August 18, 2009
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 Bad Poetry Day
Day 230 of 2009
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Imi loa: Explore
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Hambuk: Annoy
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “As soon as he arrived, the pig died.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “An expert is a man who has stopped thinking – he know.” (Frank Lloyd Wright)
TODAY: Liberals Press Senate Dems to move without Grassley.
Leading liberal activists are pressing Senate Democrats to forget about Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and move ahead with their own plans for healthcare reform. More >
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August 18, 2009
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Thriftshop Day
Day 229 of 2009
136 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Pila ho‘okani: Music (vocal)
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Sing sing: Music
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A one-eyed fisherman spoils the luck.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “A good life is the only religion” (Thomas Fuller)
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — August 17th
- 1790: The capital of the U.S. moves to Philadelphia from New York City
- 1815: Napoleon arrives at the island of St. Helena to begin serving his exile
- 1858: The first bank in Hawaii open
- 1903: Joseph Pulitzer donates one million dollars to Columbia University, enabling the Pulitzer Prizes in his name
- 1961: The construction of the Berlin Wall begins, just days after East Berlin closed the border to West Berlin
- 1969: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair concludes in upstate NY
- 1998: President Bill Clinton undergoes grand jury questioning in the Monica Lewinsky scandal
- 2005: Israeli security forces begin the forcible removal of Jews from four settlements in the Gaza Strip.
BORN ON THIS DAY — August 17th
- 1786: Davy Crockett, U.S. politician
- 1887: Marcus Garvey, began back-to-Africa movement among U.S. blacks
- 1892: Mae West, actress
- 1905: John Hay Whitney, publisher
- 1921: Maureen O’Hara, actress
- 1923: Larry Rivers, modern/abstract painter
- 1929: Francis Gary Powers, U.S. spy
- 1943: Robert De Niro, actor
- 1960: Sean Penn, actor/director
- 1969: Donald E Wahlberg, Jr, rocker
DIED ON THIS DAY — August 17th
- 1935: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American feminist and writer (b. 1860)
- 1973: Conrad Aiken, American author (b. 1889)
- 1988: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (b. 1914)
- 1988: Victoria Shaw, Australian-born American actress (b. 1935)
- 1990: Pearl Bailey, American singer and actress (b. 1918)
