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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Aina lei ali’i: Crown lands
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY —Gat dinau: Owe
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — Be a person well versed.
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “I’m not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that part of hell will break loose…it’ll be much harder to detect. ” - George Carlin

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December 8, 1942: Mario Savio, FSM student leader was born. See his speech in UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza, December 2, 1964, which sparked the 60s student movement.
December 8th, 2008: Linda Lingle’s administration goes to court defending the state’s right to own all lands owned by the monarchy before the illegal overthrown of the legitimate Hawaiian government in 1893. It can’t do anything else, of course. At stake is more than 1.2 million acres of land. To give it up would be chaos. That the state owns it is morally reprehensible. And indefensible, except in an American court, of course, which will rule that the state owns everything. It can’t rule otherwise. Any administration, regardless of power, would have to argue as this one does. Still, it’s nice to see this vapidly criminal administration take heat on this one, too.

1776 George Washington’s retreating army crosses Delaware River from New Jersey
1777 Captain Cook leaves Society Islands
1792 1st cremation in US, Henry Laurens
1813 Ludwig von Beethoven’s 7th Symphony in A, premieres
1854 Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin
1863 Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South
1874 Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie KS
1896 Start of Sherlock Holmes “Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter” (BG)
1902 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr became Associate Justice on Supreme Court
1936 NAACP files suit to equalize the salaries of black & white teachers
1936 Anastasio Somoza elected President of Nicaragua
1938 Highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa CA
1940 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0
1941 San Francisco 1st blackout, at 6 15 PM
1941 US & Britain declare war on Japan, US enters WWII
1959 President Eisenhower watches Pakistan vs Australia Test Cricket at Karachi
1961 Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA – 78
1965 Pope Paul VI signs 2nd Vatican council
1966 A terrible Yankee trade, Roger Maris for Card’s Charlie Smith
1966 US & USSR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space
1967 Beatles “Magical Mystery Tour” album is released in UK
1984 Ringo Starr appears on Saturday Night Live
1991 Russia, Byelorussia & Ukraine form Commonwealth of Independent States
1991 “Homecoming” closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 49 performances
1991 “Nick & Nora” opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 9 performances
1991 Kris Tschetter/Billy Andrade win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1992 Galileo’s nearest approach to Jupiter (303 km)
1993 Dow-Jones hits record 3734.53
1993 Storm hits West Europe, 11 killed in England

0065   -BC- Horace Rome, lyric poet/satirist (Satire, Odes)
1911 Lee J Cobb New York NY, actor (Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront)
1925 Sammy Davis Jr New York NY, singer/dancer/actor (Ocean’s 11, Candy Man)
1925 James E “Jimmy” Smith US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side)
1930 Alain Weber composer
1930 Maximilian Schell Austria, actor/director (Odessa File, Julia)
1933 Flip Wilson [Clerow] Jersey City NJ, comedian (Flip Wilson Show)
1936 David Carradine Hollywood CA, actor (Kung Fu, Mean Streets)
1937 James MacArthur Los Angeles CA, actor (Danny Williams-Hawaii 5-0)
1939 James Galway Belfast Ireland, flutist (18k gold flute, Royal Philharmonic)
1939 Jerry Butler Sunflower MS, rock vocalist (Never Give You Up)
1943 Jim Morrison Melbourne FL, singer (Doors) is he really dead?
1952 Sam Kinison screaming comedian/actor (Back to School, Charlie Hoover)
1953 Kim Basinger Athens GA, actress (9½ Weeks, Batman)
1964 Teri Hatcher Sunnyvale CA, actress (Lois Lane-Lois & Clark)
1965 Greg Truitt NFL safety/linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
1965 Teresa Weatherspoon WNBA guard (New York Liberty)
1965 Troy Sadowski NFL tight end (Cincinnati Bengals)
1966 Matthew Laborteaux Los Angeles CA, actor (Albert-Little House on Prairie)
1966 Douglas Allan Martin Bluffton OH, PGA golfer (1995 Buick-2nd)
1966 Joe Staysniak NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts)
1966 Siñead O’Connor Dublin Ireland, singer (Nothing Compares 2 U)
1967 Marina Augusta Baker Windsor England, playmate (March 1987)
1967 Jeff George NFL quarterback (Atlanta Falcons, Oakland Raiders)
1967 Ron George linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
1967 Tony Mayberry NFL center (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1968 Bill Johnson defensive tackle (St Louis Rams)
1968 Mike Mussina Williamsport PA, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles)
1969 Lisa Marie Munzert New Castle DE, Miss Delaware-America (1991)
1969 Antoon Kuil soccer player (Veendam, SC Heerenveen)
1969 Bobby Phillips WLAF running back (Minnesota Vikings, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 Darrin Shannon Barrie, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets)
1969 Victor Green NFL cornerback/safety (New York Jets)
1971 Garvin Alston Mount Vernon NY, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
1971 James Stewart NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings)
1973 Mitch Jacoby tight end (St Louis Rams)
1973 Monty Montgomery defensiveback (Indianapolis Colts)
1974 Paul Staight Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)
1978 Kate Robinson Peoria IL, dance skater (& Peter Breen)

0644 Omar I 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered
1587 Mary Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed
1967 Robert H Lawrence USAF/astronaut, dies at 32
1980 John Lennon assassinated at 40 in New York by Mark David Chapman
1982 Surendre Rambocus Suriname army lieutenant, murdered
1983 Slim Pickins western actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64
1992 William Shawn US editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85
1993 André Cerf French actor/producer (Nana), dies at 93
1993 Carlotta Monti lover of WC Fields, dies at 86
1994 Antonio Carlos Jobim Brazil composer (Girl From Ipanema), dies at 67
1994 Israel Aaron Maisels lawyer, dies at 89
1994 Jesús “Enrique” Líster Spanish/Russian general (Civil War), dies at 87
1995 Carl Marsden bodyguard, dies at 36
1995 Ernest LeRoy Boyer educator, dies at 67
1995 John Gillett film researcher, dies at 70
1995 Mikki Doyle journalist, dies at 79
1996 Howard E Rollins Jr actor (Ed Harding-Another World), dies at 46
1996 Marin Sorescu poet/dramatist, dies at 60
1997 Bob Bell clown (WGN’s 1st Bozo), dies at 75
1997 Leon Poliakov historian, dies at 87