Shoe Throwing Anniversary

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Day 348 of 2009
17 days left in this year
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Hui hui: Constellation
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Heven: Heaven
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — I Ho’okahi Kahi Ke Aloha: Be one in love
 HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.“ - Horace

Iraqi journalist throw shoe at President George

December 14, 2008: An Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a news conference in Baghdad; Bush was not hit. (The shoe-thrower, Muntadhar al-Zeidi, spent 9 months in prison and became an international hero.)

December 14, 1910: Maui is quarantined because of a breakout of diphtheria. Strangely, no other island has this problem, and the quarantine lasts for just five days. Diphtheria is an infection of the upper body, lungs, throat, nasal passages, tonsils, and accompanied by fever. It has largely been eradicated from the U.S., with just five cases reported here in the past seven years.