Saints, Sentimental Favorites, Victorious
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Mahina: Moon PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Ranupela mun: Full moon HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY—“Our seasons are the cycles of the moon and the stars.”
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY—“Success is not one of the names of God.” - Martin Buber
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Project Gutenberg
TODAY: Not even the most curmudgeonly could be begrudge the decisive victory New Orleans’ Saints achieved in Super Bowl 44. The Saints won their first Super Bowl title 31-17 over the Indianapolis Colts yesterday, propelled by gutsy play calls from their inspired 46 year-old coach, Sean Payton. Now suit up for Mardis Gras. More >
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — February 8th
- 1672: Isaac Newton reads his first optics paper before the Royal Society in London
- 1861: Seven southern states form the Confederate States of America in Montgomery Alabama
- 1887: The Dawes Act is passed (Native Americans living apart from their tribe are granted citizenship)
- 1910: Chicago publisher William Boyce incorporates the Boy Scouts of America
- 1911: The U.S. helps overthrow President Miguel DiVila of Honduras
- 1912: The first eastbound U.S. transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville Florida
- 1915: D.W. Griffith’s epic silent film about the Civil War, “Birth of a Nation,” opens
- 1924: The first U.S. execution by gas takes place at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City
- 1926: Walt Disney Studios is formed
- 1960: Congress begins looking into payola
- 1968: Three college students die in a confrontation with highway patrolmen in Orangeburg South Carolina
- 1969: A meteorite weighing over 1 ton falls in Chihuahua Mexico
- 1992: NASA’s Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter
BORN ON THIS DAY — February 8th
- 1612: Samuel Butler, poet/satirist
- 1819: John Ruskin, writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist
- 1820: William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War Major General
- 1828: Jules Verne, pioneered science fiction
- 1859: John H Been, Brielle archivist
- 1878: Martin Buber, philosopher
- 1906: Henry Roth, writer
- 1920: Lana Turner, actress
- 1925: Jack Lemmon, actor
- 1931: James Dean, actor
- 1940: Ted Koppel, TV news anchor
- 1941: Nick Nolte, actor
- 1941: Tom Rush, rock guitarist/vocalist
- 1942: Robert Klein, comedian/actor
- 1953: Mary Steenburgen, actress
- 1955: John Grisham. author
- 1961: Vince Neil, rock vocalist (Motley Crue)
- 1966: Gary Coleman, actor
- 1974: Seth Green, actor
DIED ON THIS DAY — February 8th
- 1587: Mary, Queen of Scots, is beheaded (b. 1542)
- 1725: Tsar Peter I of Russia (b. 1672)
- 1921: Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (b. 1842)
- 1956: Connie Mack, American baseball manager and executive (b. 1862)
- 1990: Del Shannon, American entertainer (suicide) (b. 1934)
- 1999: Iris Murdoch, Irish author (b. 1919)
- 2002: Ong Teng Cheong, President of Singapore (b. 1936)
- 2004: Julius Schwartz, American comic book and science fiction editor (b. 1915)
- 2005: Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician (b. 1925)
- 2005: Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (b. 1948)
- 2007: Model and tabloid sensation Anna Nicole Smith dies at age 39 of an accidental drug overdose
