Paddling  Day Day 179 of 2009 186 days left in this year

Pul long: Paddle
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Put forward the paddle and draw it back.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “For Haoles, paddle means “spank” not “row.” (Anon)

EVENTS ON THIS DAY – June 29th

• 1776:    Mission Dolores founded by San Francisco Bay
• 1927:    First flight from the West Coast arrives in Hawaii
• 1929:    First high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field, CA
• 1966:    Bombing of Hanoi, North Vietnam begins
• 1992:    A divided U.S. Supreme Court rules that women have a constitutional right to abortion
• 1995:    A department store in Seoul South Korea collapses and kills 501 people
• 2007:     The first Apple iPhones went on sale.

BORN ON THIS DAY – June 29th

• 1900:    Antoine Saint-Exupery, aviator/writer
• 1919:    Slim Pickens, actor
• 1933:    Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, actor
• 1934:    Carl Levin, (Sen-D-MI) (74 years ago)
• 1944:    Gary Busey,  actor
• 1947:    Richard Lewis, comedian/actor
• 1972:    Samantha Smith, actress

DIED ON THIS DAY – June 29th

• 1252: King Abel of Denmark (b. 1218)
• 1315: Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235)
• 1852: Henry Clay, U.S. Senator (b. 1777)
• 1895: Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (b. 1825)
• 1940: Paul Klee, Swiss artist (b. 1879)
• 1967: Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933)
• 1975: Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
• 1978: Bob Crane, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1990: Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
• 2002: Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928)
• 2003: Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)
• 2006: Lloyd Richards, American actor and director (b. 1919)
• 2007: Joel Siegel, American film critic (b. 1943)