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1959 Hiram Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii)

1958 Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46

1948 Operation Hiram: Israelis take control of Galilee

1911 Hiram Bingham discovers Lost City of the Incas

1907 Hiram Fong, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, businessman, politician, Harvard law degree, United States Senator from Hawaii, Republican Party

1901 Hiram Revels, dies at 73

1870 Hiram Rhodes Revels, is sworn in as 1st black member of Congress, Senator-R-Mississippi 1870 - 1871

1870 Hiram R. Revels elected to fill unexpired term of Jefferson Davis

1869 Hiram R. Revels makes 1st official speech by a black in the Senate

1866 Hiram Johnson, Gov-Progressive-Cal

1864 Hiram Bronson Granbury, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 33

1864 Hiram Burnham, U.S. Union-colonel (Chancellorsville), dies in battle

1840 Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor, automatic single-barrel rifle

1831 Hiram Bronson Granbury, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1824 Hiram Gregory Berry, Major General Union volunteers

1817 Hiram R Revels, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1st black U.S. senator

1805 Hiram Powers, U.S. sculptor, Greek Slave

1797 Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral Union Navy


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