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February 1 – A corroded gas service line caused a natural gas explosion and flash fire that destroyed a house, killed two persons, and injured three persons in Pryor, Oklahoma, and damaged an adjacent house. [65] February 15 – A gas pipeline failed and caused a fire, with flames 250 to 300 feet (91 m) tall, near Marlow, Oklahoma. There were ...
The Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band petitioned for federal acknowledgment in 1980. It was denied due to its failure to meet four of the seven mandatory criteria for federal acknowledgment. The Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band retains a government-to-government relationship with the state of Massachusetts [56] [57] Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe [51]
The U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity issued a regulation to prohibit LGBT discrimination in federally assisted housing programs. The new regulations ensure that the Department's core housing programs are open to all eligible persons, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
[57] In 2017, Kamala Harris became the first Indian American senator in the history of the United States. [58] In 2021, she became the first Indian American vice president. [59] She was elected vice president as the running mate of President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. This was a major milestone in Indian American history, and ...
Forrestal was born in Matteawan, New York (now part of Beacon, New York), the youngest son of James Forrestal, an Irish immigrant who dabbled in politics. His mother, the former Mary Anne Toohey (herself the daughter of another Irish immigrant) raised him as a devout Catholic. [2]
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was an American politician, diplomat and social scientist. [1] A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New York in the United States Senate from 1977 until 2001 after serving as an adviser to President Richard Nixon, and as the United States' ambassador to India and to the United Nations.
Ralph Shearer Northam (born September 13, 1959) is an American physician and politician who was the 73rd governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022. [1] A pediatric neurologist by occupation, he was an officer in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1984 to 1992.