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Melquiades Rafael Martinez Biography
Melquiades Rafael MartinezGeorge W. Bush's first secretary for Housing and Urban Development Born: 10/23/1946Birthplace: Sagua La Grande, Cuba Cuban-born Martinez came to the United States…Ibrahim Ferrer 2005 Deaths
Ibrahim FerrerAge: 78 Cuban singer who gained fame late in his career with the 1997 release of the Grammy Award–winning album Buena Vista Social Club. Wim Wenders directed a film of the same…M. Emmet Walsh
Name at birth: Michael Emmet WalshM. Emmet Walsh was a remarkably busy movie character actor in the late 20th century. Walsh's best-known role may be that of Bryant, the cynical head cop who strong-…Nate Parker
Nate Parker wrote, directed and starred in the 2016 film about Nat Turner's slave rebellion, The Birth of a Nation. A 2003 graduate of the University of Oklahoma, he had a career in computer…Oscar Hijuelos
Oscar Hijuelos was the Cuban-American writer who won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction with his 1990 novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. His parents were Cuban immigrants to New York City, where…The Cold Six Thousand
Author:James EllroyPublisher:Knopf Set between the assassinations of President Kennedy and his brother Robert, Ellroy's latest romp careens around the world, stopping in Las Vegas, Vietnam,…2000 Men's Olympic Fencing Medalists
Individual Epée: 1. Pavel Kolobkov, RUS def. 2. Hugues Obry, FRA (15-12); 3. Lee Sang-Ki, S. Kor. def. Marcel Fischer, SWI (15-14). Team Epée: 1. Italy def. 2. France (39-38); 3. Cuba def. South…1996 Men's Olympic Fencing Medalists
Individual Epée: 1. Aleksandr Beketov, RUS, def. 2. Ivan Trevejo Perez, CUB (15-14); 3. Geza Imre, HUN def. Ivan Kovacs, HUN (15-9). Team Epée: 1. Italy def. 2. Russia (45-43); 3. France def.…September 2006
WorldIraqi Casualties Have Risen Sharply (Sept. 1): Pentagon report finds that since the new Iraqi government was established in May, civilian and security forces casualties have increased by…February 1998 News and Events
1998 News Month-By-MonthWorldAlbright Scolds Middle East Leaders (Feb. 1): Secretary of State rebukes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat over delay…Trending
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