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Pedro Edralin Flores (26 April 1896 – 3 January 1964) [1] was a Filipino businessman and yo-yo maker who has been credited with popularizing yo-yos in the United States.He patented an innovation to yo-yos that used a loop instead of a knot around the axle, allowing for new tricks such as the ability to "sleep".
The compositions are often a mixture of different Asian, Spanish, Latin American, American, and indigenous influences. [16] [17] The Kudyapi is a Philippine two-stringed, fretted boat-lute. It is the only stringed instrument among the people of Visayas and Mindanao, and one of several among other groups such as the Maranao and Manobo.
Pages in category "Filipino inventors" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "Inventors from California" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. John J. Coit; G.
Several celebrations across California — from a solidarity march in Poplar on Saturday to a new exhibit at the Filipino American National History Society Museum in Stockton — are paying ...
From the first Apple computer to the COVID-19 vaccine, here are the most revolutionary inventions that were born in the U.S.A. in the past half-century.
California politicians of Filipino descent (13 P) Pages in category "Filipino-American culture in California" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
1974, Benjamin Menor appointed first Filipino American in a state's highest judiciary office as Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court. [115] Thelma Buchholdt is the first Filipino American, and first Asian American, woman elected to a state legislature in the United States, in the Alaska House of Representatives. [116] [117]