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Iris Shun-Ru Chang (traditional Chinese: 張純如; March 28, 1968 – November 9, 2004) was an American journalist, author, and political activist.She is best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanjing Massacre, The Rape of Nanking, and in 2003, The Chinese in America: A Narrative History.
Florence Fang (Chinese: 方李邦琴; born 1933/1934) is a Chinese-American businesswoman, publisher, and philanthropist active in the San Francisco area.She is the former owner of the San Francisco Examiner and other media titles and has been a fund-raiser for the Republican Party.
Shirley Fong-Torres (November 16, 1946 – June 18, 2011) [1] was a chef, tour operator, and popular travel and food writer based in San Francisco, California, US. Early life [ edit ]
The Black House was a building that formerly stood at 6114 California Street in San Francisco, California, in the United States. [1] The house was used by Anton LaVey as the headquarters of his Church of Satan , from 1966 until his death in 1997.
During the Nanjing Massacre, Wilson was the main surgeon responsible for treating the victims of the ongoing atrocities (although several nurses were still available) and, along with John Rabe and Minnie Vautrin, was instrumental in the establishment of the Nanking Safety Zone, which sheltered more than 200,000 people within its confined walls.
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He was also active in supporting political campaigns both locally in San Francisco and at the national level for the Democratic Party and met with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. [5] Holmes died from liver failure, a complication of AIDS. The Charles M. Holmes building at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center is named in his honor. [6]
For years, the “Home Alone” house at 671 Lincoln Ave. in Winnetka, Illinois, had a prominent sign that warned people not to gawk. How the constant and unwelcome attention affected its ...