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Exposed CIA secret involvement with the war in Laos and interviews with world figures; historian author of Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State and Miami: City of the Future: Born in Tampa [citation needed] Kristen Arnett (1980–) Fiction author and essayist; her debut novel, Mostly Dead Things, was a New York Times bestseller
Florida's 41st Governor 1991-1998 & US Senator 1971-1989 2001 Reubin O'D. Askew: Florida's 37th Governor 1971-1979 1998 William Patrick Foster: Bandleader, Florida A&M "Marching 100" 1998 Chesterfield Smith: Justice Advocate & Florida's First American Bar Association President 1997 E. T. York: Florida University System Chancellor & IFAS Founder ...
Tebeau wrote many books on the history of Florida. Best known is A History of Florida, which was published in 1971 by University of Miami Press. This was the most comprehensive history of Florida published to that time, and became a standard textbook. Described as "among the greatest achievements in the field of Florida historiography", [4] it ...
The crooner, famous for his annual Christmas specials, lived in Jupiter Inlet Colony until his death in 2001. He called the area “a little piece of heaven.” Rickie Fowler
Macau was founded circa 1557 by Portuguese merchants with permission of the Chinese Canton governor and later the emperor. Since its beginning, Macau has not been conquered and until the attacks of the Dutch in 1604, it didn't have a military garrison. Portuguese culture dominates the Macanese, but Chinese cultural patterns are also significant.
This is a category for people who are Macanese, i.e. an ethnic group from Macau of partial Portuguese and in many cases partial Chinese descent. For people from Macau, see Category:Macau people . Subcategories
Macau people (Chinese: 澳門人) are people who originate from or live in Macau. Besides their use to refer to Macau residents, these terms may also be used more loosely to refer to those who may not be residents, but have lived in the city for an extensive period of time or have a strong cultural connection with Macau.
March 3: Florida was admitted to the Union as the 27th U.S. state. May 26: Florida Legislature is formed succeeding the Florida Territorial Legislative Council. June 25: Florida's first elected governor, William Dunn Moseley takes office. 1848 January 8: Holmes County is established. 1849 January 18: Putnam County is established.