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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Ka Wa’a: Bail
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY —Ausait: Outside
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — Be a person well versed.
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the most fatal to happiness.” - Bertrand Russell

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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

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King David Kalakaua decides that Hawaii will need to survive in the modern world, and begins a program of study abroad for 18 of Hawaii’s best students, which the king picks  himself.Three, including James Haku‘ola, come from Maui.The 18 students attended college in five countries: Italy Scotland, England, China and Japan.  They studied engineering, law, medicine, military science, sculpture, music, and foreign languages. They indeed became Island leaders and parents and grandparents of future  leaders.

Fifteen students returned from their studies. Two died of disease in China, and one, Matthew Makalua, married an Englishwoman and settled in London, where he successfully practiced medicine for the  rest of his life.

The program was phased out after the “Bayonet Constitution” of 1887 in which the white oligarchy curbed the king’s powers.

0627 Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine emperor Heraclius beats Perzen
1098 1st Crusaders capture & plunder Mara Syria
1474 Isabella crowns herself queen of Castile & Aragon
1479 Jews are expelled from Schlettstadt Alsace by Emperor Frederick III
1524 Pope Clement VII approves Organization of Jewish Community of Rome
1527 Composer Adrian Willaert moves from Milan to Venice
1800 Washington DC established as capital of US
1822 México officially recognized as an independent nation by US
1858 1st Canadian coins circulated (1¢, 5¢, 10¢ & 20¢)
1930 Start of the 1st Australia vs West Indies Test (at Adelaide)
1953 Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane
1955 1st prototype of hovercraft patented by British engineer Christoper Cockerell
1957 US announces manufacture of Borazon (harder than diamond)
1957 Jerry Lee Lewis weds his cousin Myra Gale Brown, 13, while still married to his 1st wife, Jane Mitcham
1969 Bill Toomey (track and field) achieves world record-score (8417 points)
1969 Bomb attack on bank in Milan, 14 killed
1970 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 42 launched to study X-rays
1970 Polish government proclaims price rise
1970 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1973 San Diego files anti-trust against National League (stopping Padres move to DC)
1986 Russian Tupolev-134 crashes in East Berlin, 70 killed
1986 South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested
1987 Mookie Blaylock sets NBA record of 13 steals in a game
1987 Rollermania at Madison Square Garden, Eastern Express beats Midwest Pioneers
1987 Oklahoma sets NCAA record of 33 steals vs Centenary
1988 NYC Subway system adds new stations (the Z line)
1988 Sandra Miller of Queens sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment
1991 Actor Richard Gere marries super model Cindy Crawford
1991 New Jersey Nets set NBA record of 22 blocks beating Nuggets 121-81
1991 Orion Pictures filed Chapter 11 for bankruptcy protection
1991 Maastricht Treaty signed to create a European Community
1991 Tampa Bay Bucaneer Dexter Manley, retires after failing drug test
1992 58th Heisman Trophy Award: Gino Torretta, Miami FL (QB)
1992 6.8-7.5 earthquake strikes Flores Island (tsunami kills 3,000)
1992 Japanese crown prince Naruhito announces engagement to Masaka Owada
1992 Julia Kurotchkina, 18, of Russia, crowned 42nd Miss World
1992 New York Giants lose 19-0 to Phoenix Cardinals
1993 Ultra-Nationalists make strong gains in Russian elections
1993 “Any Given Day” closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 32 performances
1993 “Kentucky Cycle” closes at Royale Theater NYC after 34 performances
1993 WAQX 104.3 (Q-104) rock format replaces WNCN classic format in New York NY
1995 Amendment to make it illegal to physically desecrate the flag turned down by senate 63-36 (need 2/3 vote)
1995 CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31
1995 Israeli PM Shimon Peres address both house of US congress
1995 NBA referees return to work after striking
1996 Assassination attempt on Uday (Iraqi’s heir to Sadam Hussain)
1996 Marlins sign their 6th free-agent since Nov 22, Moises Alou
1997 Carlos the Jackal, “professional revolutionary” goes on trial in Paris
1997 Federal judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby’s daughter, to 26 months for trying to extort $40 million from him
1997 Florida releases Alex Arias, the last original Marlin
1997 Japanese train builders (Maglev) claim world speed record at 332 MPH
1997 Red Sox sign Pedro Martinez to record 6 year $69 million contract
1997 SWAT team shoots John E Armstrong in Florida, freeing 2 young hostages
1997 TWA 800 hearings end in Baltimore MD

1805 William Lloyd Garrison abolitionist publisher (The Liberator)
1821 Gustave Flaubert Rouen Normandy France, novelist (Madame Bovary)
1882 Akiba Rubinstein Polish chess player (openings theory)
1893 Edward G Robinson [Goldenberg] Romania, actor (10 Commandments)
1902 Howard Koch screenwriter
1903 Enid Balint-Edmonds psychoanalyst
1913 Jesse Owens US, track star (4 golds 1936), spoiled Hitler’s Olympics
1915 Frank Sinatra Hoboken NJ, singer/actor (old blue eyes/chairman of board)
1917 Edward Firth Henderson arabist
1917 Heinrich Böll Germany, writer (Group Portrait with Lady, Nobel ‘72)
1940 Dionne Warwick East Orange NJ, singer (Solid Gold, Way to San Jose)
1953 Bruce Kulick Brooklyn NY, rocker (Kiss-Beth, Rock and Roll All Nite)

1937 Alfred Abel actor (Dr Mabuse, Metropolis), dies at 57
1939 Douglas Fairbanks actor (Zorro, 3 Musketeers, Robin Hood), dies at 56
1965 Johnny Lee actor (Calhoun-Amos ‘n’ Andy), dies at 67
1968 Tallulah Bankhead actress (All Star Revue), dies of pneumonia at 65
1985 Anne Baxter actress (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel), dies at 62
1994 Donna J. Stone poet, dies of heart failure at 61
1994 Herman H Felderhof radio-announcer/head (NRU/NOS Radio), dies at 83
1994 John Edward Caulwell Hearne writer, dies at 68
1994 Stuart Allen Roosa astronaut (Apollo 14), dies of pancreatitis at 46
1995 Andrew Olle broadcaster, dies at 48
1995 David Lincoln Lightbown politician, dies at 63
1995 David Saul Marshall diplomat lawyer/politician, dies at 97
1995 James Altgens JFK assassination photographer, dies at 76
1995 Lindsay Oliver John Boynton furniture historian, dies
1995 Mary Bruce dance Teacher, dies at 95
1995 Mohyedin Alempour tajik artist/journalist, dies at 50
1996 Gerald Ian Lacey architect/town planner, dies at 70
1996 Jack Perry businessman, dies at 81
1996 Jean-Pierre Guerlain cosmetics pioneer, dies at 91
1996 Michael Geoffrey Corcos medical researcher, dies at 77
1996 Vance Oakley Packard writer (Hidden Perseuders), dies at 82