MLK Holiday
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National Popcorn Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kulina pohapoha: Popcorn PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Winim kot: Acquitted HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Return to the backbone.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Do not consider any act of kindness insignificant.” – Muhammad
TODAY: Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a United States holiday marking the birthdate of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., observed on the third Monday of January each year, around the time of King’s birthday, January 15. It is one of three United States federal holidays to commemorate an individual person.
TODAY: Cell phone numbers went public this week (January 14). Reminder: all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and no doubt you will start to receive sales calls. The worst part of this offense is that you will also be charged for these calls. To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 1-888-382-1222.
This is the National “Do Not Call” list and it will only take a minute of your time. We understand it blocks your number from telemarketers for five years. Again, you must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked.
On January 19, 1898, the Pali Road connecting Honolulu with Windward Oahu was finished.
On January 19, 1900, the fire set in Chinatown to rid Oahu of Bubonic plague (reported earlier in the Maui Almanac) finally burns itself out, with nearly all of Chinatown destroyed. The plague returned to Hawaii in three years anyway.
On January 19, 1938, the U.S. War Department decided to move lots of shops to Pearl Harbor over the next 16 months, to beef-up security. Those ships did move, and most were destroyed two years later in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
