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Today’snfamous birthday had a really long name: Ursula Hilaria Celia de lanCaridad Cruz Alfonso de la Santisima Trinidad!
Today’snfamous birthday had a really long name: Ursula Hilaria Celia de lanCaridad Cruz Alfonso de la Santisima Trinidad!n
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nCelianCruz was born and raised in Cuba, became a singer and made her firstnrecordings in Venezuela, played cameo roles in movies in Mexico, andn(when Fidel Castro took over Cuba) became a citizen of the UnitednStates.
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nShenearned 23 gold albums and received a Grammy Award and the NationalnMedal of Arts. She was called the Queen of Salsa and the Queen ofnLatin Music. And Billboard Magazine claimed that she was the “best known and most influential female figure in the history of Cuban music”!
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nInthought it was interesting that Cruz listened to a lot of differentnsorts of music when she was growing up, including santeria songsn(although she was raised Catholic), which were likely in Yoruba.n
(Santeria is a religion that combines traditions from West Africannreligions and from Catholicism; it is practiced largely in thenCaribbean. Yoruba is a West African language often spoken in Nigeria.)
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nAlsonon this date:
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Hurricane Thanksgiving in the Virgin Islandsn
Hurricane Thanksgiving in the Virgin Islandsnn
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nG4GnDay
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AntillesnDay (?)
AntillesnDay (?)n
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nReptilenAwareness Day
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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- Historicaln anniversaries in October
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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