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Jennifer Lopez: New York City
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When Jennifer Lopez entered the world, these stories made the front page of the nation's newspapers: The Environmental Protection Agency is created by executive order. William Ruckelshaus is named its first director. On the 23rd, the northern tower of New York City's World Trade Center is topped out, making it the world's tallest building. Its 1,350-foot height hads a 100-foot advantage over the Empire State Building. Cesar Chavez, the California labor leader, is given a 10-day jail term in a Salinas, Calif. court room. Chavez organized a nationwide boycott of lettuce to help his union, The United Farm Workers.
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Jennifer Lopez was born in New York City, on July 24, 1970. The daughter of David, a computer programmer, and Guadalupe, a kindergarten teacher, the young Lopez always dreamed of becoming a performer.
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Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born in the Castle Hill section of the South Bronx on July 24, 1969. The middle of three musically inclined sisters, Leslie, a homemaker and Lynda, an entertainment consultant for New York's Channel 11, Jennifer always dreamed of being a multi-tasking superstar. Jennifer's parents Guadalupe Rodriguez and David Lopez were both born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, the second largest Puerto Rican city. The two were then brought to the United States in their childhoods, and eventually met while living in New York City. While Jennifer is of Puerto Rican descent her paternal grandmother's parents were Europeans who settled on the island of Puerto Rico. As a child Jennifer enjoyed a variety of musical genres, mainly Afro-Caribbean rhythms like salsa, merengue and bachata, and mainstream music like Pop, Hip hop and R&B.
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