained the dignity of age.” - Laurence Peter

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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 – Nov. 24, 1971
“D.B.” Cooper parachutes into legend. D. B. Cooper is the name given to a man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in the United States on this day in 1971, received $200,000 in ransom, and parachuted from the plane along the Columbia River of Washington. He was never apprehended. The name he used to board the plane was Dan Cooper, but through a later press error, he became known as “D. B. Cooper”. In spite of hundreds of leads over the years since, no conclusive evidence has surfaced regarding Cooper’s true identity or whereabouts, and the bulk of the money has never been recovered.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY – November 24
1859: Charles Darwin publishes “On the Origin of Species”
1871: The National Rifle Association is organized (NYC)
1949: Britain nationalizes it’s steel & iron industry
1998: America Online confirms it intends to purchase Netscape Communications in a deal ultimately worth $10 billion
2000: The U.S. Supreme Court steps into the bitter, overtime struggle for the White House, agreeing to consider George W. Bush’s appeal against the hand recounting of ballots in Florida
2003 A jury in Virginia Beach, Va., sentenced John Allen Muhammad to death for the Washington-area sniper shootings.

BORN ON THIS DAY – November 24
1632: Benedict de “Baruch” Spinoza, rationalist philosopher
1713: Father Junipero Serra, California missions founder
1713: Laurence Sterne, novelist/satirist
1784: Zachary Taylor, (Whig) 12th President
1864: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, painter
1868: Scott Joplin, entertainer/composer
1888: Dale Carnegie, author
1917: Howard Duff, actor
1925: William F Buckley Jr, right-wing curmudgeon
1935: Ron Dellums, (Rep-D-Calif)
1942: Billy Connolly, comedian/actor
1946: Ted Bundy, serial murderer
1947: Lee Michaels, rock singer
1963: Lisa Howard, actress

DIED ON THIS DAY – November 24
1572: John Knox Scottish preacher, dies
1959: Dr Lyman Bryson educator (UN Casebook), dies at 71
1962: James J Kilroy tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60
1963: Lee Harvey Oswald JFK’s assassinator shot dead by Jack Ruby
1974: Charles Quinlivan actor (Frank-Mr Garland), dies at 50
1980 George Raft NYC, actor, dies at 85
1991: Rock singer Freddie Mercury of Queen died at age 45 of pneumonia brought on by AIDS