Ash Wednesday 2009
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Pistol Patent Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Hanini: Spill PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Wel: Oil HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Fish poison should be used in the daytime.” HAOLE QUOTE OF THE DAY — “Gossip is the Devil’s radio.” - George Harrison
TODAY: Ash Wednesday – first day of Christian Lent.
February 25,th 1977: An oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons.
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — February 25th
- 1540: Francisco Vasquez de Coronado searches for the seven cities of Cibola Mexico
- 1791: The First Bank of the United States is chartered
- 1859: The “insanity plea” is first used in a court to prove innocence
- 1862: The U.S. Congress establishes the U.S. Bureau of Engraving & Printing
- 1901: U.S. Steel Corporation organizes under the directorship of J.P. Morgan
- 1928: The First television license is issued
- 1964: Cassius Clay (later Mohammed Ali), a 7-1 underdog, stops champion Sonny Liston in the 7th round to win the world heavyweight title
- 1986: Thousands of Egyptian military police riot and destroy 2 luxury hotels
- 2000: An Albany NY jury acquits four white New York police officers of all charges in the shooting death of unarmed African immigrant Amadou Diallo
BORN ON THIS DAY — February 25th
- 1901: Zeppo Marx, comedian/actor
- 1904: Adelle Davis, author
- 1908: Frank G Slaughter, author
- 1913: Jim Backus, Cleveland, actor
- 1917: Anthony Burgess, essayist/novelist
- 1918: Bobby Riggs, tennis star
- 1943: George Harrison, singer/songwriter/composer/musician
- 1943: Sally Jessy Raphael, TV talk show host
- 1957: Stuart (“Woody”) Wood, guitarist
- 1958: Kurt Rambis, NBA forward
- 1959: Mike Peters, rocker
- 1965: Jean Bruce Scott, actress
- 1966: Téa Leoni, actress
- 1967: Carrot Top, comedian
- 1973: Justin Jeffre, R&B singer
- 1986: Justin Berfield, actor
- 1986: Oliver Phelps, actor
DIED ON THIS DAY — February 25th
- 1723: Sir Christopher Wren, English architect (b. 1632)
- 1899: Paul Julius Reuter, German-born journalist (b. 1816)
- 1934: John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)
- 1957: George “Bugs” Moran, American gangster (b. 1893)
- 1975: Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (b. 1897)
- 1983: Tennessee Williams, American playwright (b. 1911)
- 1987: James Coco, American actor (b. 1930)
- 1999: Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
- 2005: Peter Benenson, English founder of Amnesty International (b. 1921)
- 2006: Darren McGavin, American actor (b. 1922)
