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Most women named Laverne are Democrats, while most male Lavernes register Republican.
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January 12, 2023 6:01 PM
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L’homme politique était poursuivi devant le tribunal de Paris pour « injure raciste » par l’ex-chroniqueuse Hapsatou Sy. Il avait qualifié son prénom « d’insulte à la France », en 2018 sur C8. Il doit également lui verser 3 000 euros de dommages et intérêts.
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May 18, 2021 5:00 PM
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From the Book of Maryland: Men and Institutions, 1920. Lifelong Maryland resident Worthington Perry Wachter was for over two decades
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May 2, 2021 5:48 PM
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From the Baltimore Evening Sun, October 28, 1946. With a new month comes a monthlong theme, and throughout May the Strangest Names I
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May 2, 2021 5:47 PM
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From the Wilmington News Journal, January 1, 1927. The Strangest Names In American Political History makes a rare stop in Delaware t
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April 20, 2021 6:01 PM
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Che Guevara October 9th of this year will mark the anniversary of the death of guerrilla leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara, who was executed in 1967. He was born in Argentina and died in Bol…
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April 20, 2021 11:36 AM
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From "The City of New Brunswick; Its History, Its Homes, Its Industries", 1908. Tunis Van Doren Hoagland was a 19th-century carpenter wh
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April 20, 2021 11:35 AM
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From the History of Somerville, New Jersey, 1909-84. A standout figure in the history of Somerset County, New Jersey, World War I vetera
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April 5, 2021 3:58 PM
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Cornthwaite Hector William James Rason. Last year's back-to-back posting of oddly named British and Canadian political figures proved t
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March 22, 2021 5:50 PM
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From the Cedar Rapids Gazette, March 9, 1948. Iowa makes its first appearance on the site for 2021 with Redfield Clipper Mills, who wa
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March 15, 2021 11:19 AM
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Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. In his January 31st column, he reviews the ANS Names of the Year.
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March 13, 2021 2:35 PM
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From the composite of radical members of the South Carolina legislature, 1868. Sancho Sanders was, like Syfax Milton, a freedman wh
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March 3, 2021 5:52 PM
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From the Watchman and Southron, January 29, 1910. A Reconstruction-era black legislator from South Carolina, Syfax Milton served thre
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January 13, 2023 5:13 PM
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Pour célébrer la résistance de leur pays face à l'invasion russe, certains parents ukrainiens ont choisi de baptiser leurs enfants avec des prénom
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October 19, 2021 11:36 AM
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In Australia, the name Nigel is so deeply unpopular that it’s used as shorthand for someone without any friends
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May 6, 2021 12:40 PM
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From the Portrait and Biographical Record of the Sixth Congressional District, Maryland, 1898. Sporting a pair of fashionabl
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May 2, 2021 5:47 PM
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From "Prominent Men: Scranton and Vicinity", 1906. Endowed with an aristocratic sounding name, Walsingham Griffin Ward was for nearl
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May 2, 2021 5:46 PM
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From the Port of New York Authority annual report, 1959. "No man contributed more to making politics and public life an honored calling i
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April 20, 2021 11:37 AM
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From Newark's Anniversary Industrial Exposition, 1916. A leading financier in Newark, New Jersey, Uzal Haggerty McCarter's career i
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April 20, 2021 11:36 AM
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From the Long Branch Daily Record, March 17, 1938. We continue our stay in New Jersey and visit Monmouth County to profile Rulif VanClev
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April 20, 2021 11:33 AM
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From the Westfield Leader, March 22, 1979. The city of Westfield, New Jersey has been helmed by over fifty mayors in its history
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March 25, 2021 6:34 PM
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From the Red Oak Express, June 13, 1962. A longtime farmer in Mongomery County, Iowa, Zearl Verlin Hallcock served several terms a
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March 22, 2021 5:42 PM
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From the Jefferson Bee, October 26, 1954. A prominent 19th century resident of Greene County, Iowa, Azor Ruggles Mills was a transplan
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March 13, 2021 2:36 PM
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Portrait courtesy of the Arkansas state archives. An early African American legislator from Arkansas, Blackstone Waterhouse represente
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March 13, 2021 2:35 PM
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