Englewood Makes History

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  • Jimi Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix, November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose revolutionary approach to the electric guitar permanently reshaped modern music. While Hendrix would later become an international icon, some of the…
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  • Harry Henderson Jr. was a music producer and computer programmer. He was born in Englewood and graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1963. He attended William Paterson College and enlisted in the Army. He managed numerous groups including Main Attraction, Chocolate Syrup,…
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  • Trude Heller was a music producer and nightclub owner. She created Trude Heller's, a club in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. She opened another club in Palm Beach, Flordia. She also co-founded Tru-Glo-Town Records.
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  • Helicon Home Colony was an experimental community and societal framework. Political activist Upton Sinclair founded it. The plan was for the community to be run democratically with a board of directors. The community would farm to supply its food source and the children would be…
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  • Helicon Hall which housed the experimental Helicon Home Colony burned down in 1907. One person died. 
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  • In January 1926, community leaders in Englewood organized a major civic event to host the internationally known lecturer and disability advocate Helen Keller, who visited the city as part of a national campaign supporting the work of the American Foundation for the Blind.…

  • Helen Hayes was one of the most celebrated actresses in American history and was widely known as the "First Lady of the American Theatre." Active on stage and screen from 1905 to 1987, she became the first person to achieve what is now known as the Triple Crown of Acting and was…

  • The Hebrew Men's Association was founded in 1935 by the  Congregation Ahavath Torah at the Englewood Synagogue located on Englewood Avenue.
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  • Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE) is a labor union for medical professionals. The Englewood Professional Nurses' Association was created in 1974 by the nursing staff at Englewood Hospital, led by Ann Twomey. Local hospitals and medical centers asked for the…
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