Mt. Redoubt Erupts
March 23, 2009 7:20 am > MAUI TODAY Mt. Redoubt Erupts |
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Meteorological Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Luapele: Volcano PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Traut: Vomit HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “One hand points upward, the other gropes downward.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Give me liberty of give me death.” – Patrick Henry
TODAY: Alaska’s Mt. Redoubt volcano, 100 miles from Anchorage, erupted several times late Sunday and early Monday, sending an ash plume nearly 12 miles into the air. More >
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — March 23rd
- 1775: Patrick Henry gives his “Give me liberty or give me death” speech to the Virginia convention
- 1806: Lewis the Clark reach the Pacific coast
- 1912: The Dixie Cup (paper cup) is invented
- 1925: Tennessee becomes the first state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution in public schools
- 1929: The first telephone is installed in the White House
- 1933: The German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers
- 1956: Pakistan proclaims itself as an Islamic republic within the British Commonwealth (National Day)
- 1956: Sudan becomes an independent country
- 1971: The House of Representatives passes the 26th Amendment to the Constitution (lowering the voting age to 18) and passes it on to the states for ratification
- 1973: Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in U.S.
- 1983: President Ronald Reagan gives his “Star Wars” speech announcing the beginning of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) (
- 1998: The Supreme Court rules that term limits for state lawmakers are constitutional
- 2001: Russia’s orbiting Mir space station ended its 15-year odyssey with a fiery plunge into the South Pacific.
- 2008 A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad, pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000
BORN ON THIS DAY — March 23rd
- 1769: William Smith, geologist
- 1857: Fannie Farmer, actress
- 1900: Erich Fromm, psychologist
- 1908: Joan Crawford, actress
- 1910: Akira Kurosawa, director
- 1912: Werner von Braun, rocket expert
- 1929: Roger Bannister, 1st to run a mile under 4 minutes
- 1953: Louie Anderson, comedian
- 1957: Amanda Plummer, actress
- 1965: Richard Grieco, actor
- 1966: Marti Pellow, rocker
- 1976: Keri Russell, actress
- 1977: Josh Ackerman, actor
DIED ON THIS DAY — March 23rd
- 1842: Stendhal, French writer (b. 1783)
- 1964: Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (b. 1904)
- 1982: Barney Clark, first artificial heart recipient (b. 1921)
- 1994: Donald Swann, British composer, musician and entertainer (b. 1923)
- 1995: Alan Barton, English musician (Black Lace, Smokie) (b. 1953)
- 2001: Rowland Evans, American journalist (b. 1921)
