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Don Ho

Donald Tai Loy HoHawaiian entertainer Born: 8/13/1930Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii Don Ho, Hawaii's most famous entertainer, claims Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese, German, and Dutch ancestry. He…

Wilma Mankiller

  former chief of the Cherokee Nation Born: 11/18/1945Birthplace: Tahlequah, Oklahoma   Mankiller was born in Mankiller Flats near Tahlequah, Oklahoma, but as a child was moved with her family to…

Lisa Gay Hamilton

actressBorn: 3/25/1964Birthplace: Los Angeles, Calif. Raised on Long Island, Hamilton contracted the acting bug at an early age. A graduate of fine arts from New York University, she studied drama…

Pola Negri

(Barbara Appolonia Chalupiec)actressBorn: 12/31/1894Birthplace: Lipno, Poland After tuberculosis cut short a promising ballet career, Pola Negri began acting, emigrating from her native Poland to…

Jessica Hagedorn

novelist, poet, and performance artistBorn: 1949Birthplace: Manila, Philippines A novelist, poet, and performance artist, Hagedorn emigrated from the Philippines when she was 14 years old. She was…

George S. LEMIEUX, Congress, FL (1969)

Senate Years of Service: 2009-2011Party: RepublicanLEMIEUX, George S., a Senator from Florida; born in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., May 21, 1969; attended public schools in Coral Springs, Fla.; B.A…

relocation center

(Encyclopedia) relocation center, in U.S. history, camp in which Japanese and Japanese-Americans were interned during World War II. Fearing a Japanese invasion, the military leaders, under authority…

Movie Timeline

Here are key moments in the history and evolution of the cinema. 1889William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, commissioned by Thomas Alva Edison, builds the first motion-picture camera and names it the…

Asian Americans in Government

Elaine Chao Akaka, Daniel Kahikina, U.S. senator Boggs, Grace Lee, activist Cayetano, Benjamin J., governor of Hawaii Chang, Ming E., business leader, rear admiral (retired) Chao,…

1972 CMA Awards

Entertainer of the YearLoretta LynnSingle of the Year“The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.,” Donna FargoAlbum of the YearLet Me Tell You About a Song, Merle Haggard (Capitol)Song of the Year (…