Forgive & Forget!
June 26, 2009 6:57 am > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays |
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Forgiveness Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Ho’okani: To make music PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Renbo: Rainbow HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Life is in the mouth; death is in the mouth.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “I’ve always followed my father’s advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anyone unintentionally. If I insult you. you can be goddamn sure I intend to.” (John Wayne)
June 26, 1997: A GIANT DIES — Hawaiian musician Israel Kamakawiwo’ole dies at the age of 38. At 758 pounds, he dies of complications from obesity, and instantly becomes a beloved singer and ukulele player nationwide. A gentle giant in the true sense of the word, Israel has many times the number of albums since his death than before. Perhaps his most well-known song is his version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” which you can hear/see on YouTube.
EVENTS ON THIS DAY – June 26th
- 1945: The charter of the United Nations is signed by 50 countries in San Francisco
- 1948: The Berlin Airlift begins in earnest as the United States, Britain and France began ferrying supplies to the isolated western sector of Berlin after the Soviet Union cut off land and water routes
- 1963: President John F. Kennedy visits West Berlin, where he declared in a speech, “Ich bin ein Berliner”
- 1998: The Supreme Court issues a landmark sexual harassment ruling, putting employers on notice that they can be held responsible for supervisors’ misconduct even if they knew nothing about it
- 2000: Rival scientific teams complete the first rough map of the human genetic code
- 2003: The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, strikes down state bans on gay sex
- 2008: The Supreme Court struck down a handgun ban in the District of Columbia as it affirmed, 5-4, an individual right to gun ownership
BORN ON THIS DAY – June 26th
- 1730: Charles Messier, cataloger of astronomical “M objects”
- 1887: Anthony G de Rothschild, philanthropist
- 1892: Pearl S Buck, author
- 1904: Peter Lorre, actor
- 1909: Col Tom Parker, Elvis Presley’s manager
- 1916: Alex Dreier, Honolulu Hawaii, newscaster
- 1922: Eleanor Parker, actress
- 1939: Charles Robb, (Sen-D-Va)
- 1955: Mick Jones, rocker
- 1956: Chris Isaak, musician/actor
- 1970: Chris O’Donnell, actor
- 1970: Sean Hayes, comedic actor
- 1974: Derek Jeter, baseball shortstop
- 1981: Jason Schwartzman, actor
- 1981: Michael Vick, football player, felon
DIED ON THIS DAY – June 26th
- 363: Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor (b. 331)
- 1939: Ford Madox Ford, English writer (b. 1873)
- 1956: Clifford Brown, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1930)
- 1993: Roy Campanella, American baseball player (b. 1921)
- 1994: Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi writer and activist (b. 1929)
- 1996: Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist murdered (b. 1958)
- 2003: Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (b. 1902)
