American consul James W. Davidson described in his 1903 book, The Island of Formosa, how the Chinese in Taiwan ate and traded in the flesh of Taiwanese aboriginals.

According to Joseph Bottum, Pacelli in 1937 " warned A. W. Klieforth, the American consul to Berlin, that Hitler was " an untrustworthy scoundrel and fundamentally wicked person "; Klieforth wrote that Pacelli " did not believe Hitler capable of moderation, and ... fully supported the German bishops in their anti-Nazi stand.

He was the son of Henri Razafinkarefo, nephew of Queen Ranavalona III of Imerina, and Jennie ( Waller ) Razafinkarefo, the daughter of John L. Waller, the first African American consul to Imerina.

In the airplane of the Maharajah of Chandrapore are Conway, the British consul, age 37 ; Mallinson, his young vice-consul ; an American, Barnard ; and a British missionary, Miss Brinklow.

The American consul mediated between the two sides and in January 1962 final agreement led to the creation of a seven-member Council of State, led by Balaguer but including members of the UCN, to replace both the Dominican Congress and the President and his cabint until the election.

He went to Monterrey, California, to talk with the American consul, Thomas Larkin, and Mexican major-domo Jose Castro.

The Lafayette family and their comrades in captivity left Olomouc under Austrian escort early on the morning of 19 September 1797, crossed the Bohemian-Saxonian border north of Prague, and were officially turned over to the American consul in Hamburg on 4 October.

He was American consul at Algiers in 1795-1797, securing the release of American prisoners held for ransom, and negotiating a treaty with Tripoli ( 1796 ).

Chinese snipers targeted the American consul and marines who were guarding him, Chinese bullets flew into Socony Hall where American citizens were hiding out, one Chinese soldier declared-" We don't want money, anyway, we want to kill.

The American consul in Jerusalem, William Burdett, who had received news about the massacre reported on November 16 to Washington " Investigation by UN indicates massacre occurred but observers are unable to determine number of persons involved.

Born in Lucerne, Switzerland, she was a daughter of Harry Hays Morgan Sr, an American diplomat who was U. S. consul in Buenos Aires and in Brussels, and his half-Chilean, half-Irish-American wife, Laura Delphine Kilpatrick.

The two men head for the American consul, but leave hastily without speaking to him when they find the skipper already there lodging a complaint.

Both before and after the signing of the treaty American traders and the American consul poisoned the relationship between Heke and his British rulers.

At the sight of the Marines, the fighting ceased and Butler led a detachment of Marines to the American consulate, where he found the consul, wrapped in an American flag, hiding among the floor beams.

She then visits the American consul in Nagasaki, Mr. Sharpless, in an attempt to allay her fears and ask his help in getting Pinkerton to return.

Fish worked with James Milton Turner, America's first African American consul, to settle the Liberian-Grebo civil war.

She again met Adams, this time in London, where her father had been appointed American consul.

Levett Harris, consul of the United States at St. Petersburg, and the highest American official in the country, hoped to introduce Poinsett at court to Czar Alexander.

A petition circulated among American citizens and presented to their consul protested that the British had prevented Jews from defending themselves.

The American consul told her that the Greek government thought she was still " considered dangerous to the economy and politics of Greece.

and James Russell Lowell and Edgar Allan Poe of nineteenth century American letters.

The day passed without incident in spite of the warning of Senator James A. Reed of Missouri: `` Baker, you will have the streets of our American cities running with blood on registration day ''.

This resulted in revisions of the King James Bible in 1881-85 as the English Revised Version and in 1901 as the American Standard Version.

* 1928 – James D. Watson, American geneticist, Nobel laureate

* 1988 – Jessie James, American singer-songwriter

* 1964 – Kent James, American singer-songwriter, actor, and actvist

* 1977 – Pell James, American actress

* 1865 – James Henry Breasted, American archaeologist and historian ( d. 1935 )

* 1921 – J. James Exon, American politician ( d. 2005 )

* 1958 – James Lileks, American columnist

* 1971 – James Kim, American journalist and technology expert ( d. 2006 )

* 1975 – James Carpinello, American actor

* 1924 – James Baldwin, American writer ( d. 1987 )

* 1949 – James Fallows, American journalist

* 1954 – James Charles Kopp, American murderer of Barnett Slepian

* 1951 – Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Deep Purple, Zephyr, and James Gang ) ( d. 1976 )

* 1954 – James Gleick, American author, journalist, and biographer

* 1966 – James St. James, American club promoter and author

* 1978 – Edgerrin James, American football player

* 1940 – James Tyler, American guitarist, composer, and author ( d. 2010 )

* 1963 – James Hetfield, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Metallica, Spastik Children, and Leather Charm )

* 1726 – James Bowdoin, American politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts ( d. 1790 )

* 1915 – James Elliott, American track and field coach ( d. 1981 )

* 1946 – Susan Saint James, American actress