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Hispanic Heritage Month 2025…..Day 30

Antonia Coello Novello is a Puerto Rican physician and was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as 14th Surgeon General of the United States from 1990 to 1993. #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
October 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Indigenous Peoples' Day celebrates the history, culture, resilience, and sovereignty of Native peoples. It serves as an alternative to Columbus Day, honoring the strength and contributions of Indigenous communities in the United States and across the Americas. #indigenouspeoplesday2025
October 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025….Day 29

Ana Mendieta was a Cuban-American performance artist, sculptor, painter, & video artist who is best known for her "earth-body" artwork. She is considered one of the most influential Cuban-American artists of the post–World War II era. #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
October 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025….Day 28

Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino was a Mexican American film/TV actor. Montalbán's career spanned 7 decades, he became widely known for performances in genres from crime and drama to musicals and comedy. #hispanicheritagemonth2025
October 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025…..Day 27

María Corina Machado Parisca is a Venezuelan politician and activist who is the recipient of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. A prominent opposition leader to the goverments of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
October 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025…..Day 26

Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez known professionally as Daddy Yankee, is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer and songwriter. Dubbed the "King of Reggaeton", he is often cited as an influence by other Hispanic urban performers. #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
October 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025……Day 25

Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa was an American scholar of Chicana feminism, cultural theory, and queer theeory. #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
October 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025…..Day 24

Ana Violeta Navarro-Cárdenas is a Nicaraguan-American political strategist and commentator. She appears on various television programs and news outlets, including CNN, CNN en Español,ABC News, and Telemundo. #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
October 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025…..Day 22

Chemist Luis Miramontes of Mexico was only 26, doctoral student working in the lab of Carl Djerassi and George Rosenkranzin at Syntex SA in Mexico City when his team synthesized the birth control pill in 1951. #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
October 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025…..Day 21

Luis von Ahn is a Guatemalan-American entrepreneur and software developer. He is the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009, and the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
October 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025….Day 20

Carmen Amaya Amaya nicknamed La Capitana was a Spanish Romani flamenco dancer and singer, born in the Somorrostro district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She is often hailed as "the greatest Flamenco dancer ever" #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
October 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025….Day 18

María Guadalupe "Lupe" Villalobos Vélez was a Mexican actress, singer, and dancer during the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Vélez began her career as a performer in Mexican vaudeville in the early 1920s. #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
October 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025….Day 17

Elvis Crespo Díaz is a Puerto Rican merengue singer. He has won multiple awards, including a Grammy and a Latin Grammy Award in merengue music. #HispanicHeritageMonth202
October 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025….Day 16

Bad Bunny is a PR performer; credited with helping Spanish-language rap music achieve mainstream popularity in the worldwide market. He is considered one of the best Latin rappers of all time. #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
September 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025….Day 15

Caterine Mena is an athlete; most notable: gold medal 2016 Sum Olympics, silver medal 2012 Sum Olympics, 2 gold medals in the World Champ in Athletics, two gold medals in the 2011 & 2015 Pan American Games #hispanicheritagemonth2025
September 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025…..Day 14

César Milstein was an Argentine biochemist; shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984 with Niels Kaj Jerne and Georges J. F. Köhler for developing the hybridoma technique for the production of monoclonal antibodies. #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
September 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025….Day 13

Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a right fielder. #hispanicheritagemonth2025
September 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025….Day 12

Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is an eight-time Grammy Award winner, making her one of the best-selling female singers of all time. #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
September 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025…Day 11

Sylvia Rivera was an American gay liberation and transgender rights activist who was also a noted community worker in New York. #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
September 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025….Day 10

Julia Alvarez is a New Formalist poet, novelist, and essayist. She has achieved success on an international scale and many literary critics regard her to be one of the most significant contemporary Latina writers. #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
September 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025…..Day 9

Lin-Manuel Miranda is a songwriter, actor, singer, etc. He has received numerous accolades for his work, including Grammys and Pulitzer Prize. Overall, Lin-Manuel Miranda has won 14 awards. #hispanicheritagemonth2025
September 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025….Day 8

Cesario Chavez was a labor leader and civil rights activist; he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA). Ideologically, his worldview combined left-wing politics with Catholic social teachings. #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
September 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025….Day 7

Marco Anthony is a Puerto Rican singer/actor. He is the top selling salsa artist of all time. A 4x Grammy, 8x LatinGrammy, and 29x Lo Nuestro Awards winner, he has sold more than 12 million albums worldwide. #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
September 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025…..Day 6

Sonia Sotomayor is a lawyer/jurist who serves as an associate justice of the US Supreme Court. She was nominated by Pres. Obama on May 2009; the first Hispanic justice and 3rd woman to serve US Supreme Court. #HispanicHeritageMonth2025
September 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025….Day 5 Banda El Recodo

When Don Cruz Lizárraga founded Banda el Recordo in 1938, he set the template for the modern banda sinaloense super-group, characterized by an all-acoustic, brass and percussion-driven sound. #hispanicheritagemonth2025
September 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM