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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.
1971: Norman Mineta becomes the first Asian-American mayor of a major city (San Jose, CA) in the United States. [51] 1971: Herbert Choy becomes the first Asian-American U.S. federal court judge, appointed to the U.S. court of appeals for the ninth circuit. [52] 1972: Patsy Mink becomes the first Asian-American Democratic candidate for U.S ...
Bertha Gilkey, 65, American community activist, cancer. [519] Wojciech Jaruzelski, 90, Polish military officer and politician, Prime Minister (1981–1985), Chairman of the Council of State (1985–1989), President (1989–1990). [520] Herb Jeffries, 100, American actor and jazz and traditional pop singer, heart failure. [521]
Netiporn Sanesangkhom died of cardiac arrest after a monthslong hunger strike earlier this year protesting Thailand’s imprisonment of dissenters. Detained Thai Activist ‘Bung’ Dies at 28 ...
“I truly enjoy coming to work every day. As a team, I think we accomplished a lot. It was an honor.”
The National Cancer Institute estimated 22,070 new cases of primary brain cancer and 12,920 deaths due to the illness in the United States in 2009. The age-adjusted incidence rate is 6.4 per 100,000 per year, and the death rate is 4.3 per 100,000 per year. The lifetime risk of developing brain cancer for someone born today is 0.60%.
David B. Stone, 82, American businessman, principal founder of the New England Aquarium, complications from a stroke. [174] Dale N. Van Vyven, 74, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1978–2000). [175] Udaya Wickramasinghe, 70, Sri Lankan cricket umpire. [176]
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 ...