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Japanese American: Maryland: Mayor of Edmonston, Maryland, elected in 1927 and 1943 [21] James Kanno (1925–2017) 1957–1962: Japanese American: California: First mayor of Fountain Valley, California [22] Norman Mineta (1931–2022) 1971–1975: Japanese American: California: Democratic: Served as mayor of San Jose, California. [23] Sak ...
Even non-Thai restaurants may include Thai-influenced dishes on their menu like Pad Thai and Thai tea. Thai culture's prominence in the United States is disproportionate to their numbers. The stationing of American troops in Thailand during the Vietnam War exposed the GIs to Thai culture and cuisine, and many of them came home with Thai wives.
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Sheng Thao (RPA: Seeb Thoj, Pahawh: π¬π¬Άπ¬€π¬΅ π¬π¬²π¬π¬°; born July 18, 1985) is an American politician who served as the 51st mayor of Oakland, California from 2023 to 2024. She was the first Hmong American mayor of a major city in the United States.
A Thai political activist died in custody on Tuesday, the department of corrections said, and a legal aid group said she had been on a partial hunger strike during her pre-trial detention on ...
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Benny Keister, 83, American politician, mayor of Dublin, Virginia (1989–1997) and member of the Virginia House of Delegates (2000–2005). [ 631 ] Shahryar Khan , 89, Pakistani diplomat, foreign secretary (1990–1994) and chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (2003–2006, 2014–2017).
On 16 July 2024, six foreign nationals, all of Vietnamese descent were found dead at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. According to Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, two of the dead were Americans of Vietnamese descent and four were Vietnamese nationals. After preliminary examinations of the scene, Major-General Theeradej ...