10.18.2002 :::
 
sorry for the delay: here are your filipino facts that i missed (been keepin busy.. facs is a life):

october 13
Filipinos first crossed the Pacific Ocean as early as 1587, fifty years before the first English settlement of Jamestown was established.
Source: Eugene Lyon. "Track of the Manila Galleons". National Geographic. Vol. 178, No.3, Sept. 1990, pgs. 4-37.

october 14
Do you know who the first Filipino American in the major leagues was? His name was Bobby Balcena, and his era was during 1948 to 1962. Bobby debuted on September 16, 1956, with the Cincinnati Reds. He managed to score two runs. Balcena passed away on January 5, 1993, at the age of 64. Another Filipino American first!
Source: Emil Guillermo. "Pinoy in the Outfield." FILIPINAS. October 1997.

october 15
Unknown to many Filipinos, through the Treaty of Paris (April 11, 1899), Spain sold the Philippines to the United States for $20 million, thus ending over 300 years of Spanish colonization.
Source: Stanley Karnow. "In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines." New York: Ballentine Books, 1989.

october 16
When Filipinos came to the United States in the early 1900's, they had to compete against other ethnic groups to earn a living. Tensions grew between white Americans and Filipinos. White Americans blamed Filipinos for taking their women and their jobs. For this reason, many hotels, restaurants, and even swimming pools had signs that read "POSITIVELY NO FILIPINOS ALLOWED!" Sometimes they read, "NO DOGS ALLOWED!" This eventually lead to the passing of the Tydings-Mcduffie Act of 1934, which limited Filipino immigration to the U.S. to 50 per year.
Source: Cordova, Fred. "Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans". Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publushing Co., 1983.

october 17
Did you know that ROB SCHNEIDER is Filipino American? You all know him from Saturday Night Live, the movies "Judge Dredd," "Demolition Man," and "Down Periscope." He's the guy who says stuff like "fumble...laya."
Source: "Filipino Americans -- Just Like Me!" Compiled by Mencie Y. Hairston

::: posted by charlene at 12:00:00 AM