Goodbye Mahalo
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Tell a Fairy Tale Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Mahalo: Thank you PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Tenkyu: Thank you HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The gift is sounded.” HAOLE QUOTE OF THE DAY — “For you I know I’d even try to turn the tide.” – Johnny Cash
February 26, 1998: A federal court orders Mahalo Airlines into bankrupcy. The third and smallest interisland air company is grounded for good.
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — February 26th
- 1616: The Inquisition delivers an injunction to Galileo
- 1848: Marx & Engels publish “The Communist Manifesto”
- 1869: Congress passes the 15th Amendment, giving the right to vote to ALL citizens regardless or race, and passes it to the states for ratification
- 1870: The first NYC subway line opens
- 1914: The first long-distance phone conversation is made via underground wires
- 1933: The Golden Gate Bridge groundbreaking ceremony is held at Crissy Field
- 1944: The first female U.S. navy captain, Sue Dauser of the Nurse Corps, is appointed
- 1979: The last total eclipse of the Sun in 20th century for continental U.S.
- 1984: President Reagan moves the U.S. Marines in Beirut offshore
- 1993: A bomb built by Islamic extremists explodes in the parking garage of New York City’s World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others
BORN ON THIS DAY — February 26th
- 1808: Honoré Daumier, France, painter/lithographer/caricaturist
- 1846: “Buffalo Bill” (William) Cody, killed 4000 buffalo
- 1852: John Harvey Kellogg, physician/surgeon, inspired the flaked cereal
- 1918: Theodore (Hamilton) Sturgeon, Hugo award-winning science fiction author
- 1920: Tony Randall (Leonard Rosenberg), actor
- 1921: Betty Hutton, actress
- 1928: “Fats” (Antione) Domino, R&B pianist/singer
- 1932: Johnny Cash, country singer/songwriter
- 1933: Godfrey Cambridge, actor/comedian
- 1943: Bob (“Bear”) Hite, singer (Canned Heat)
- 1946: Phyllis Eisenstein, sci-fi author
- 1950: Jonathan Cain, keyboardist (Journey)
- 1954: Michael Bolton, singer/songwriter
- 1958: Susan J Helms, Mjr USAF/Astronaut
- 1971: Erykah Badu (Erica Wright), singer/songwriter
- 1975: Kyle Norman, country singer
DIED ON THIS DAY — February 26th
- 1921: Carl Menger, Austrian economist (b. 1840)
- 1969: Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist (b. 1883)
- 1994: Bill Hicks, American comedian (b. 1961)
- 1995: Jack Clayton, British film director (b. 1921)
- 2005: Jef Raskin, American computer scientist (b. 1943)
- 2008: Buddy Miles, American drummer (Band of Gypsies) (b. 1947)
