American lawyer and politician, 42nd Treasurer of the United States

Anna Escobedo Cabral

Anna Escobedo Cabral is a Mexican-American politician who served as the Unit Chief for Strategic Communications in the External Relations Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) from 2009 to 2018. Today, she and her husband serve as partners of the Cabral Group, a consulting and public policy firm. She also serves as an independent director for Navient, a member of the Comcast NBCU diversity council, and as an advisor to the Libra Group, and Valaurum. Her current nonprofit commitments include serving as chair of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, chair of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Treasurer of Lideramos, a national Latino organization focused on providing leadership training to grassroots community advocates, and member of the board of governors of Orange County Community Foundation.

Born

1959

October 12

Died

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1950s

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1959 Born

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-539 The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia conquer Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar)
633 Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance under Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon of Gwynedd.
1279 The Nichiren Shōshū branch of Buddhism is founded in Japan.
1398 In the Treaty of Salynas, Lithuania cedes Samogitia to the Teutonic Knights.

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The world in 1959

When Anna arrived

april 25 The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
april 8 A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
april 8 The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
april 9 Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".

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Same-day contemporaries

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Art Clokey 1921–2010 American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921) Carlos the Jackal 1949– Venezuelan terrorist Fumimaro Konoe 1891–1945 Japanese lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1891) Hiroyuki Sanada 1960– Japanese actor and martial artist Hugh Jackman 1968– Australian actor, singer, and producer Mariano Trías 1868– Filipino general and politician, 1st Vice President of the Philippines (died 1914) Martin Corry 1973– English rugby player Olivia Smoliga 1994– American swimmer Rafael Ábalos 1956– Spanish author

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Ahmet Davutoğlu 1959– Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Turkey Aidan Quinn 1959– American actor Albert Owen 1959– Welsh sailor and politician Andrew Bolt 1959– Australian journalist Barry O'Farrell 1959– Australian politician, 43rd Premier of New South Wales Boris Nemtsov 1959–2015 Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (born 1959) Brad McCrimmon 1959– Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2011) Brett Bodine 1959– American NASCAR driver Colin Quinn 1959– American comedian and actor

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