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This is a list of notable people who were either born in, lived for a significant period of time in, or are otherwise closely associated with Albuquerque, New Mexico. The “Blue Sky” capital had 559,374 citizens as of (2019). They are referred to by the demonym "Albuquerquean", and by the colloquial "burqueño" or "burqueña". [citation needed]
He was first elected to the Albuquerque City Commission in 1966 and served as chairman from 1971 to 1973. Additionally, he served as an assistant to Senator Pete Domenici before his first term as mayor. [1] After his retirement from public life, Kinney was a substitute teacher in the Albuquerque public schools, and drove a taxi cab for five years.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Sep. 21—Police have identified the person killed in a late-afternoon crash that touched off a chain reaction and shut eastbound Interstate 40 near the Big I for hours on Friday. New Mexico State ...
Carter’s funeral is the first for a president since George H.W. Bush’s in 2018, bringing a rare moment of civility to politics as all of the remaining U.S. presidents came together
The daily paper's name was changed to the Albuquerque Journal in 1925 when an independent editorial policy was established. A year later, Tom Pepperday bought the Journal. Under his watch, the paper branched out into broadcasting, leasing the state's oldest radio station, KOB , in 1932 before buying it outright in 1936.
Jun. 19—There are some ways to help people affected by the fires in and around Ruidoso. —The Albuquerque Police Department is collecting donations at its substations across the city, starting ...
Norman Dale Ellenberger (August 2, 1932 – November 15, 2015) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was head coach of the University of New Mexico Lobo basketball team from 1972 to 1979, winning Western Athletic Conference championships in 1974 and 1978 and compiling an overall record of 134–62 (.684).