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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Nupepa: Newspaper
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Niuspepa: Newspaper
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “To be continued, according to the newspaper.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “A newspaper inevitably reflects the character of its community.” (Tom Wicker)

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TODAY: Testing of Maui Land & Pineapple’s Piiholo Well produced a yield of 1.2 million gallons of water per day, but failed to show the well could sustain pumping at that rate, said county Water Director Jeff Eng. More >

July 30th, 1836: The first English-speaking newspaper is published in Hawaii – the Sandwich Island Gazette and Journal of Commerce. This version of the Gazette was irregularly published and lasted only three years. The first regular English language paper was established in 1856 – the weekly Pacific Commercial Advertiser. The Advertiser has published continuously since then, printed daily in 1882 and changing names in 1921 to The Honolulu Advertiser. Today’s top story: Hawaii visitor arrivals drop 14.2% in ’scary’ situation for tourism.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY — July 30th

• 1619: The House of Burgesses in Virginia is formed (the first elective governing body in a British colony)
• 1729: The City of Baltimore is founded
• 1733: The Society of Freemasons opens its first American lodge in Boston
• 1956: The motto of the U.S., “In God We Trust,” is authorized by Congress
• 1965: President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the Medicare bill into law (goes into effect following year)
• 1967: After 7 days of rioting in Detroit Michigan, 40 people are dead, 2,000 injured and 5,000 homeless
• 1974: The House of Representatives recommends Three articles of impeachment of President Nixon
• 1975: Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit (never found)
• 1999: Linda Tripp is charged in Maryland with illegal wiretapping for secretly recording phone conversations with Monica Lewinsky that led to the impeachment proceedings of President Clinton (the charges against Tripp were subsequently dropped)

BORN ON THIS DAY — July 30th

• 1818: Emily Bronte, England, novelist
• 1857: Thorstein Veblen, economist
• 1863: Henry Ford, auto maker
• 1880: Robert Rutherford McCormick, editor/publisher
• 1898: Henry Moore, sculptor
• 1947: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California governor/actor
• 1954: Ken Olin, actor
• 1956: Delta Burke, actress
• 1961: Laurence Fishburne, actor
• 1963: Lisa Kudrow, actress
• 1968: Simon Baker
• 1971: Tom Green, actor/comedian
• 1974: Hilary Swank
• 1992: Yvonne Strahovski, actress

DIED ON THIS DAY — July 30th

• 1718: William Penn, English founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (b. 1644)
• 1771: Thomas Gray, English poet and letter-writer (b. 1716)
• 1811: Miguel Hidalgo, Mexican patriot and Independence leader (b. 1753)
• 1918: Joyce Kilmer, American poet (b. 1886)
• 1996: Claudette Colbert, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1998: Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (Howdy Doody) (b. 1917)
• 2003: Sam Phillips, American record producer (b. 1923)
• 2006: Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (b. 1921)
• 2007: Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (b. 1912)
• 2007: Ingmar Bergman, Swedish stage and film director (b. 1918)
• 2007: Bill Walsh, American football coach (b. 1931)