Int’l Drum Month Day 328 of 2009 37 days left in this year

HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Mo‘olelo: Legend
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Stillum: Steal
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Be careful lest the result be disastrous to you.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Legend: A tale that has attained the dignity of age.” - Laurence Peter

NATIONAL NEWS ARCHIVES – Nov. 24, 1971
“D.B.” Cooper parachutes into legend. D. B. Cooper is the name given to a man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in the United States on this day in 1971, received $200,000 in ransom, and parachuted from the plane along the Columbia River of Washington. He was never apprehended. The name he used to board the plane was Dan Cooper, but through a later press error, he became known as “D. B. Cooper.” In spite of hundreds of leads over the years since, no conclusive evidence has surfaced regarding Cooper’s true identity or whereabouts, and the bulk of the money has never been recovered.

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