CONNECTED CULTURES Fox Nation LIFESTYLE Meet the American who popularized Latin music, Tito Puente, World War II Navy veteran and kamikaze survivor
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Fox Nation LIFESTYLE Meet the American who gave flight to football, Bradbury Robinson, college star threw first forward pass
Louis Lunch; Fox News Digital LIFESTYLE Meet the American who made us flip for hamburgers, Louis Lassen, Danish immigrant street-wagon cook
Getty Images/Heritage Auctions LIFESTYLE Meet the American who wrote 'America the Beautiful,' Katharine Lee Bates, professor-poet prayed for unity
LIFESTYLE 22 hours ago Meet the American who spread global gospel of surfing, Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaii’s original Big Kahuna Duke Kahanamoku is the oriiginal "Big Kahuna." He won three Olympic gold medals in swimming, plus became Hawaii's "Ambassador of Aloha" and an international surfing icon.
LIFESTYLE 4 days ago Meet the American who popularized Chinese food in the US: immigrant chef Joyce Chen Joyce Chen escaped from Beijing in 1949 ahead of the communist takeover of China. She carved out an unexpected career in the United States by popularizing Chinese food.
LIFESTYLE 5 days ago Meet the American who popularized Latin music, Tito Puente, World War II Navy veteran and kamikaze survivor Tito Puente was born in New York City to parents from Puerto Rico. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he popularized Latin music in the United States.
LIFESTYLE 6 days ago Meet the American who gave flight to football, Bradbury Robinson, college star threw first forward pass St. Louis University star Bradbury Robinson ushered in a new era for football when he threw the very first forward pass in 1906 as rules changes took place to make the game safer.
LIFESTYLE July 19 Meet the American who cooked up frozen foods, adventurer and innovator Clarence Birdseye Prolific inventor Clarence Birdseye, a native of Brooklyn, found inspiration to pioneer frozen food for American consumers in the remote icy wilderness of Labrador, Canada.
LIFESTYLE July 18 Meet the American who created Air Jordan sneakers: Peter Moore, legend of global design Nike executive Peter Moore designed the original Air Jordan sneakers for ascendant NBA rookie Micael Jordan in 1984; the relationship changed global consumer culture.
LIFESTYLE July 17 Meet the American who founded Pepperidge Farm, baker and businessmom Margaret Rudkin Margaret Rudkin began baking whole-wheat bread at her Pepperidge Farm home in Connecticut to nourish a sickly son. Her company became an iconic American brand.
LIFESTYLE July 16 Meet the American who invented the TV remote control: self-taught Chicago engineer Eugene Polley Self-taught Chicago mechanical engineer Eugene Polley invented the first wireless TV remote control in 1955, but his contribution was nearly erased by later innovations.
LIFESTYLE July 15 Meet the American who coined 'March Madness,' Illinois high school hoops pioneer and visionary H.V. Porter Meet the American who coined "March Madness" to capture the passion of the statewide basketball tournament in March 1939: Illinois high school sports administrator Henry "H.V." Porter.
LIFESTYLE July 14 Meet the American who taught Jack Daniel to make whiskey: Nearest Green, Tennessee slave, master distiller Nathan Nearest Green was an enslaved distiller who taught young Jack Daniel to make Tennessee whiskey. Green became the first master distiller for Jack Daniel's Distillery in 1866.