Jennifer Ebeling<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/December" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>December</span></a> 11, 1882<br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Fiorello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fiorello</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LaGuardia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaGuardia</span></a>, aka Little <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Flower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flower</span></a>, is born on Sullivan Street in <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Greenwich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwich</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Village" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Village</span></a>.</p><p>Mayor LaGuardia got the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Nickname" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nickname</span></a> because Fiorello means <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LittleFlower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LittleFlower</span></a> in <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Italian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italian</span></a>. </p><p>Although the reference could be construed as a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Slight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slight</span></a> for his <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Shortness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shortness</span></a> (he was only 5'2"), it became an <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Ironic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ironic</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Endearment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Endearment</span></a> of his <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LargerThanLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LargerThanLife</span></a>, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TakeCharge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeCharge</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Personality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Personality</span></a>. </p><p>A <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Fighter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fighter</span></a> for <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> & <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Fairness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fairness</span></a>, LaGuardia was a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Champion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Champion</span></a> of the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WorkingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkingClass</span></a> & Immigrants. He died at 64.</p>