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Click for Kahului, Hawaii ForecastInt’l Arbor Day
357 of 2008
9 days left in this year
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — La‘au: Tree
 PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY —Diwai: Tree
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The branches grow because of the trunk.”
 HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “He that plants trees loves others beside himself.” - Thomas Fuller

WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Think Green Hawaii
WEB GAME OF THE WEEK — Sock & Awed – TRY IT!
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Slate’s Podcasts
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Recycle Hawaii
A tree grows on Maui

Today thru December 30th: Maui Film Festival’s First Light Screenings

Today, nothing untoward seemed to happen in Maui’s history. The sun shone down on the emerald green valley isle, ringed by 83 beaches. No ship sank, no one was murdered, no one was lost at sea, or on a hike. No one of any importance visited us, and no one of any importance left in a huff. Today is one of those sunny, gusty Maui days that just is — so enjoy it while it’s around. 2009 could produce some drastic changes in our easy-going island lifestyle. And while you’re at it, plant a tree.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY

  • 1877: “American Bicycling Journal” begins publishing
  • 1894: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is court-martialed for treason
  • 1936: The first common carrier license is issued by the ICC
  • 1943: WEB Du Bois is elected as the first African American member of the National Institue of Arts & Letters
  • 1990: Lech Walesa is sworn in as Poland’s first popularly elected president
  • 2005: Astronomers announced the discovery of two more rings encircling the planet Uranus.

BORN ON THIS DAY

  • 1400: Luca della Robbia, sculptor
  • 1639: Jean-Baptiste Racine, French dramatist
  • 1696: James Oglethorpe, general/author/colonizer of Georgia
  • 1727: William Ellery, signer of the Declaration of Independence
  • 1858: Giacomo Puccini, composer
  • 1901: Andre Kostelanetz,  conductor
  • 1903: Dr Barbara Moore, walked across U.S. in 86 days in 1960
  • 1905: Kenneth Rexroth,  poet/critic/translator
  • 1907: Peggy Ashcroft, stage actress
  • 1912: Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson, first lady
  • 1922: Barbara Billingsley, actress
  • 1922: James C Wright Jr, (Rep-D-Texas), Speaker of the House
  • 1936: Hector Elizondo, actor
  • 1944: Barry Jenkins, rock musician
  • 1945: Diane Sawyer,  newscaster
  • 1949: Maurice Gibb, singer
  • 1949: Robin Gibb, singer
  • 1950: Rick Nielsen, guitarist/vocalist/keyboardist
  • 1960:  Chuck Mead, country musician
  • 1960: Ralph Fiennes, actor
  • 1968: Dina Meyer, actress
  • 1974: Heather Donahue, actress
DIED ON THIS DAY
  • 1973: Irna Phillips creator of 5 TV soap operas, dies at 72
  • 1979 :D arryl F Zanuck film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77
  • 1980: Dick Kallman actor (Hank Dearborn-Hank), murdered at 47
  • 1986 :Celius Dougherty composer, dies at 84
  • 1989 Samuel Beckett Irish/French writer (Waiting for Godot, Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83
  • 1990: Cecil Effinger composer, dies at 76
  • 1993: Alexander Mackendrick director (Whiskey Galore!), dies at 81
  • 1995: Butterfly McQueen actress (Gone With the Wind), dies in a fire at 84
  • 1996: Hetta Empson artist, dies at 81
  • 1997: John Pinkerton computer scientist, dies at 78
  • 1997: Juzo Itami Japanese director, commits suicide at 64