Business As Usual
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Paikaloa‘a: Capitalism PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Biknait: Dead of night HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “No hala fruit shows its color in the darkness of night.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “People living deeply have no fear of death. “ – Anais Nin
January 14, 1942: The statewide repeal of the law prohibiting businesses from transacting business on Sundays goes into effect, thus allowing stores to open seven days a week. The repeal was part of a negotiation between the state government and local businesses, which had lost considerable trade because nighttime business was shut down due to the war. Blackouts (fearing further Japanese attacks) prevented anyone doing much of anything except by candlelight and behind covered windows. After the war, the old prohibition was permanently removed from the law books, and business as usual resumed.
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY
- 1690: The clarinet is invented (Nurnberg Germany)
- 1699: Massachusetts holds a day of fasting for wrongly persecuting “witches”
- 1784: The Continental Congress ratifies the Paris peace treaty ending the Revolutionary War
- 1794: The first successful Caesarean section performed in the U.S.
- 1914: Henry Ford introduces the “assembly line” for his cars
- 1952: NBC’s “Today” show premiers
- 1954: Marilyn Monroe marries baseball star Joe DiMaggio
- 1967: 20,000 attend the 1st Human Be-In (San Francisco)
- 2004: Former Enron finance chief Andrew Fastow pleaded guilty to conspiracy as he accepted a 10-year prison sentence.
- 2005: Army Specialist Charles Graner Jr., the reputed ringleader of a band of rogue guards at the Abu Ghraib prison, was convicted at Fort Hood, Texas, of abusing Iraqi detainees. (He was later sentenced to 10 years in prison.).
BORN ON THIS DAY
- 1875: Albert Schweitzer
- 1886: Hugh Lofting, English/American writer & illustrator
- 1892: Hal Roach, early film director/producer
- 1896: John dos Passos, novelist
- 1906: William Bendix, actor
- 1913: Tillie Olsen, American writer
- 1920: Andy Rooney, commentator
- 1926: Thomas Tryon, actor/novelist
- 1935: Loretta Lynn, singer
- 1938: Allen Toussaint, musician (Wild Sign of New Orleans)
- 1940: Julian Bond, (D-Ga) civil rights leader
- 1941: Faye Dunaway, actress
- 1944: Nina Totenberg, braodcast jourmalist
- 1949: Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter/director
- 1952: Maureen Dowd, columnist
- 1965: Vanity, (Dee Dee Williams), singer/actress
- 1963: Steven Soderbergh, director
- 1967: Emily Watson, actress
- 1968: LL Cool J (James Todd Smith), actor/rapper
- 1969: Jason Bateman, actor
DIED ON THIS DAY
- 1977 Anaïs Nin Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies at 73
- 1977 Anthony Eden British premier (1955-57), dies at 79
- 1977 Peter Finch actor (Network, Nun’s Story, Judith), dies at 60
- 1984 Ray Kroc founder of MacDonalds/owner San Diego Padres, dies at 82
- 1986 Donna Reed actress (Donna Reed Show, Dallas), dies of cancer at 64
- 1990 David Arkin actor (I Love You Alice B Toklas), dies
- 1992 Hari Rhodes actor (Earth II, Detroit 9000), dies at 59
- 1995 Mark Finch film festival organizer, dies at 33
- 1995 Stafford William Somerfield newspaper editor, dies at 84
- 1996 Eric Briault educationalist, dies at 84
- 1996 Pamelo Mounk’a musician, dies at 50
- 1997 King Hu film director, dies at 64
