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Luis Santeiro Biography

Luis SanteiroWriterBorn: 1948Birthplace: Havana, Cuba Luis Santeiro has won eight Emmy Awards for his writing for Sesame Street and one for his contribution to the groundbreaking bilingual…

Harriet Quimby Biography

Harriet Quimbyaviator Born: 1875Birthplace: Michigan Harriet’s earliest years were shadowy until the family surfaced in the San Francisco area. Harriet started out as an actress but a talent…

Federico Garcia Lorca

Federico Garcia Lorca was one of the most critically acclaimed Spanish poets of the 20th century, famous not only for his poems and plays, but also as an early martyr of the Spanish Civil War (1936-…

Nikita Khrushchev

Born a Ukrainian peasant, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev joined the Communist party in 1918 and in four decades rose through the ranks to become the leader of all the Soviet Union. Nikita Khrushchev…

Albio SIRES, Congress, NJ (1951)

SIRES Albio , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Bejucal, Cuba, January 26, 1951; graduated from Memorial High School, West New York, N.J., 1970; B.A., St. Peter’s College, Jersey City, N.J…

William W. WOODWORTH, Congress, NY (1807-1873)

WOODWORTH William W. , a Representative from New York; born in New London, Conn., March 16, 1807; moved to Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N.Y., in 1834; received a limited schooling; supervisor of…

Huey Newton

Huey Newton and fellow activist Bobby Seale founded the radical Black Panther Party in 1966. Under their leadership, the Black Panthers became a political force both admired and feared for its…

Los Super Seven

CantoColumbia/Legacy After making an impressive splash upon the pop scene with their first album in 1998, the Latin all-star collective known as Los Super Seven has gotten even stronger the…

Perez Hilton

Name at birth: Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr.Perez Hilton has described himself as "the Internet's most notorious gossip columnist." In the early 2000s his online gossip site has been one of the most…