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Hace 2 días · Fiorello Henry La Guardia (/ f iː ə ˈ r ɛ l oʊ l ə ˈ ɡ w ɑːr d i ə /; born Fiorello Raffaele Enrico La Guardia, Italian pronunciation: [fjoˈrɛllo raf.faˈɛ.le enˈriːko la ˈɡwardja]; December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the House of Representatives and served as the 99th Mayor of New York City from 1934 ...
Hace 1 día · A timeline on WNYC’s website highlights many significant moments in the station’s history, such as when Mayor Fiorello La Guardia read comics on air during a strike of newspaper delivery workers in 1945, as well as 9/11, when the station lost its transmitter with the World Trade Center’s collapse.
Hace 4 días · Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, who was an active supporter of the New Deal and had experience in aviation during World War I, sought the opportunity to make New York an air hub.
Hace 4 días · Tony could remember all the details: he was wearing a white suit, and he was standing a few feet away from Mayor La Guardia. When The Little Flower cut the ribbon, Tony was the first to march down the bridge. He led the crowd singing a 1932 popular song called “Marching Along Together.”
Hace 2 días · In October 1939, he accepted Mayor Fiorello La Guardia's appointment to a 10-year term as a New York City parole commissioner (Gehrig had moved from New Rochelle to Riverdale to satisfy a residency requirement for the job) and was sworn into office on January 2, 1940.
Hace 4 días · Dewey was a celebrated public figure, working with former New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia to fight New York City’s large mafia presence as a Special Prosecutor. He convicted prominent...
Hace 4 días · He presided over the unification of the two schools in 1984, which created Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and the Performing Arts (about which the movie Fame was based). Under his leadership, the successor school became what is arguably the finest public high school of the arts in the United States.
