Chico carrasquel biography of martin luther king
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Pope John Paul II’s death prompted a remarkable outpouring of grief and respect, not just from Roman Catholics but from admirers of all faiths.
The throngs that brought parts of Rome to a standstill paid homage to a man who helped bring freedom to his native Poland, traveled tirelessly to more than nations and inspired ung people to maintain their faith.
He was among the notable people who died in
So, too, was Rosa Parks, whose history-making achievement played out one evening in on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Ala., when she refused to give up her seat.
“The only tired I was,” she later wrote, “was tired of giving in.”
When she died in October, just a few weeks shy of the 50th anniversary of her arrest, she was mourned for a courageous decision that energized the civil rights movement and made the Rev. Martin Luther King a major leader.
Other heroes we lost in included Simon Wiesenthal, who hunted down Nazi criminals and campaigned ag
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List of Major League Baseball pitchers who have thrown an immaculate inning
An immaculate inning occurs in baseball when a pitcherstrikes out all three batters he faces in one inning using the minimum possible number of pitches: nine.[1] This has happened times in Major League history and has been accomplished by pitchers (80 right-handed and 25 left-handed).
Major League Baseball's first immaculate inning was accomplished by John Clarkson of the Boston Beaneaters against the Philadelphia Quakers on June 4, ;[2] and the most recent by Ryan Pepiot of the Tampa Bay Rays on September 18, Use of the term "immaculate inning" first appeared in newspaper reporting after [3]
Six pitchers have accomplished the feat more than once: entré of FamersLefty Grove, Sandy Koufax, and Nolan Ryan, and active pitchers Chris Sale, Max Scherzer, and Kevin Gausman. Koufax, Sale, and Scherzer are the only pitchers to achieve an immaculate inning three times. Koufax acco
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Famous Firsts by Hispanic Americans
The first Hispanic-American politicians, baseball players, and more
Government
- Member of U.S. Congress:Joseph Marion Hernández, , delegate from the Florida territory.
- U.S. Representative:Romualdo Pacheco, a representative from California, was elected in by a one-vote margin. He served for four months before his opponent succeeded in contesting the results. In he was again elected to Congress, where he served for two terms.
- U.S. Senator:Octaviano Larrazolo was elected in to finish the term of New Mexico senator Andieus Jones, who had died in office. He served for six months before falling ill and stepping down; he died in The first Hispanic senator to serve an entire term (and then some) was Dennis Chávez, of New Mexico, who served from through
- Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency: General Elwood "Pete" Quesada helped create this agency to manage the growing aviation field and improve airline safety. He served in this pos