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Gov’t Bailout Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kaikamahine: Daughter PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Turtles: Thirty, as in time. HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Hana `i`o ka haole! – The Foreigner does it in earnest.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Genius is born, not paid.” - Oscar Wilde WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Truthdig.com
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Funny
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Slate Podcasts
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Hole in the Wall Camps
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September 29, 1961: The East Maui Irrigation Ditches, which currently bring as much as 160 million gallons of water a day from East Maui to the Central Valley, are shown to serve another purpose. Keo Makama, a physical education instructor on Maui, learns to swim in a Maui irrigation ditch. On this day, he becomes the first person to swim the Kaiwi Channel, the body of water between Molokai and Oahu. It took him 15 hours and 37 minutes.x
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — September 29th
1789: The first U.S. congress adjourns
1829: Scotland Yard is formed in London and London’s metropolitan police force first goes on duty
1995: Three U.S. servicemen are indicted in the rape of a 12-year-old Okinawa girl and handed over to Japanese authorities (they are later convicted)
2000: Israeli riot police storm a major Jerusalem shrine and open fire on stone-throwing Muslim worshippers, killing four Palestinians and wounding 175 people
2005: John Roberts was sworn in as the nation’s 17th chief justice after winning Senate confirmation.
2005: New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released from 85 days of federal detention after agreeing to testify in a criminal probe into the leak of a covert CIA officer’s identity.
2006: Rep. Mark Foley, (R-Fla.), resigned after being confronted with sexually explicit computer messages he’d sent to former House pages.
1789: The first U.S. congress adjourns
1829: Scotland Yard is formed in London and London’s metropolitan police force first goes on duty
1995: Three U.S. servicemen are indicted in the rape of a 12-year-old Okinawa girl and handed over to Japanese authorities (they are later convicted)
2000: Israeli riot police storm a major Jerusalem shrine and open fire on stone-throwing Muslim worshippers, killing four Palestinians and wounding 175 people
2005: John Roberts was sworn in as the nation’s 17th chief justice after winning Senate confirmation.
2005: New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released from 85 days of federal detention after agreeing to testify in a criminal probe into the leak of a covert CIA officer’s identity.
2006: Rep. Mark Foley, (R-Fla.), resigned after being confronted with sexually explicit computer messages he’d sent to former House pages.
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BORN ON THIS DAY — September 29th
1908: Greer Garson, actress
1912: Michelangelo Antonioni, film director
1913: Stanley E Kramer, producer/director
1931: Anita Ekberg, actress
1935: Jerry Lee Lewis, singer
1942: Ian McShane, actor
1942: Madeline Kahn, actress
1943: Lech Walesa, led Polish Solidarity
1946: Patricia Hodge, actress
1948: Bryant Gumbe, TV personality
1955: Gwen Ifill, broadcast journalist
1957: Andrew “Dice” Clay, comedian
1908: Greer Garson, actress
1912: Michelangelo Antonioni, film director
1913: Stanley E Kramer, producer/director
1931: Anita Ekberg, actress
1935: Jerry Lee Lewis, singer
1942: Ian McShane, actor
1942: Madeline Kahn, actress
1943: Lech Walesa, led Polish Solidarity
1946: Patricia Hodge, actress
1948: Bryant Gumbe, TV personality
1955: Gwen Ifill, broadcast journalist
1957: Andrew “Dice” Clay, comedian
