Hawaii’s First Senators
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July 28th, 1959: Hawaii’s first U.S. election sends the first Asian-Americans to Congress in Washington, DC. Hiram L. Fong is elected to the Senate, and Daniel K. Inouye is elected to the House of Representatives. Inouye was later elected to the U.S. Senate in 1962, and remains a U.S. Senator to this day.
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EVENTS ON THIS DAY — July 28th
1540: King Henry VIII’s chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, is executed (on the same day, Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard)
1586: Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe
1821: Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day)
1868: The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing due process of law, is declared in effect
1943: Italian Facist dictator Benito Mussolini resigns
1976: 242,000 people die in Tientsin-Tangshan (China) in an 8.2 earthquake
1977: The first oil flows through the Alaska pipeline
1978: The price of gold tops $200 per ounce for first time
2005: The Irish Republican Army renounces the use of violence against British rule in Northern Ireland and said it would disarm.
1540: King Henry VIII’s chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, is executed (on the same day, Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard)
1586: Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe
1821: Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day)
1868: The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing due process of law, is declared in effect
1943: Italian Facist dictator Benito Mussolini resigns
1976: 242,000 people die in Tientsin-Tangshan (China) in an 8.2 earthquake
1977: The first oil flows through the Alaska pipeline
1978: The price of gold tops $200 per ounce for first time
2005: The Irish Republican Army renounces the use of violence against British rule in Northern Ireland and said it would disarm.
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BORN ON THIS DAY — July 28th
1844: Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet
1866: Beatrix Potter, English children’s author
1901: Rudy Vallee, singer
1907: Vivian Vance, actress
1909: Malcolm Lowry, novelist
1922: Jacques Piccard, undersea explorer
1941: Michael Mukasey, Attorney General
1943: Bill Bradley, BBall player/ US Sen (D-NJ)
1943: Mike Bloomfield, blues musician
1945: Jim Davis, Garfield cartoonist
1945: Richard Wright, rocker
1946: Linda Kelsey, actress
1947: Sally Struthers, actress
1954: Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela
1972: Elizabeth Berkley, actress
1973: Scott Bloom, actor
1844: Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet
1866: Beatrix Potter, English children’s author
1901: Rudy Vallee, singer
1907: Vivian Vance, actress
1909: Malcolm Lowry, novelist
1922: Jacques Piccard, undersea explorer
1941: Michael Mukasey, Attorney General
1943: Bill Bradley, BBall player/ US Sen (D-NJ)
1943: Mike Bloomfield, blues musician
1945: Jim Davis, Garfield cartoonist
1945: Richard Wright, rocker
1946: Linda Kelsey, actress
1947: Sally Struthers, actress
1954: Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela
1972: Elizabeth Berkley, actress
1973: Scott Bloom, actor
