On September 21, 1926 in a one-room adobe home near Falls City, Texas, Reies Lopez Tijerina began his turbulent, brilliant, controversial life. Tijerina’s family started as sharecroppers but were reduced to migrant workers, and he spent his early life working in the fields. His experiences with discrimination inspired his life as a social activist; as… Continue reading Birthday of Reies Lopez Tijerina, Political Activist
Year: 1926
Raquel Meller / Francisca Marqués López 1926
On April 26, 1926, Spanish singer and actor Raquel Meller (Francisca Marqués López) was featured on the cover of USA’s “Time” Magazine. Meller was born in Tarazona, Spain, and began singing in a cabaret at age 13. She rose to be an international performer throughout Europe and the Americas. In Hollywood, she friended and impressed… Continue reading Raquel Meller / Francisca Marqués López 1926
Guy Louis Gabaldon, US Marine 1926
March 22, 1926 is the birthday of Guy Louis Gabaldon (1926 – 2006), a US Marine who was a hero of the 1944 Battle of Saipan in World War II (1939 – 1945). During his troubled youth, the Mexican-American Gabaldon was adopted by a Japanese-American family. Gabaldon later used his knowledge of Japanese language and… Continue reading Guy Louis Gabaldon, US Marine 1926
Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras
March 13, 1926 is the birthday of Carlos Roberto Reina, the Honduran politician, law professor, and editor who rose from political prisoner to President of Honduras. Reina was elected in 1993, and worked to keep his election promises to crack down on corruption and reduce the power of the military. As part of the latter… Continue reading Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras