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Aleksandr Burago
Aleksandr Petrovich Burago () was an officer of the Russian Imperial army. Serving as a captain under Joseph Vladimirovich Gourko, he commanded the force that liberated Plovdiv from the Ottoman rule on January 16, 1878. Later on Burago became a colonel. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 30, in 1883, on Madeira, and was buried in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg.
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Alen Peternac
Alen Peternac (born January 16, 1972 in Zagreb) is a former Croatian footballer.
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Alexander Knox
:This article is about the actor. For the Irish theologian, see Alexander Knox (1757-1831).
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Alexios I Komnenos
Alexios I Komnenos, Latinized as Alexius I Comnenus (lang-el|, 1056 – 15 August 1118 -- note that some sources list his date of birth as 1048), was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118, and the founder of the Komnenian dynasty. Inheriting a collapsing empire and faced with constant warfare during his reign against both the Seljuk Turks in Asia Minor and the Normans in the western Balkans, Alexios was able to halt the Byzantine decline and begin the military, financial, and territorial recovery known as the "Komnenian restoration". His appeals to Western Europe for help against the Turks were also the catalyst that triggered the Crusades.
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Alfredo Amézaga
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Allan Ekelund
Allan Ekelund (16 January 1918 – 4 September 2009) was a Swedish film producer. He produced 50 films between 1947 and 1964.
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Amilcare Ponchielli
Amilcare Ponchielli (August 31, 1834 – January 16, 1886) was an Italian composer, largely of operas.
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Anatoli Boukreev
Anatoli Nikoliavich Boukreev, , (January 16, 1958 - December 25, 1997) was a Kazakhstani (USSR/Kazakhstan) climber who made ascents of seven of the 8,000 metre peaks without supplemental oxygen. In total he made 18 successful ascents on peaks above 8000 m (1989 - 1997). Boukreev was lost under an avalanche on Annapurna. The direct transliteration of his Russian name is Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev.
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Andrew Refshauge
Andrew John Refshauge (born 16 January 1949) was an Australian politician and Deputy Premier of New South Wales from 1995 to 2005.
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Andrew Wyeth
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Andrija Artuković
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Andriy Rusol
Andriy Anatoliyovych Rusol (born 16 January 1983 in Kirovohrad) is a Ukrainian footballer, who currently plays as a defender for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and the Ukrainian national team.
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André Michelin
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Ang Christou
Ang Christou (born 16 January 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
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Anne Frank
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Anthony Denny
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Anthony Hecht
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Anton Schindler
Anton Felix Schindler (June 13, 1795 – January 16, 1864) was an associate, secretary, and early biographer of Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Ariel Zeevi
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Arnold Böcklin
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Arnold Drakenborch
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Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini (; March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. One of the most acclaimed musicians of the late 19th century and 20th century, he was renowned for his brilliant intensity, his restless perfectionism, his phenomenal ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his photographic memory. As music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra he became a household name through his radio and television broadcasts and many recordings of the operatic and symphonic repertoire. He is widely considered to have been one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century.
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August Heissmeyer
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Augustus
:For other uses of Octavius, see Octavius (disambiguation). For other uses of Octavian, see Octavian (disambiguation). For other uses of Augustus, see Augustus (disambiguation).
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Barbara Lynn
Barbara Lynn (born Barbara Lynn Ozen, later Barbara Lynn Cumby 16 January 1942 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American rhythm and blues guitarist and singer.
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Bayinnaung
Bayinnaung (, ; ; 13 February 1516 – November 1581) was the third king of the Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). During his 30-year reign, which one historian termed the "greatest explosion of human energy ever seen in Burma", Bayinnaung assembled the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, which included much of modern day Burma, Manipur, Mong Mao (Chinese Shan States, Yunnan), Lan Na (northern Thailand), Siam (southern Thailand) and Lan Xang (Laos).
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Beatification
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Benny Parsons
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Berard of Carbio
Saint Berard of Carbio is a thirteenth century saint and martyr. He was born into a noble family of Leopardi, and was a native of Carbio in Umbria, a province of Italy.
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Bernard Lee
Bernard Lee (10 January 1908 – 16 January 1981) was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven James Bond films.
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Bertram Wainer
Bertram Wainer (30 December 1928 - 16 January 1987) was a Melbourne doctor who successfully campaigned for legal access to abortion for women in Victoria. In the process he received multiple death threats from the police and survived at least three attempts on his life, including shootings and arson. He was also to uncover political and police corruption.
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Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946) is the former 42nd President of the United States and served from 1993 to 2001. At 46 he was the third-youngest president. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and was the first baby boomer president. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is currently the United States Secretary of State. Each received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Yale Law School.
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Bobby Zamora
Robert Lester "Bobby" Zamora (born 16 January 1981) is an English footballer who plays for Fulham and the England national football team. Zamora began his career at Football League club Bristol Rovers, but was soon signed by Brighton & Hove Albion, where he found first team success. Zamora scored 77 goals in three seasons and helped the club achieve two successive promotions.
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Bobo Olson
Carl Olson (July 11, 1928 – January 16, 2002) was an American boxer. He was the world middleweight champion between October 1953 and December 1955, the longest reign of any champion in that division during the 1950s, although he is probably best remembered for his three knockout losses against Sugar Ray Robinson.
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Brendan O'Hare
'''Brendan O'Hare''' (born 16 January 1970, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish musician, best known as drummer in the Scottish rock band Teenage Fanclub from 1990 until early 1994.
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Brenden Morrow
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Brian Castro
Brian Albert Castro (born 16 January 1950) is an Australian novelist and essayist.
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Brian Ferneyhough
Brian John Peter Ferneyhough (, born 16 January 1943 in Coventry) is an English composer of contemporary classical music. His complex, multi-layered music is distinctive and his output spans many genres of contemporary music, from chamber works to orchestral pieces.
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Brothers Strause
Brothers Greg and Colin Strause (known as Brothers Strause) are a directing duo and special effects artists who grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.
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Buckminster Fuller
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Can (band)
Can was an experimental rock band formed in Cologne, West Germany in 1968. Later labeled as one of the first "krautrock" groups, they transcended mainstream influences and incorporated strong minimalist and world music elements into their often psychedelic music.
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Carl Karcher
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Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard (October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress. She was particularly noted for her comedic roles in several classic films of the 1930s, most notably in the 1936 film My Man Godfrey. She is listed as one of the American Film Institute's greatest stars of all time and was the highest-paid star in Hollywood in the late 1930s, earning around US$500,000 per year (more than five times the salary of the US President). Lombard's career was cut short when she died at the age of 33 in the crash of TWA Flight 3.
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Caroline Munro
Caroline Munro (born 16 January 1949) is an English actress and model known for her many appearances in horror, science fiction and action films of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Chak Tok Ich'aak I
'''Chak Tok Ich'aak I, also known as Great Paw, Great Jaguar Paw, Jaguar Paw III, and Toh Chak Ich'ak''', was an early Maya king of Mutal (now known as Tikal). He is one of Tikal's best known kings, with many monuments and ceramics engraved with his name. At Tikal, one confirmed and one possible monument to Chak Tok Ich'aak have been uncovered. In Stela 39, the lower section, produced to commemorate the K'atun ending in 376 C.E., depicts the king stepping upon a bound captive. His palace, unusually, was never built over by later rulers, and was kept in repair for centuries as an apparent revered monument. Stela 31 from Tikal records that he died on the same day that Siyah K'ak' captured Tikal, probably killed by the Teotihuacano conquerors.
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Charles Henry Davis
Charles Henry Davis (January 16, 1807 – February 18, 1877) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, serving primarily during the American Civil War, and with the United States Coast Survey.
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Christiern Pedersen
Christiern Pedersen (c. 1480 – 16 January 1554) was a canon, humanist scholar, writer, printer and publisher.
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Clarence Ray Allen
Clarence Ray Allen (January 16, 1930 – January 17, 2006) was an American murderer who was executed by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison in California for the murders of three people. At age 76 in 2006, he became the second oldest inmate to be executed in the United States since 1976, after John B. Nixon of Mississippi who was executed in December 2005 at age 77. As of September 2010, he remains the last inmate executed in California.
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Clem Jones
Clem Jones AO (16 January 1918 – 15 December 2007) was the longest serving Lord Mayor of the city of Brisbane, Australia, representing the Australian Labor Party from 1961 to 1975.
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Daisy Kennedy
Daisy Kennedy (16 January 1893 - 30 July 1981) was an Australian-born concert violinist.
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Dalvanius Prime
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Dameon Clarke
Dameon J. Clarke (born January 16, 1972) is an Canadian-born American actor and voice actor who currently resides in Los Angeles. He has worked on numerous Film and Television productions as well as many voice properties. He is currently represented by Marshak/Zachary management
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Damo Suzuki
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David Chokachi
David Chokachi (born David Al-Chokhachy on January 16, 1968 in Plymouth, Massachusetts) is an American television actor. He's best known for his role in the TV series Witchblade, Baywatch, and Beyond The Break. He was born to a Turkish-born Iraqi father and Finnish mother.
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Debbie Allen
:This article is about the actress/dancer/choreographer. For the country music singer, see Deborah Allen.
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Denis O'Hare
'''Denis O'Hare' (born January 17, 1962) is an American actor noted for his award winning performances in Take Me Out and Sweet Charity''.
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Dimitris Horn
Dimitris Horn () (March 9, 1921- 16 January 1998) was a Greek theatrical and film performer. He is widely regarded as the greatest Greek actor of modern times.
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Dizzy Dean
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Don Quixote
(; , see spelling and pronunciation below), fully titled The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha (), is a novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story by inventing a Moorish chronicler for Don Quixote named Cide Hamete Benengeli. Published in two volumes a decade apart (in 1605 and 1615), Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age in the Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published.
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Eddie Meduza
Eddie Meduza (real name Errol Leonard Norstedt) (June 17, 1948–January 16, 2002) was a Swedish composer and musician working mainly in the rockabilly genre. Many of his songs were about alcohol, women, and cars, quite often with obscene lyrics. Sometimes they were also politically oriented, many aimed at the Swedish Social Democrats. He was also a popular performer of Raggare music.
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Edith Frank
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Edmund Crouchback
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Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon (April 27, 1737 January 16, 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. The Decline and Fall is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its open denigration of organised religion.
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Edward Gordon Craig
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Elizabeth of Bosnia
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Elliott Reid
Elliott Reid (born January 16, 1920) is a character actor who has performed on radio and television, and in the movies.
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Emanuel Pogatetz
Emanuel Pogatetz (born 16 January 1983 in Graz) is an Austrian football player who currently plays for Hannover 96 as a defender.
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En Vogue
En Vogue is an American female R&B; vocal group from Oakland, California assembled by music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy.
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Ennis Cosby
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Eric Liddell
Athlete
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Eric Mottram
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Ernest Shackleton
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Ernesto Bonino
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Ernesto Halffter
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Ethel Merman
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Ezra Hendrickson
Ezra Hendrickson (born January 16, 1972 in Layou, St. Vincent) is a retired Vincentian footballer. He is currently an assistant coach with Seattle Sounders FC.
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Fire is Born
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Francesco Scavullo
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Francis Blomefield
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Franz Brentano
Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Brentano (January 16, 1838 – March 17, 1917) was an influential German philosopher and psychologist whose influence was felt by other such luminaries as Sigmund Freud, Edmund Husserl, Kazimierz Twardowski and Alexius Meinong, who followed and adapted his views.
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Fuad II of Egypt
Fuad II () (born 16 January 1952 as Prince Ahmad Fuad) was the last king of Egypt. He ascended the throne on 26 July 1952 upon the abdication of his father King Farouk I after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. He reigned for less than a year until 18 June 1953. King Fuad II was Egypt and Sudan's last monarch and the last of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty which had ruled since 1805. His short reign came to an end when Egypt was declared a republic on 18 June 1953.
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Fulgencio Batista
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
:''This is an Arabic patronymic name; the family name is Abdel Nasser, taken from his father's given name.''
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Garth Ennis
Garth Ennis (born 16 January 1970) is a Northern Irish comics writer, best known for the Vertigo series Preacher with artist Steve Dillon and his successful nine-year run on Marvel Comics' Punisher franchise. He has collaborated with artists such as Steve Dillon and Glenn Fabry on Preacher, John McCrea on Hitman, and Carlos Ezquerra on both Preacher and Hitman.
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Gene Feist
Gene Feist (born January 16, 1923, New York City) is an American playwright, theatre director and co-founder of the Roundabout Theater Company.
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George Dewey
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Gerd Klier
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Glen Bell
Glen William Bell, Jr. (September 3, 1923 – January 16, 2010) was an American businessman who founded the fast food chain Taco Bell.
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Glenn Corbett
Glenn Corbett (August 17, 1933 — January 16, 1993) was an American actor best known for his role on CBS's adventure drama Route 66.
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Glenn Ordway
Glenn Ordway (born January 16, 1951) is an American sports radio and television personality based in the Boston, Massachusetts area. He is a former commentator for the Boston Celtics radio broadcasts. He hosts WEEI's The Big Show, Boston's top rated afternoon drive time radio program among men aged 25-54. Ordway is originally from Lynn, Massachusetts; he graduated from Lynn Classical High School.
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Henri Busser
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Henry III of England
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Hiram Revels
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Honoratus
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Ike Quebec
Ike Quebec (August 17, 1918 – January 16, 1963) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. His surname is pronounced KYOO-bek.
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Irina Kuzmina
Irina Kuzmina (born January 16, 1986, Riga, Latvia) is Latvian professional tennis player currently ranked No. 697 in singles and No. 396 in doubles. She has played the most ties for team Latvia in FedCup.
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Irving Mills
Irving Mills (January 16, 1894 – April 21, 1985) was a jazz music publisher, also known by the name of Joe Primrose.
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Irving Rapper
Irving Rapper (b. January 16, 1898, London – d. December 20, 1999, Woodland Hills, California) was a British-born American film director. His most successful body of work is 10 films he made while under contract with Warner Brothers.
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Ismail Qemali
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Ivan Meštrović
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Ivan the Terrible
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James May
James Daniel May (born 16 January 1963) is an English television presenter and award-winning journalist.
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Jamie Lundmark
Jamie Lundmark (born January 16, 1981) is a professional ice hockey player with the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Jared Slingerland
Jared Slingerland was born on January 16, 1984 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada where his father (Glen Slingerland) was a radio announcer on CKIQ. The family moved to Calgary, Alberta shortly after birth due to his father securing an on air job with a new CHR radio station (AM106). It was in Calgary where Jared was first exposed to the music industry when he attended his first live concert. It was a Canadian band known as the Barenaked Ladies. Another move brought the family to the Metro Vancouver (Abbotsford, BC) area at age 11. He began playing various instruments in his early teen years and started to excel at guitar.
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Jason Ward
Jason Robert Ward (born January 16, 1979, in Chapleau, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who most recently played for the Adirondack Phantoms of the American Hockey League (AHL).
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Jeff Foster
Jeffrey Douglas Foster (born January 16, 1977, in San Antonio, Texas) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Indiana Pacers of the NBA.
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Jill Sobule
Jill Sobule (born January 16, 1965 in Denver, Colorado) is an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single "I Kissed a Girl", and "Supermodel" from the soundtrack of the 1995 film Clueless. Her folk-inflected compositions alternate between ironic, story-driven character studies and emotive ballads, a duality reminiscent of such 1970s American songwriters as Warren Zevon, Harry Nilsson, Loudon Wainwright III, Harry Chapin, and Randy Newman. Autobiographical elements, including Sobule's Jewish heritage and her adolescent battles with anorexia and depression, frequently occur in Sobule's writing. An appreciable percentage of her work is also dedicated to detailed accounts of both her own fictional female creations and such troubled but celebrated women as Joey Heatherton and Mary Kay Letourneau, whose stories are usually used to make ironic comments about fame and celebrity. In 2009 she released an album funded entirely by fan donations.
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Jim Stafford
James Wayne "Jim" Stafford (born January 16, 1944, Eloise, Florida) is an American comedian, musician, and singer-songwriter, prominent in the 1970s. Stafford is self-taught on guitar, fiddle, piano, banjo, organ and harmonica.
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Joe Flacco
Joseph Vincent Flacco (born January 16, 1985 in ) is the starting quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens. He played college football for the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Delaware. He was the first-round draft pick by the Ravens, 18th overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.
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Joe Horn
Joseph Horn (born January 16, 1972 in ) is a retired American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 1996 NFL Draft, and also played for the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons. He played college football at Itawamba Community College.
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Johannes Rau
Johannes Rau (16 January 1931 – 27 January 2006) was a German politician of the SPD. He was President of Germany from 1 July 1999, until 30 June 2004, and Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1978 to 1998.
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John C. Breckinridge
John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States, to date the youngest vice president in U.S. history, inaugurated at age 36.
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John C. Frémont
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John Carpenter
John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, composer, and occasional actor. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, his name is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction.
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Jonathan Richter
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Joseph Vaz
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Josie Davis
Josie Rebecca Davis (born January 16, 1973) is an American actress and producer, best known for her role as Sarah Powell in the television sitcom Charles in Charge from 1986 to 1990.
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Juanita Bynum
Juanita Bynum (born January 16, 1959) is an American Pentecostal televangelist, author, actress and gospel singer.
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Jules Barbier
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June
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Jurijs Andrejevs
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Kabir Bedi
Kabir Bedi (born 16 January 1946) is an internationally acclaimed Indian television and film actor. His film and television career has spanned across India, the United States and many European countries. He is noted for his role as Emperor Shah Jahan in . He is best known in Europe for playing the pirate Sandokan in mini TV series and for his role as the villainous Gobinda in the 1983 James Bond film, Octopussy. He is very popular in Italy in particular, and is fluent in Italian.
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Kalevi Sorsa
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Kate Moss
Katherine Ann Moss (born 16 January 1974) known as Kate Moss, is an English model. She has appeared on over 300 magazine covers. She is known for her waifish figure, uncommonly short height for a fashion model, and appearances in many advertising campaigns. She is also notorious for her high-profile relationships and party lifestyle. In 2007, she came 2nd on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $9 million in one year.
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Katy Jurado
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Laura Schlessinger
Laura Catherine Schlessinger (born January 16, 1947) is an American talk radio host, socially conservative commentator and author. Her radio program consists mainly of her responses to callers' requests for personal advice and has occasionally featured her short monologues on social and political topics. Schlessinger's advice has been variously characterized as direct, wise, to-the-point, abrupt and cruel. Her website says that her show "preaches, teaches, and nags about morals, values and ethics."
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Lauren McAvoy
Lauren Elizabeth McAvoy (born 16 January 1987) is an English fashion model. In September 2007 she won Cycle 3 of ''Britain's Next Top Model. Her prize was a contract with Ruby & Millie Cosmetics, a modelling contract with Models 1, and a six-page fashion editorial and cover for Company Magazine''.
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Lena Ek
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Leonor Michaelis
Leonor Michaelis (January 16, 1875 – October 8, 1949) was a German-born American biochemist and physician famous for his work with Maud Menten in enzyme kinetics and Michaelis-Menten kinetics.
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Leslie H. Martinson
Leslie "Les" H. Martinson (born January 16, 1915) is an American television and film director. He is married to television host and writer Connie Martinson.
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Lin Manuel Miranda
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Lindley Murray
Lindley Murray (7 June 1745 – 16 January 1826), grammarian, was born in a house near his father's mill, just north of Harper Tavern in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 18 miles northeast of Harrisburg. He was the eldest son of Robert Murray, the Quaker merchant, and Mary Lindley Murray, whose home was on a hill in Manhattan on what today is Park Avenue and 36th Street. This was the center of an area known to this day as Murray Hill.
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Lorraine Bayly
Lorraine Daphne Bayly AM (born 16 January 1937) is an Australian actress.
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Lucas Achtschellinck
Lucas Achtschellinck (baptized 16 January 1626, - 12 May 1699 (buried)), was a Flemish landscape painter.
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Luiz Bueno
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Ma Barker
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Magdalen Nabb
Magdalen Nabb (16 January 1947 - 18 August 2007) was a British author, most well known for the Marshal Guarnaccia detective novels.
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Maja Keuc
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Marcia Davenport
Marcia Davenport (June 9, 1903 — January 16, 1996) was an American author and music critic. She was born Marcia Glick in New York City on June 9, 1903, the daughter of Bernard Glick and the opera singer Alma Gluck, and she became the stepdaughter of violinist Efrem Zimbalist when Alma Gluck remarried.
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Margaret Booth
Margaret Booth (16 January 1898 – 28 October 2002) was an American film editor.
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Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne (born January 16, 1934, Bradford, Pennsylvania) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring a large sound, beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages.
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Marinus Bester
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Marshall Field
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Martin Jol
Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol (born 16 January 1956) is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. Prior to joining Ajax he managed German club Hamburger SV and English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. Jol played over 400 games during his career which included spells in the Netherlands, Germany, and England, as well as earning three caps with the Dutch national team.
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Martina Moravcová
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Mason Gamble
Mason Wilson Gamble (born January 16, 1986) is an American actor known for his portrayal of Dennis Mitchell in the 1993 film Dennis the Menace and as Jason Schwartzman's sidekick, Dirk Calloway, in Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson's critically acclaimed 1998 film Rushmore;. He also appeared in ''Anya's Bell with Della Reese, starring as a dyslexic boy. In 1999, Gamble portrayed Brady Lang in the thriller Arlington Road. He had a featured role in the short-lived 2001 CBS drama Kate Brasher. Additionally, he had a small role as McCluckey in the 1996 comedy Spy Hard''.
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Matt Duchene
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Maxine Jones
Maxine Jones (born January 16, 1962 in Paterson, New Jersey) is one of the original members of the R&B; singing group En Vogue. She originally left the group in 2001 to spend time with her daughter. Jones rejoined En Vogue on a permanent basis in the third quarter of 2004. , she is a current member.
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Mayhem (band)
Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1984 in Oslo, Norway. They are regarded as one of the pioneers of the influential Norwegian black metal scene. Mayhem's career has been highly controversial, primarily due to the suicide of vocalist Dead, murder of guitarist Euronymous by Varg Vikernes of Burzum, and their violent stage performances.
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Michael Pataki
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Michelle Wild
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Morbid (band)
Morbid was an extreme metal band from Stockholm, Sweden that formed in 1986.
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Neil Back
Neil Antony Back (born 16 January 1969) is a former international rugby union footballer for England, who also played for Leicester Tigers, and captained both England and Leicester during his career.
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Nel Benschop
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Niccolò Piccinni
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Nick Valensi
Nick Valensi (born Nicholas Valensi, January 16, 1981) is a guitarist for the American alternative rock band The Strokes.
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Nicklas Bendtner
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Nikephoros Choumnos
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Norman Podhoretz
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Octave Crémazie
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Osama bin Laden
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Osip Brik
Osip Maksimovich Brik (), (January 16, 1888–February 22, 1945), Russian avant garde writer and literary critic, was one of the most important members of the Russian formalist school, though he also identified himself as one of the Futurists.
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Ostrogoths
The Ostrogoths () were a branch of the Goths (the other branch being the Visigoths), an East Germanic tribe that played a major role in political events of the last decades of the Roman Empire. The Ostrogoths established the Kingdom of Italy, a relatively short-lived successor state of the Western Roman Empire.
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Ottoman Empire
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Pablo Zabaleta
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Paul Webb
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Paula Pareto
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Paula Tilbrook
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Phan Khoi
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Philip Lucock
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Philippe Thys
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Pilar Lorengar
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Pope Marcellus I
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Prem Nazir
Abdul Khader (7 April 1926 - 16 January 1989), (), better known by his stage name Prem Nazir, was a Malayali Indian film actor. He is considered as one of the all time popular actors in Malayalam cinema. He is referred to as Nithya haritha nayakan (Ever green hero) of Malayalam film industry.
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Reginald De Koven
Henry Louis Reginald De Koven (April 3, 1859 – January 16, 1920) was an American music critic and prolific composer, particularly of comic operas.
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René I of Naples
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Reto Ziegler
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Ricardo Darin
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Richard T. Jones
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Robert Fitzgerald
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Robert Hanbury Brown
Robert Hanbury Brown, AC (31 August 1916 – 16 January 2002) was a British astronomer and physicist born in Aruvankadu, India. He made notable contributions to the development of radar and he later conducted pioneering work in the field of radio astronomy. He he was rumoured to have been the original radar scientist who inspired the term boffin during World War II.
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Robert L. Park
Robert Lee Park (born January 16, 1931), also known as Bob Park, is an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Maryland, College Park and a former Director of Public Information at the Washington office of the American Physical Society. Park is most noted for his critical commentaries on alternative medicine and other pseudoscience, as well as his criticism of how legitimate science is distorted or ignored by the media, some scientists, and public policy advocates as expressed in his book Voodoo Science. He is also noted for his preference for robotic over manned space exploration.
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Robert R. Hitt
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Robert W. Service
Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 – September 11, 1958) was a poet and writer, sometimes referred to as "the Bard of the Yukon". He is best-known for his writings on the Canadian North, including the poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew", "The Law of the Yukon", and "The Cremation of Sam McGee". His writing was so expressive that his readers took him for a hard-bitten old Klondike prospector, not the later-arriving bank clerk he actually was.
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Roger Lapébie
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Roger Wagner
Roger Wagner, KCSG (January 16, 1914 - September 17, 1992) was an American choral musician, administrator and educator. For five decades he championed and refined the art and propelled it forth around the world. His musical and personal impact was profound. Roger Wagner was an artist, a fighter, an inspiration to his singers, listeners, students and associates.
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Ron Carey (actor)
Ron Carey (December 11, 1935 – January 16, 2007) was an American film and television actor. The 5-foot 4-inch actor was best known for playing cocky Officer Carl Levitt on TV's Barney Miller, in which he was almost always surrounded by male actors (and sometimes female guest stars) who stood at least 4" taller. The series' stars (Hal Linden, Max Gail, Abe Vigoda, Ron Glass) all stood six feet or more. Carey appeared in the recurring role through almost the entire series.
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Ron Villone
Ronald Thomas Villone Jr. (born January 16, 1970 in Englewood, New Jersey) is a Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has not been on the same team for more than two years in his major league career and due to his many baseball travels, some of his teammates have affectionately referred to him as "Suitcase" Villone. In fact, when he joined the Washington Nationals in 2009, he tied Mike Morgan for the record of most franchises played for in MLB (with twelve different teams).
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Ronnie Milsap
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Roy Jones, Jr.
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Ruben Bagger
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Ruth Reichl
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Ruth Rose
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Sade Adu
Helen Folasade Adu, OBE, (born 16 January 1959), better known as Sade, is a British singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer. She first achieved success in the 1980s as the frontwoman and lead vocalist of the popular Brit and Grammy Award winning English group, Sade.
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Saint Fursey
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Salah Hissou
Salah Hissou () (born January 16, 1972 in Ait Taghia) is a long-distance runner from Morocco, who won the gold medal over 5000 m at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville. With 26:38.08 he also set a world record over 10,000 m in Brussels in 1996 and won a bronze medal over 10,000 m at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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Sergi Bruguera
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Simon Richter
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Stephan Lichtsteiner
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Ted Cassidy
Theodore Crawford Cassidy (July 31, 1932 - January 16, 1979), known as Ted Cassidy, was an American actor and voice actor who performed in television and films. Extremely tall at , he tended to play unusual characters in offbeat or science-fiction series such as Star Trek and I Dream of Jeannie. He is best known for playing the part of Lurch, the butler on the 1960s television series The Addams Family and performing the opening narration of the 1970s TV series The Incredible Hulk (TV series).
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Totila
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Tracey Moore
Tracey Ann Moore (born January 17, 1960 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian animated voice actress. She was the voice of Princess Toadstool in the two North American cartoon television series, The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World. She was also the voice of Serena/Sailor Moon in the North American version of the Sailor Moon in episodes 1-11, 15, 21. Moore also was the voice of George Shrinks.
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Vernon Duke
Vernon Duke (January 16, 1969) was a Russian-American composer/songwriter, who also wrote under his original name Vladimir Dukelsky. He is best known for "Taking a Chance on Love" with lyrics by Ted Fetter and John Latouche, "I Can't Get Started" with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, "April in Paris" with lyrics by E. Y. ("Yip") Harburg (1932), and "What Is There To Say" for the Ziegfeld Follies of 1934, also with Harburg. He wrote the words and music for "Autumn in New York" (1934). Vernon collaborated with lyricists such as Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin, Ogden Nash and Sammy Cahn and his works have been performed and recorded by Tony Bennett, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Wynton Marsalis, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra and Thelonious Monk.
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Wim Suurbier
Wilhelmus "Wim" Lourens Johannes Suurbier (born 16 January 1945 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant) is a former Dutch football player and currently the assistant coach of the Albanian national team. He was wingback who was part of the Dutch national team and AFC Ajax teams of the 1970s.
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Yvonne Zima
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Zhou Zuoren
Zhou Zuoren () (16 January 1885-6 May 1967) was a Chinese writer, primarily known as an essayist and a translator. He was the younger brother of Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren), the second of three brothers.
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Coast To Coast AM - January 16 2012 - UFOs & Kenneth Arnold
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- Duration: 150:40
- Published: 20 Jul 2012
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
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Desperate Housewives Season 7 Episode 13 I'm Still Here (January 16, 2011) s07e13 full HD
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- Duration: 10:22
- Published: 17 Jul 2012
- Updated: 17 Jul 2012
DesperateHousewifess.notlong.com Here you can watch Desperate Housewifes full episodes online. streaming episodes, previous seasons, reviews & more. Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Scott (Sheryl Lee, Twin Peaks). It's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Season 2 Episode 2 s2e2 part1 tvshows HQ s2e3 s4e2 s4e5 s4e8 s3e10
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Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon - 16th January 2012
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- Duration: 5:03
- Published: 16 Jan 2012
- Updated: 26 Jun 2012
Manorama insults Madhumati for gifting a silver puja plate to Anjali. Akash, conversely, praises Madhumati's choice of gift. Arnav and Khushi are determined to defeat each other in the sangeet ceremony competition. Payal agonizes about Manorama's disapproval of her but, Khushi reassures her from Akash's end. Shyam brings home a poisonous scorpion, to kill Anjali and hides it in a sweet box. While he poses for the family photo session, a couple of workers move the sweet box from its hidden place.
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Diya Aur Baati Hum - 16th January 2012
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- Duration: 5:04
- Published: 16 Jan 2012
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
Sandhya hides and Bhabasa pretends to be asleep, to make Santosh deliver the sweets to Sooraj. Santosh decides to send Meenakshi to Sooraj's shop with the sweets but Meenakshi busily attends to the customers in Vikram's shop. Sooraj realizes that Chotu had not cancelled the order and apologizes to the customer. Santosh delivers the sweets to Sooraj's shop and saves him from humiliation. Sandhya praises Santosh's maternal love for Sooraj. Santosh takes Sandhya and Sooraj to the park to talk in private. Meenakshi follows them to eavesdrop on their conversation but she loses sight of them. Sooraj explains to Santosh why Sandhya had hidden the truth from her.
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TimesCast - January 13, 2012
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- Duration: 5:34
- Published: 16 Jan 2012
- Updated: 13 Jul 2012
President Obama asks Congress for power to shrink government | Explaining "super PACs" | Previewing the Golden Globe Awards. Please visit nyti.ms in order to embed this video. Watch more videos at nytimes.com
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ENTER SHIKARI - SSSNAKEPIT - OFFICIAL HD PROMO
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- Duration: 3:00
- Published: 14 Sep 2011
- Updated: 22 Jul 2012
Taken from the album A FLASH FLOOD OF COLOUR released JAN 16 2012 (17th USA/Canada. 13th DE & NL etc). iTunes - www.smarturl.it CD+DVD - www.smarturl.it CD - www.smarturl.it vinyl LP - www.smarturl.it video by KODE MEDIA www.kodemedia.co.uk Track produced by Dan Weller & Enter Shikari Mixed by Mike Fraser. http www.facebook.com www.twitter.com
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Saath Nibhaana Saathiya - 16th January 2012
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- Duration: 4:58
- Published: 16 Jan 2012
- Updated: 07 Jun 2012
Kokila orders Aham and Gopi to sit with the rest of their family in the cinema hall. Gopi tells Aham that their plan to bring Rashi and Jigar together is working. Kokila overhears their conversation and becomes suspicious. She questions Gopi about it. Gopi feels guilty for hiding the truth from Kokila. Urmila is dismayed as Kinjal wins the lottery. She does not tell Kinjal about the win and tries to swap the lottery ticket with Kinjal's ticket. As Urmila tells Rashi about Kinjal's lottery win, Rashi asks her to deceive Kinjal.
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The T-Mobile Dance
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- Duration: 2:41
- Published: 16 Jan 2009
- Updated: 23 Jul 2012
Watch the moment Liverpool Street Station danced to create this special T-Mobile Advert. Life's for sharing.
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MICHAEL JORDAN : 64 pts vs Orlando Magic (1993.01.16)
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- Duration: 7:38
- Published: 09 Jul 2008
- Updated: 22 Jul 2012
CLICK ON THE LINK TO WATCH "MICHAEL JORDAN: THE LEGEND OF THE GREATEST" www.youtube.com
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Ishti Kutum - 16th January 2012
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- Duration: 5:01
- Published: 16 Jan 2012
- Updated: 25 Jun 2012
Anu and Dibyo's mother have an argument about their children's upbringing. Meanwhile, Dibyo's family is delighted at Moon and Archi's arrival, but is surprised to see Baha with them. Later, Archi is assigned with important news coverage by his boss, Anjan.
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Did I Type That?
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- Duration: 2:16
- Published: 16 Jan 2012
- Updated: 22 Jul 2012
Ellen found some more hilarious texting mistakes for her segment, "Clumsy Thumbsy." If you see any funny autocorrect mistakes, send them to us right here!
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16-Bit Gems - #11: EarthBound - The Review [1/3] (Super Nintendo)
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- Duration: 7:48
- Published: 16 Jan 2010
- Updated: 19 Jul 2012
This is part 1 of 3 in our review of EarthBound for the SNES. Part 2: www.youtube.com Part 3: www.youtube.com You can see more of our content at www.clanofthegraywolf.com Roo finishes off EarthBound-a-palooza with a thorough review of the game itself. By examining the story, writing, graphics, music (good God, the music), and all the other little touches that make EarthBound great, hopefully you'll feel compelled to give this king of the overlooked games a playthrough - whether it's your 1st or your 101st time.
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16-Bit Gems - #11: EarthBound - The Review [3/3] (Super Nintendo)
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- Duration: 6:22
- Published: 16 Jan 2010
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
This is part 3 of 3 in our review of EarthBound for the SNES. Part 1: www.youtube.com Part 2: www.youtube.com You can see more of our content at www.clanofthegraywolf.com Roo finishes off EarthBound-a-palooza with a thorough review of the game itself. By examining the story, writing, graphics, music (good God, the music), and all the other little touches that make EarthBound great, hopefully you'll feel compelled to give this king of the overlooked games a playthrough - whether it's your 1st or your 101st time.
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Zindagi Kahe... Smile Please - 3rd January 2012
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- Duration: 17:15
- Published: 03 Jan 2012
- Updated: 25 Jun 2012
Bluffed by the fate, Harmony, stranded on the road wails over Nimit's stand for leaving her. Soon the dreams, time and love shared with Nimit becomes a thing of the past for Harmony. Hansraj is overjoyed thinking that Harmony has flown for her honeymoon. Shikhir and Harmony's first meeting get screwd while Harshly learns about Hansraj's truth. Savitri calls Shikhir and comes to know about his arrival in India. The misunderstanding creeps in between the two sisters due to their diverse opinions.
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Cuochi E Fiamme 16/01/12
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- Duration: 50:03
- Published: 23 Jan 2012
- Updated: 12 Apr 2012
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Barakallah (Wedding Indonesia Version) Dian Pelangi
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- Duration: 5:14
- Published: 25 Mar 2011
- Updated: 23 Jul 2012
This Impressive Islamic Masterpiece of Dian Pelangi and Tito Has been created by WIMO Team. Thank you so Much for the effort and the professionalism. Facebook : WIMO -- Wedding in Motion contact@findingwimo.com LOCATION : Hotel Indonesia Kempinsky DATE : 16 Jan 2011 COSTUMES : Dian Pelangi Bride CONCEPT : Mixed of Arabic & Indonesian Dresses, Arabic , Chinese & Javanese furniture. COSMETICS : Wardah Cosmetics BEADS : Swarovski dianpelangi.com http Update Sept 2011: Thank you so much for all the comment. Unfortunately due to copyright from Awakening worldwide Record, we cannot use Maher Zein Barakallah song, therefore we change the background music to this instrumental..Hope you enjoy this one as well :) If you want to see the second ver: youtu.be
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ENTER SHIKARI - DESTABILISE (official promo video) - OCT 2010
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- Duration: 4:36
- Published: 24 Oct 2010
- Updated: 23 Jul 2012
the album A FLASH FLOOD OF COLOUR released JAN 16 2012 (17th USA/Canada. 13th DE & NL etc). iTunes - www.smarturl.it CD+DVD - www.smarturl.it CD - www.smarturl.it vinyl LP - www.smarturl.it video directed and edited by Lawrence Hardy track produced by Dan Weller & Enter Shikari, and mixed by Dan Weller - myspace.com/dansikth
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IDEA STAR SINGER 01/16/12
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- Duration: 39:33
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- Updated: 22 Mar 2012
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Tanaka Face Massage Part 1 (English)
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- Duration: 7:16
- Published: 16 Jan 2010
- Updated: 22 Jul 2012
Japanese beauty expert, Yukuko Tanaka, presents her anti-aging, face contouring massage. This is an excellent routine to add to your skin care regimen, and will reduce wrinkles, prevent sagging skin, improve sagging skin, improve puffy eyes and under-eye bags, and more. English subtitles and English voice-over. 4 Parts Total. This is Part 1. Presented to you by www.EpicBeautyGuide.com Your Guide to Getting & Staying Naturally Beautiful Natural beauty tips, tutorials, DIY skin care and hair care, product reviews, giveaways, and more!
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Drink Along with Dan and John - Choplifter HD Demo Gameplay with Commentary (Jan. 2012 #2)
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- Duration: 22:19
- Published: 16 Jan 2012
- Updated: 18 Jun 2012
Choplifter HD demo walkthrough. Gameplay recorded on the Xbox 360. The full version of Choplifter HD on XBLA costs $15, or 1200 MS points (spacebucks). If you're interested in watching this video without commentary, check out www.youtube.com marketplace.xbox.com Video by Beer_Baron (John T) twitter.com
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One Direction : Kings Of Leon Cover - Use Somebody (Glasgow 14th Of January)
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- Published: 18 Jan 2012
- Updated: 22 Jul 2012
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Wiz Khalifa - The Thrill
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- Duration: 3:56
- Published: 16 Jan 2011
- Updated: 23 Jul 2012
(Will Have The Other Wiz Khalifa Albums Up Soon) Song: Wiz Khalifa Vs. Empire of the Sun ( The Thrill ) Artist: Wiz Khalifa Mixtape: Burn After Rolling Release Date: 2009 Original Instrumental: Walking on a Dream 01. Wiz Khalifa - Bar 02. Wiz Khalifa - Gettin Up 03. Wiz Khalifa - Take Yo Bitch 04. Wiz Khalifa - The Thrill 05. Wiz Khalifa - One Way 06. Wiz Khalifa - Miles 07. Wiz Khalifa - If I Were A Lame 08. Wiz Khalifa - Meet New People 09. Wiz Khalifa - Weekend 10. Wiz Khalifa - Young Khalifa 11. Wiz Khalifa - Knock U Down 12. Wiz Khalifa - On Tha Pill 13. Wiz Khalifa - When U Find 14. Wiz Khalifa - Mafia Music (Remix) 15. Wiz Khalifa - Say U Will 16. Wiz Khalifa - Timeless 17. Wiz Khalifa - Won't Land 18. Wiz Khalifa - Ode to Naked Pop Stars 19. Wiz Khalifa - All My Life Freestyle 20. Wiz Khalifa - Great to Be There (Outro)
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Drink Along with Dan and John - FFXIII-2 Demo Gameplay and Walkthrough with Commentary (Jan. 2012 #3)
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- Duration: 51:26
- Published: 16 Jan 2012
- Updated: 01 Jul 2012
Final Fantasy FFXIII-2 demo gameplay and walkthrough recorded on the Xbox 360. Final Fantasy XIII-2 comes out on January 31, 2012 for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Addendum to the commentary: I played through the demo a second time, sober, and actually began to enjoy the combat. I still think they did a TERRIBLE job explaining the different systems in play, which may be because I didn't play FFXIII, but I could actually see myself playing through this game. Buy FFXIII-2 from Amazon.com www.amazon.com If you're interested in watching the FFXIII-2 gameplay demo without commentary, check out www.youtube.com You can download the FFXIII-2 demo for free on the Xbox 360 here marketplace.xbox.com
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January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 349 days remaining until the end of the year (350 in leap years).
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Events[link]
- 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
- 378 – General Fire is Born conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spearthrower Owl of Teotihuacán.
- 550 – Gothic War (535–554): The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison.
- 929 – Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III established the Caliphate of Córdoba.
- 1120 – The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
- 1362 – A storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German city of Rungholt on the island of Strand.
- 1412 – The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy.
- 1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I.
- 1547 – Ivan IV of Russia aka Ivan the Terrible becomes Czar of Russia.
- 1556 – Philip II becomes King of Spain.
- 1572 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
- 1581 – The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism.
- 1605 – The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.
- 1707 – The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
- 1761 – The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
- 1780 – American Revolution: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
- 1786 – Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
- 1809 – Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña.
- 1847 – John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
- 1878 – Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) – Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
- 1883 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is passed.
- 1896 – Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire.
- 1900 – The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
- 1909 – Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
- 1919 – Temperance movement: The United States ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification.
- 1920 – The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
- 1924 – Eleftherios Venizelos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for the fourth time.
- 1939 – The Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a bombing and sabotage campaign in England.
- 1942 – Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
- 1945 – Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
- 1956 – President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine.
- 1969 – Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
- 1969 – Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
- 1970 – Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
- 1973 – Anna Christian Waters disappears from her backyard. She is never found.
- 1979 – The Shah of Iran flees Iran with his family and relocates to Egypt.
- 1986 – First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force.
- 1991 – The Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War (U.S. Time).
- 1992 – El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000.
- 2001 – Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
- 2001 – US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
- 2002 – The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
- 2003 – The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
- 2006 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.
Births[link]
- 1093 – Isaac Komnenos, son of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (d. after 1152)
- 1245 – Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)
- 1409 – René I of Naples (d. 1480)
- 1477 – Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)
- 1501 – Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)
- 1516 – Bayinnaung, King of Burma (d. 1581)
- 1616 – François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)
- 1626 – Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)
- 1634 – Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)
- 1675 – Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (d. 1755)
- 1691 – Peter Scheemakers, Flemish Roman Catholic sculptor (d. 1781)
- 1728 – Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (d. 1800)
- 1749 – Vittorio Alfieri, Italian dramatist (d. 1803)
- 1757 – Richard Goodwin Keats, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1834)
- 1807 – Charles Henry Davis, American Civil War Admiral (d. 1877)
- 1815 – Henry W. Halleck, American Civil War general (d. 1872)
- 1821 – John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician; 14th Vice President of the United States and Confederate general (d. 1875)
- 1834 – Robert R. Hitt, American politician (d. 1906)
- 1836 – King Francis II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1894)
- 1838 – Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)
- 1844 – Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)
- 1853 – Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and theatre manager (d. 1937)
- 1853 – Gen Sir Ian Hamilton, British military commander (d. 1947)
- 1853 – André Michelin, French industrialist (d. 1931)
- 1853 – Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov, Russian philosopher (d. 1900)
- 1872 – Henri Busser, French composer (d. 1973)
- 1872 – Edward Gordon Craig, English actor, producer, director and scenic designer (d. 1966)
- 1874 – Robert W. Service, Canadian poet (d. 1958)
- 1875 – Leonor Michaelis, German enzyme kinetic theorist (d. 1947)
- 1878 – Harry Carey, American silent film actor (d. 1947)
- 1885 – Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (d. 1967)
- 1886 – John Hamilton, American actor (d. 1958)
- 1888 – Osip Brik, Russian writer (d. 1945)
- 1893 – Daisy Kennedy, Australian violinist (d. 1981)
- 1894 – Irving Mills, American jazz music publisher (d. 1985)
- 1895 – Nat Schachner, American author (d. 1955)
- 1896 – Ruth Rose, American screenwriter (d. 1978)
- 1897 – Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (d. 1977)
- 1898 – Margaret Booth, American film editor (d. 2002)
- 1898 – Irving Rapper, UK-US film director (d. 1999)
- 1900 – Edith Frank, Holocaust victim and mother of Anne Frank (d. 1945)
- 1901 – Fulgencio Batista, Cuban leader (d. 1973)
- 1901 – Frank Zamboni, American inventor (d. 1988)
- 1902 – Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (d. 1945)
- 1903 – William Grover-Williams, English-French racing driver and WWII resistance fighter (d. 1945)
- 1905 – Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989)
- 1906 – Diana Wynyard, British actress (d. 1964)
- 1907 – Alexander Knox, Canadian actor (d. 1995)
- 1907 – Paul Nitze, American government official (d. 2004)
- 1908 – Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984)
- 1908 – Günther Prien, German World War II submarine captain (d. 1941)
- 1910 – Dizzy Dean, American baseball player (d. 1974)
- 1911 – Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
- 1911 – Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean politician (d. 1982)
- 1914 – Roger Wagner, American choral musician (d. 1992)
- 1915 – Leslie H. Martinson, American television and film director.
- 1916 – Philip Lucock, Australian politician and Presbyterian minister (d. 1996)
- 1917 – Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (d. 2008)
- 1918 – Nel Benschop, Dutch poet (d. 2005)
- 1918 – Allan Ekelund, Swedish film producer (d. 2009)
- 1918 – Clem Jones, Australian Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2007)
- 1918 – Stirling Silliphant, American writer (d. 1996)
- 1920 – Alberto Crespo, Argentine racing driver (d. 1991)
- 1920 – Elliott Reid, American actor
- 1921 – Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (d. 2004)
- 1922 – Ernesto Bonino, Italian singer (d. 2008)
- 1923 – Gene Feist, American stage actor and producer
- 1923 – Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004)
- 1924 – Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
- 1928 – Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (d. 1996)
- 1928 – William Kennedy, American author
- 1930 – Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (d. 2006)
- 1930 – Norman Podhoretz, US writer, foreign policy adviser
- 1930 – Paula Tilbrook, British actress
- 1931 – Robert L. Park, American physicist
- 1931 – Johannes Rau, German politician (d. 2006)
- 1932 – Dian Fossey, American zoologist (d. 1985)
- 1933 – Susan Sontag, American writer (d. 2004)
- 1934 – Marilyn Horne, American opera singer
- 1935 – A.J. Foyt, American race car driver and team owner
- 1937 – Lorraine Bayly, Australian actress
- 1937 – Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver
- 1938 – Michael Pataki, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1938 – Jô Soares, Brazilian author, musician and TV personality
- 1942 – René Angélil, Canadian music executive
- 1942 – Barbara Lynn, American singer
- 1943 – Gavin Bryars, English composer and double bassist
- 1943 – Brian Ferneyhough, British composer
- 1944 – Gerd Klier, German footballer (d. 2011)
- 1944 – Jim Stafford, American singer and songwriter
- 1945 – Wim Suurbier, Dutch footballer
- 1946 – Kabir Bedi, Indian actor
- 1946 – Ronnie Milsap, American singer and songwriter
- 1946 – Katia Ricciarelli, Italian soprano
- 1947 – Magdalen Nabb, British author (d. 2007)
- 1947 – Sarah Jane Olson, American political activist
- 1947 – Harvey Proctor, British politician
- 1947 – Laura Schlessinger, American radio talk show host
- 1948 – John Carpenter, American film director
- 1948 – Dalvanius Prime, New Zealand entertainer (d. 2002)
- 1948 – Ruth Reichl, American magazine editor
- 1948 – Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player
- 1949 – Andrew Refshauge, Australian politician, Deputy Premier of New South Wales
- 1949 – Caroline Munro, British actress
- 1950 – Debbie Allen, American dancer and choreographer
- 1950 – Brian Castro, Australian author
- 1950 – Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer (Can)
- 1950 – Robert Schimmel, American Comedian (d. 2010)
- 1951 – Glenn Ordway, American radio talk show host
- 1952 – King Fuad II of Egypt
- 1952 – L. Blaine Hammond, NASA astronaut
- 1953 – Robert Jay Mathews, American neo-Nazi (d. 1984)
- 1955 – Jerry M. Linenger, NASA astronaut
- 1956 – Jennifer Dale, Canadian actress
- 1956 – Martin Jol, Dutch football manager
- 1956 – Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (d. 2007)
- 1957 – Jurijs Andrejevs, Latvian footballer
- 1957 – Ricardo Darin, Argentine actor
- 1958 – Anatoli Boukreev, Russian climber (d. 1997)
- 1958 – Lena Ek, Swedish politician
- 1959 – Juanita Bynum, American televangelist
- 1959 – Sade, Nigerian-born singer
- 1961 – Paul Raven, English musician (Killing Joke, Prong, and Ministry) (d. 2007)
- 1962 – Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian politician
- 1962 – Tracey Moore, voice actress
- 1962 – Denis O'Hare, Irish-American actor
- 1962 – Paul Webb, British musician (Talk Talk, .O.rang)
- 1963 – James May, English television presenter
- 1965 – Maxine Jones, American singer (En Vogue)
- 1965 – Jill Sobule, American singer-songwriter
- 1968 – David Chokachi, American actor
- 1969 – Neil Back, England rugby player
- 1969 – Marinus Bester, German footballer
- 1969 – Roy Jones, Jr., American boxer
- 1969 – Per "Dead" Ohlin, Swedish black metal vocalist (Mayhem and Morbid) (d. 1991)
- 1970 – Garth Ennis, Irish comic book author
- 1970 – Brendan O'Hare, Scottish drummer (Teenage Fanclub and Telstar Ponies)
- 1970 – Ron Villone, American baseball player
- 1971 – Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player
- 1972 – Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
- 1972 – Ang Christou, Australian rules footballer
- 1972 – Dameon Clarke, Canadian actor
- 1972 – Yuri Drozdov, Russian footballer
- 1972 – Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer
- 1972 – Salah Hissou, Moroccan long-distance runner
- 1972 – Joe Horn, American football player
- 1972 – Richard T. Jones, American actor
- 1972 – Greg Page, Australian musician and actor (The Wiggles)
- 1972 – Alen Peternac, Croatian footballer
- 1973 – Josie Davis, American actress
- 1974 – Marlon Anderson, American baseball player
- 1974 – Kate Moss, English model
- 1975 – Greg Strause, American visual effects creator
- 1975 – Gillian Iliana Waters, American actress
- 1976 – Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver
- 1976 – Martina Moravcová, Slovak female swimmer
- 1977 – Ariel Zeevi, Israeli judoka
- 1977 – Jeff Foster, American basketball player
- 1978 – Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
- 1979 – Aaliyah, American R&B singer/actress (d. 2001)
- 1979 – Mark Anthony Fernandez, Filipino actor
- 1979 – Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 – Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 – Seydou Keita, Malian footballer
- 1980 – Lin Manuel Miranda, American actor, composer, lyricist
- 1980 – Albert Pujols, Dominican-born baseball player
- 1980 – Michelle Wild, Hungarian model
- 1981 – Jamie Lundmark, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 – Nick Valensi, American guitarist (The Strokes)
- 1981 – Bobby Zamora, English footballer
- 1982 – Samuel Preston, British singer (The Ordinary Boys)
- 1982 – Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer
- 1983 – Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
- 1983 – Andriy Rusol, Ukrainian footballer
- 1984 – Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer
- 1984 – Jared Slingerland, Canadian musician (Left Spine Down and Front Line Assembly)
- 1985 – Joe Flacco, American football player
- 1985 – Gintaras Janusevicius, Lithuanian pianist
- 1985 – Jonathan Richter, Danish footballer
- 1985 – Simon Richter, Danish footballer
- 1985 – Pablo Zabaleta, Argentine footballer
- 1986 – Mason Gamble, American actor
- 1986 – Irina Kuzmina, Latvian tennis player
- 1986 – Paula Pareto, Argentine judoka
- 1986 – Johannes Rahn, German footballer
- 1986 – Reto Ziegler, Swiss footballer
- 1987 – Lauren McAvoy, British fashion model
- 1988 – Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
- 1989 – Yvonne Zima, American actress
- 1991 – Matt Duchene, Canadian hockey player
- 1992 – Maja Keuc, Slovenian singer
Deaths[link]
- 378 – Great Jaguar Paw, King of Tikal
- 960 – Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople
- 1327 – Nikephoros Choumnos, Byzantine scholar and statesman (b. 1250/55)
- 1387 – Elizabeth of Bosnia, Hungarian queen and regent (b. 1340)
- 1400 – John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (b. 1352)
- 1545 – George Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484)
- 1547 – Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)
- 1554 – Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480)
- 1585 – Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512)
- 1659 – Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)
- 1710 – Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
- 1711 – Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651)
- 1747 – Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680)
- 1748 – Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684)
- 1750 – Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (b. 1667)
- 1752 – Francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705)
- 1794 – Edward Gibbon, English historian (b. 1737)
- 1809 – John Moore, British general (b. 1761)
- 1817 – Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman (b. 1759)
- 1826 – Lindley Murray, grammarian (b. 1745)
- 1834 – Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769)
- 1856 – Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)
- 1864 – Anton Schindler, Austrian biographer of Beethoven (b. 1795)
- 1865 – Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)
- 1879 – Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)
- 1886 – Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian opera composer (b. 1834)
- 1891 – Léo Delibes, French composer (b. 1836)
- 1898 – Charles Pelham Villiers, British Member of Parliament (b. 1802)
- 1901 – Jules Barbier, French opera librettist (b. 1825)
- 1901 – Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter (b. 1827)
- 1901 – Hiram Revels, first African-American to serve in the U. S. Senate (b. 1822)
- 1906 – Marshall Field, American entrepreneur (b. 1834)
- 1917 – George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)
- 1919 – Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil (b. 1848)
- 1920 – Reginald De Koven, American music critic and operetta composer (b. 1859)
- 1924 – Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, Scottish philanthropist (b. 1859)
- 1935 – Ma Barker, American criminal (b. 1871)
- 1936 – Albert Fish, American serial killer (b. 1870)
- 1938 – Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian Writer(b.1876)
- 1942 – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, son of Queen Victoria (b. 1850)
- 1942 – Carole Lombard, American actress (b. 1908)
- 1942 – Ernst Scheller, German Nazi politician (b. 1899)
- 1957 – 1st Earl of Athlone, British royal, brother of Queen Mary (b. 1874)
- 1957 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867)
- 1959 – Phan Khoi, Vietnamese intellectual (b. 1887)
- 1962 – Frank Hurley, Australian photographer (b. 1885)
- 1962 – Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor (b. 1883)
- 1963 – Ike Quebec, American tenor-saxophone player (b. 1918)
- 1967 – Robert J. Van de Graaff, American nuclear physicist (b. 1901)
- 1968 – Bob Jones, Sr, American evangelist (b. 1883)
- 1968 – Panagiotis Poulitsas, Greek judge, head of an interim government (b. 1881)
- 1969 – Vernon Duke, American composer and songwriter (b. 1903)
- 1971 – Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (b. 1890)
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| Enter Shikari | |
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 Live at Heaven Nightclub, London in 2009. |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Hybryd (1999–2003) |
| Origin | St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Electronicore Post-hardcore,[1] trancecore,[2] metalcore[3] |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Ambush Reality, Tiny Evil, PIAS Recordings, Hopeless |
| Website | www.entershikari.com |
| Members | |
| Rou Reynolds Rory Clewlow Chris Batten Rob Rolfe |
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Enter Shikari are a British rock/hardcore group that combine post-hardcore and various heavy metal sub-genres such as metalcore and alternative metal with elements of various electronic genres such as electronica, dubstep, trance and occasionally drum and bass creating a very strong electronicore sound, formed in 2003 in St Albans, Hertfordshire.[4][5] The band is named after a boat belonging to Roughton "Rou" Reynolds' uncle, and a character in a play which he wrote before forming the band, both of which are named Shikari.[6] Shikari also means 'Hunter' in Marathi, Persian, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, Punjabi and Bengali.[7] Their debut album, Take to the Skies was released on 19 March 2007 and reached #4 in the Official UK Album Chart. Their second album, titled Common Dreads, was released on 15 June 2009 and debuted on the UK Albums Chart at 16.[8] Their third studio album, A Flash Flood of Colour was released on 16 January 2012 and was positioned at the top of the UK Album Chart for almost its entire week of release, however it eventually debuted on the chart at 4. The band are currently embarking on the A Flash Flood of Colour World Tour.
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Biography[link]
[edit] Beginnings and Take to the Skies (1999–2008)
Main article: Take to the Skies
In 1999 a band named Hybryd formed consisting of Rou on guitar, Chris on bass and Rob on drums. They released an EP under the name 'Commit No Nuisance' and featured the tracks 'Perfect Pygmalion' and 'Fake'. In 2003, Hybryd became Enter Shikari. They revolutionised their sound by recruiting Rory to play Guitar so that Rou could concentrate on electronics. Enter Shikari formed in St Albans, England in 2004. The band features Roughton "Rou" (/raʊ/) Reynolds on vocals and electronics, Liam 'Rory' Clewlow on guitar, Chris Batten on bass guitar and Rob Rolfe on drums. All four members are from St Albans, Hertfordshire.[4]
During 2003 and 2004, the band released three demo EPs that were available from their gigs and their website. They had another demo EP planned for release in 2005, (although no such EP materialized only recordings surfaced online) for this the first versions of Return To Energiser and Labyrinth were recorded, early versions of Ok Time For Plan B and We Can Breathe In Space were also recorded around this time but it's unclear if these were destined for the EP. In August 2006 they released a video of, the (only 100 copies) single "Mothership" which became the single of the week on the iTunes store. Their first physical single featured re-recorded versions of "Sorry You're Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B", which had previously been featured on one of the demo EPs. It was released on 30 October 2006. It was limited to 1000 copies of each format and sold out within the first week of release. In mid January 2007, Enter Shikari's first single, "Mothership", entered the UK singles chart for one week at number 151, on Downloads only (despite its physical formats not being eligible for charts [at the band's request]). This was followed a week later by "Sorry You're Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B", which charted at number 182 on the singles chart (despite its physical formats being ineligible for charts [at the band's request]) and number 146 in the Download Chart. In addition "Sorry You're Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B" featured on EA Sports video game title NHL 08 and also Madden 08. Enter Shikari secured a spot on the Gibson/MySpace stage at 2006's Download Festival. They have also had interviews with popular music press such as Kerrang! and Rock Sound. On 4 November 2006, they became only the second unsigned band to ever sell out London Astoria (the first being The Darkness).
They also made the NME's "New Noise 2007", a list of the bands it considers most likely to achieve success in the coming year (previous years lists have included the likes of Arcade Fire, Hot Chip and Bloc Party).
The next single released was "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour", on 5 March 2007. This was the band's second single to be released from their forthcoming debut album. It contained a re-recorded version of the song "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour". It reached 27 in the Official UK chart. The band's debut album, Take to the Skies, was released on 19 March 2007 and on 25 March it reached number 4 in the UK Official Album Charts. It contained re-recordings of many of the songs that had featured on the demo EPs and singles that were released prior to the release of the album.
During the month of March 2007 it was announced they would be playing at Download Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Give it a Name, Glastonbury Festival, Oxegen festival in Ireland and Rock am Ring in Germany. On 30 March 2007, Enter Shikari announced that their next single would be "Jonny Sniper"[9] and would be released on 18 June. The song's video was premiered on 21 May. The single received bad reviews from NME.[10]
On 6 June 2007 they performed a live show on BBC Radio 1 for Zane Lowe at BBC Radio Theatre.
They played an eleven date headline tour in October/November 2007 including their biggest ever headline gig in the 4,921 capacity Brixton Academy. The band released a compilation EP titled The Zone on 12 November.
Enter Shikari have performed over 500 gigs as of 2007 and played on the Gibson/MySpace stage at 2006's Download Festival. On 14 May 2007, Enter Shikari started their first North America tour. This followed into three more North American tours.
In January 2008, Enter Shikari performed in Australia and New Zealand for the first time as part of the Big Day Out Festival. The band also did a number of side-shows in Australia, including two sold out shows at the Hi-Fi Bar in Melbourne.
They played at Projekt Revolution in Milton Keynes on 29 June 2007, alongside Linkin Park, Jay-Z, N.E.R.D, The Bravery, InnerPartySystem and Pendulum.
On 13 May 2008, the band released the first in a series of videos called "Enter Shikari: In the 'Low". The videos, posted on the band's YouTube page, showcased the band as they recorded their new single, "We Can Breathe In Space, They Just Don't Want Us To Escape", and demoed new material. One of the new songs set to feature on the album was 'Step Up', which was first performed at Milton Keynes Pitz on 28 June 2008, the warm up show to Projekt Revolution the following day.
On 8 August 2008, it was announced that "We Can Breathe In Space, They Just Don't Want Us To Escape" would be released as a single. It was said to be a drastic re-working of the song originally demoed by the band back in 2005, but was not to be included in the band's second album.
They completed a tour of the UK and Ireland which took place over the course of 6 weeks; from 30 September to 4 November 2008; and consisted of 28 shows. A DVD compilation of live footage filmed by band / crew along with some TV footage was to be released to coincide with the tour according to a Kerrang! interview with the band, but has not been released as of yet.
[edit] Common Dreads (2009–2010)
Main article: Common Dreads
It was confirmed by NME that Enter Shikari had finished working on their second album, Common Dreads, in March 2009 and announced that they would tour the UK and Europe during 2009. They also made available a free download of a new song, Antwerpen from their website.[11] On 15 April 2009 Juggernauts was played on Radio 1 as Zane Lowe's "Hottest Track in the World" and was released as a single on 1 June 2009. The B-side of the single is "All Eyes On The Saint". The band also had help from musician Danny Sneddon who helped with the recording of Juggernauts.[12] On 1 May Kerrang featured their track-by-track of the album. Metal Hammer were the first to review the album online with a track-by-track.[13] Since it was announced in an interview with Andy Copping on Scuzz on their "The Digital Darkside: Download Special" that there would be 2 secret bands playing at Download Festival 2009, it has been heavily speculated that Enter Shikari would play one of these slots. They were confirmed to be one of the secret bands on 9 June 2009.[14] Enter Shikari also featured at Reading and Leeds Festivals on 29 and 30 August 2009, playing songs from Common Dreads, as well as acoustic variations of 'Juggernauts', 'No Sleep Tonight' and 'Adieu' from Take To The Skies.
Common Dreads was released through Ambush Reality on 15 June 2009 and debuted at #16 on the UK top 40 album chart. The second single that has been released from Common Dreads was No Sleep Tonight.[15] The 7-inch vinyl, CD single and MP3 download was released on 17 August 2009. A slightly modified version of the song "Wall" was released as a radio single, and a video for the song "Zzzonked" made of clips of a live show which was played at Norwich UEA, was also released.
A 2-disc version of Common Dreads was due to be released in January 2010.[16] Frontman Rou Reynolds announced that "We’ve got a different artist for each single from Hospital Records to do drum ‘n’ bass remixes so we’ll be releasing that as a 12". Then we're doing the same thing with (dubstep label) True Tiger who've done a dubstep remix of each single." however it was later said in a Radio 1 interview that in fact they were only having their main singles remixed.
The new single "Thumper"[17] was released on 19 January 2010, on BBC Radio One, As well the new single "Tribalism", which was first played on Radio 1, 16 February 2010. These songs come off the new B-sides and remixes album Tribalism, which was released on 22 February 2010.
Since March 2009, drummer Rob Rolfe has not been able to perform at United States shows due to a denial of a visa. Rob has chosen Fellsilent drummer, Christopher Mansbridge to fill in for these dates.[18] Although, on 9 July 2010 Rob stated in a Twitter post that he had obtained a visa. On 30 September 2010 Rob passed through customs at an airport in Houston for Enter Shikari's North American tour in October/November, and confirmed this in a Twitter post stating simply "America, I'm back".
Throughout February–March 2010, Enter Shikari joined the Australian summer festival Soundwave along with other bands such as A Day to Remember and Architects, playing shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. The band then continued to tour Japan with A Day to Remember and Escape the Fate and in April–May 2010, they served as a support act, along with August Burns Red and Silverstein on A Day to Remember's Toursick.
[edit] Live From Planet Earth and A Flash Flood of Colour (2010–present)
On 14 June 2010, Enter Shikari announced that they had returned to the studio to do a "one off new track" called "Destabilise" which was released as a download on 26 October 2010, and a limited edition coloured 7-inch vinyl on 29 November 2010.
During June and July 2010, the band took part in the Warped Tour in USA and afterwards, they played a few festivals such as headlining Redfest and supporting The Prodigy at Milton Keynes Bowl. Following this, they performed an exclusive show at the venue Underworld situated in Camden which was filmed and recorded and features on the live DVD, 'Live From planet Earth'.
In August 2010, Enter Shikari returned to Australian shores for a headlining national tour, playing sold out shows in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne and near-sellout shows in Perth and Brisbane. On 2 October 2010, the band went on their headlining "Destabilise" Tour in North America with Haste the Day, Sleeping With Sirens, MSWHITE, and LightsGoBlue.[citation needed] The band then supported 30 Seconds to Mars on their Into The Wild Tour leg of UK arenas in November and December 2010.[19]
Also, at the end of 2010, the band collaborated with UK drum and bass band The Qemists on their single Take it Back which was released on 28 March 2011.
On 21 March 2011, it was confirmed that Enter Shikari will be playing at the Reading and Leeds festivals in late August and on 26 April 2011, the band confirmed a mainland European tour starting in Kiev, Ukraine on 7 September, and ending in Tilburg, Holland on 3 October 2011. Also, on 14 June 2011, the band confirmed a UK and Ireland tour which will take part during the month of October. Support for these two tours will be provided from Your Demise and letlive.
In May 2011, the band traveled to Bangkok, Thailand to record their third studio album. Recording began on 8 May 2011, and finished on 14 June 2011. On 19 May 2011, they released the single; "Quelle Surprise". It was originally planned to be the first single released from the new album however, Rou Reynolds has since confirmed that it won't feature, and instead will be a stand alone single much like Destabilise.[20]
In June 2011, the band signed to Hopeless Records in the US, and embarked on the Vans Warped Tour for the second year in a row.[21]
On 11 July 2011, the band released their third live album and first DVD, bundled together as Live From Planet Earth. Distribution of the non limited edition version of Live From Planet Earth and other Enter Shikari stock has been affected however following a fire at the PIAS distribution warehouse in London, after it was set on fire by rioters following the 2011 England riots. This was announced via the bands' Facebook after many fans discovered that the fire had affected the bands' label Ambush Reality, and Rou confirmed a majority of the stock had indeed gone up in flames in an interview with Rocksound.[22]
In the fall and winter of 2011, Enter Shikari will embark on a US tour called "The Dead Throne Tour" with The Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel, and For Today.
On 8 September 2011, the band announced that the first single from their 'as yet untitled' third album will be called "Sssnakepit." The single was announced for release on 20 September 2011 along with a video recorded for the track at Dingwalls Club in Camden Town, London. [23] A video of the first live performance of the song posted on the band's Facebook shows the rap hardcore influences in the song, as well as the title suggests a further political theme. The band had also been playing another new song live titled "Arguing with Thermometers", during their European fall tour. The debut performance of this song took place on 12 September in Warsaw, Poland.
During the band's show in St.Petersburg, Russia, on 8 September 2011, bassist Chris Batten revealed that the band's third album was set for release in January 2012.
On 19 September 2011, Sssnakepit was played twice in a row on Zane Lowes show as his 'Hottest Track In The World'. The music video (produced by Stand Your Ground Media) for Sssnakepit was released the same week. 'Arguing with Thermometers' was announced to be on the new album on Lowe's show, when a live studio session was played. [24]
A leak from UK Magazine Rock Sound revealed that Enter Shikari's third studio album will be titled "A Flash Flood of Colour" and will be released on 9 January 2012, however, due to shipping issues the band has since moved the release date back a week to 16 January. It was also revealed in the leak that the band are planning a March 2012 UK tour.
On 4 December 2011, the band posted this on their Facebook page: "we've kept this news under our hats for now, BUT, who's interested in hearing another new track?? WELL... if you keep your eyes peeled on our wall tomorrow, we'll give you the details. tease tease." Sure enough, the next day "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi" was released on the band's YouTube page and iTunes. It was also broadcast on the Zane Lowe show on BBC Radio 1.[25]
On 5 January 2012 the band released the studio version of "Arguing With Thermometers" on their YouTube page. It was also played on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show in the morning as his "Hottest Track In The World". The official video for the song was uploaded to the band's YouTube page on 17 January 2012. A few days prior to the song's release the band showcased a still shot of the video, seeing Rou dressed as a news reporter called "Phillis McCleavland".
The band released their new album on 16 January 2012, and played three album release shows. The first was for HMV in London at the Borderline. People who had pre-ordered the album via HMV were automatically entered into a prize draw to gain access to the release show as no tickets were sold. The second show was in Kingston upon Thames, at the Hippodrome. This was for Banquet Records and tickets were sold with special offers available if the ticket was bought with an album. The final show was played in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
At the end of the first week of the album being released, the album reached number four in the U.K charts.
The band began their first tour of "A Flash Flood Of Colour" on 10 March 2012 at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, Holland; with two weeks worth of dates across mainland Europe and the United Kingdom, ending with a sold out show at Hammersmith Apollo in London on 23 March 2012. Support came from Young Guns, The James Cleaver Quintet (Europe only) and Tek-One (UK only).[26]
Soon after, that band took the "A Flash Flood of Colour World Tour" to America for a 7 week stint, with support from letlive. and At The Skylines.[27]
The bands Summer 2012 plans feature festivals across Europe, including festivals such as Radio 1's Big Weekend, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Pukkelpop, FM4 Frequency Festival, Sonisphere in Spain, T in the Park, Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, and many more, ranging from the end of May to the end of August.[28]
Band members[link]
- Roughton "Rou" Reynolds — lead vocals, programming, keyboards, synthesizers, acoustic guitar
- Liam "Rory" Clewlow — guitars, backing vocals
- Chris Batten — bass, backing vocals
- Rob Rolfe — drums, percussion, backing vocals
Discography[link]
Main article: Enter Shikari discography
- Take to the Skies (2007)
- Common Dreads (2009)
- A Flash Flood of Colour (2012)
Ambush Reality[link]
Ambush Reality is an independent record label that only releases music by Enter Shikari. Formed in July 2006, it is co-owned and run by the members of the band and their friends.[29] The band has decided that, in order to tour in the United States, they will have to sign with a major record label in America.[30] On 28 August 2007, Ambush Reality said that Take to the Skies came out in North America in October 2007, with Ambush Reality joining Interscope Records imprint Tiny Evil. Ambush Reality signed a distribution deal with Warner Music in order to make the album Common Dreads and future releases more accessible outside the UK and also more widely advertised and promoted.[31] As of 8 December 2010 Enter Shikari / Ambush Reality have left distribution through Warner and will distribute throughout UK/Europe/Japan/Australia via PIAS Entertainment Group. As of 21 June 2011, Enter Shikari's releases in North America and Canada will be via independent record label Hopeless Records.[32]
Side projects[link]
Reynolds has produced music as part of a side project with the name "Rout"[3], which he sometimes performs in small venues and before shows. He previously used the names "Shark & Blitz" and "Routron 5000".[33] The music develops on his penchant for electronics, resulting in a drum and bass/jungle/dubstep sound. Some songs feature samples of Rou and friends fooling around as well as iconic lines from movies or songs.
Frontman Rou Reynolds has also set up his own clothing company Step Up Clothing [4].
Drummer Rob Rolfe also performs as a DJ under the alias "Sgt. Rolfy" specialising in freeform hardcore music.
Enter Shikari promoted the film Zeitgeist: Moving Forward through their website, encouraging their fans to join the Zeitgeist Movement, stating: "Single-handedly the biggest influence on all that is Enter Shikari!".
Reynolds was also involved in hardcore side project JBM along with his friend Matt Pendell.
Accolades and Readers Poll Results[link]
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Enter Shikari | Kerrang! Awards 2006: Best British Newcomer | Nominated[34] |
| 2007 | Enter Shikari | NME: John Peel Award for Musical Innovation | Won[35] |
| 2007 | Enter Shikari | Kerrang! Awards 2007: Spirit Of Independence | Won[36] |
| 2007 | Enter Shikari | Kerrang! Awards 2007: Best Live Band | Won[37] |
| 2007 | "Sorry You're Not a Winner" | Kerrang! Awards 2007: Best Single | Nominated[38] |
| 2007 | Enter Shikari | BT Digital Awards: Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Won[39] |
| 2009 | Enter Shikari | Kerrang! Awards 2009: Best Live Band | Nominated[40] |
| 2010 | Enter Shikari | Kerrang! Awards 2010: Best British Band | Nominated[40] |
| 2012 | Enter Shikari | Kerrang! Awards 2012: Best Live Band | Pending[41] |
| A Flash Flood of Colour | Kerrang! Awards 2012: Best Album | Pending[41] | |
| Rou Reynolds | Kerrang! Awards 2012: Hero of the Year | Pending[41] |
- Miscellaneous
- Rock Sound's poll for 'who will make it in 2007'.[42]
- Ourzone Reader's Poll: Best Live Band 2011.[43]
- Ourzone Reader's Poll: Who Will Own 2012.[44]
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For other people named Michael Jordan, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation).
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player, active entrepreneur, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time."[1] Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.[2]
After a three-season career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball.[3] In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.
Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include five MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances, three All-Star Game MVP awards, ten scoring titles, three steals titles, six NBA Finals MVP awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.
Jordan is also noted for his product endorsements. He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1985 and remain popular today.[4] Jordan also starred in the 1996 feature film Space Jam as himself. He is the majority owner and head of basketball operations for the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, having won a bidding war to buy controlling interest in the team from founding owner Robert L. Johnson.
Jordan is sometimes referred to simply by his initials MJ.[5]
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Early years[link]
Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Deloris (née Peoples), who worked in banking, and James R. Jordan, Sr., an equipment supervisor. His family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, when he was a toddler.[6] Jordan attended Emsley A. Laney High School in Wilmington, where he anchored his athletic career by playing baseball, football, and basketball. He tried out for the varsity basketball team during his sophomore year, but at 5'11" (1.80 m), he was deemed too short to play at that level. His taller friend, Harvest Leroy Smith, was the only sophomore to make the team.[7]
Motivated to prove his worth, Jordan became the star of Laney's junior varsity squad, and tallied several 40 point games.[7] The following summer, he grew four inches (10 cm)[1] and trained rigorously. Upon earning a spot on the varsity roster, Jordan averaged about 20 points per game over his final two seasons of high school play.[8][9] As a senior, he was selected to the McDonald's All-American Team[10] after averaging a triple-double: 29.2 points, 11.6 rebounds, and 10.1 assists.[11]
In 1981, Jordan earned a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he majored in cultural geography. As a freshman in coach Dean Smith's team-oriented system, he was named ACC Freshman of the Year after he averaged 13.4 points per game (ppg) on 53.4% shooting (field goal percentage).[12] He made the game-winning jump shot in the 1982 NCAA Championship game against Georgetown, which was led by future NBA rival Patrick Ewing.[1] Jordan later described this shot as the major turning point in his basketball career.[13] During his three seasons at North Carolina, he averaged 17.7 ppg on 54.0% shooting, and added 5.0 rebounds per game (rpg).[8] He was selected by consensus to the NCAA All-American First Team in both his sophomore (1983) and junior (1984) seasons. After winning the Naismith and the Wooden College Player of the Year awards in 1984, Jordan left North Carolina one year before his scheduled graduation to enter the 1984 NBA Draft. The Chicago Bulls selected Jordan with the third overall pick, after Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston Rockets) and Sam Bowie (Portland Trail Blazers). Jordan returned to North Carolina to complete his degree in 1986.[14]
Professional career[link]
During his first season in the NBA, Jordan averaged 28.2 ppg on 51.5% shooting.[12] He quickly became a fan favorite even in opposing arenas,[15][16][17] and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the heading "A Star is Born" just over a month into his professional career.[18][19] Jordan was also voted in as an All-Star starter by the fans in his rookie season.[1] Controversy arose before the All-Star game when word surfaced that several veteran players, led by Isiah Thomas, were upset by the amount of attention Jordan was receiving.[1] This led to a so called "freeze-out" on Jordan, where players refused to pass him the ball throughout the game.[1] The controversy left Jordan relatively unaffected when he returned to regular season play, and he would go on to be voted Rookie of the Year.[20] The Bulls finished the season 38–44,[21] and lost in the first round of the playoffs in four games to the Milwaukee Bucks.[20]
Jordan's second season was cut short by a broken foot which caused him to miss 64 games.[1] Despite Jordan's injury and a 30–52 record,[21] the Bulls made the playoffs. Jordan recovered in time to participate in the playoffs and performed well upon his return. Against a 1985–86 Boston Celtics team that is often considered one of the greatest in NBA history,[22] Jordan set the still-unbroken record for points in a playoff game with 63 in Game 2.[23] The Celtics, however, managed to sweep the series.[20]
Jordan had recovered completely by the 1986–87 season, and had one of the most prolific scoring seasons in NBA history. He became the only player other than Wilt Chamberlain to score 3,000 points in a season, averaging a league high 37.1 points on 48.2% shooting.[12] In addition, Jordan demonstrated his defensive prowess, as he became the first player in NBA history to record 200 steals and 100 blocks in a season. Despite Jordan's success, Magic Johnson won the league's Most Valuable Player Award. The Bulls reached 40 wins,[21] and advanced to the playoffs for the third consecutive year. However, they were again swept by the Celtics.[20]
Mid-career: Pistons roadblock[link]
Jordan led the league in scoring again in the 1987–88 season, averaging 35.0 ppg on 53.5% shooting[12] and won his first league MVP award. He was also named the Defensive Player of the Year, as he had averaged 1.6 blocks and a league high 3.16 steals per game.[24] The Bulls finished 50–32,[21] and made it out of the first round of the playoffs for the first time in Jordan's career, as they defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games.[25] However, the Bulls then lost in five games to the more experienced Detroit Pistons,[20] who were led by Isiah Thomas and a group of physical players known as the "Bad Boys".
In the 1988–89 season, Jordan again led the league in scoring, averaging 32.5 ppg on 53.8% shooting from the field, along with 8 rpg and 8 assists per game (apg).[12] The Bulls finished with a 47–35 record,[21] and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals, defeating the Cavaliers and New York Knicks along the way. The Cavaliers series included a career highlight for Jordan when he hit The Shot over Craig Ehlo at the buzzer in the fifth and final game of the series.[26] However, the Pistons again defeated the Bulls, this time in six games,[20] by utilizing their "Jordan Rules" method of guarding Jordan, which consisted of double and triple teaming him every time he touched the ball.[1]
The Bulls entered the 1989–90 season as a team on the rise, with their core group of Jordan and young improving players like Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant, and under the guidance of new coach Phil Jackson. Jordan averaged a league leading 33.6 ppg on 52.6% shooting, to go with 6.9 rpg and 6.3 apg[12] in leading the Bulls to a 55–27 record.[21] They again advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals beating the Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers en route. However, despite pushing the series to seven games, the Bulls lost to the Pistons for the third consecutive season.[20]
First three-peat[link]
In the 1990–91 season, Jordan won his second MVP award after averaging 31.5 ppg on 53.9% shooting, 6.0 rpg, and 5.5 apg for the regular season.[12] The Bulls finished in first place in their division for the first time in 16 years and set a franchise record with 61 wins in the regular season.[21] With Scottie Pippen developing into an All-Star, the Bulls had elevated their play. The Bulls defeated the New York Knicks and the Philadelphia 76ers in the opening two rounds of the playoffs. They advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals where their rival, the Detroit Pistons, awaited them. However, this time the Bulls beat the Pistons in a surprising sweep.[27][28] In an unusual ending to the fourth and final game, Isiah Thomas led his team off the court before the final seconds had concluded. Most of the Pistons went directly to their locker room instead of shaking hands with the Bulls.[29][30]
The Bulls compiled an outstanding 15–2 record during the playoffs,[27] and advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, where they beat the Los Angeles Lakers four games to one. Perhaps the best known moment of the series came in Game 2 when, attempting a dunk, Jordan avoided a potential Sam Perkins block by switching the ball from his right hand to his left in mid-air to lay the shot in.[31] In his first Finals appearance, Jordan posted per game averages of 31.2 points on 56% shooting from the field, 11.4 assists, 6.6 rebounds, 2.8 steals and 1.4 blocks.[32] Jordan won his first NBA Finals MVP award,[33] and he cried while holding the NBA Finals trophy.[34]
Jordan and the Bulls continued their dominance in the 1991–92 season, establishing a 67–15 record, topping their franchise record from 1990 to 91.[21] Jordan won his second consecutive MVP award with averages of 30.1 points, 6.4 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game on 52% shooting.[24] After winning a physical 7-game series over the New York Knicks in the second round of the playoffs and finishing off the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Conference Finals in 6 games, the Bulls met Clyde Drexler and the Portland Trail Blazers in the Finals. The media, hoping to recreate a Magic-Bird rivalry, highlighted the similarities between "Air" Jordan and Clyde "The Glide" during the pre-Finals hype.[35] In the first game, Jordan scored a Finals-record 35 points in the first half, including a record-setting six three-point field goals.[36] After the sixth three-pointer, he jogged down the court shrugging as he looked courtside. Marv Albert, who broadcast the game, later stated that it was as if Jordan was saying, "I can't believe I'm doing this."[37] The Bulls went on to win Game 1, and defeat the Blazers in six games. Jordan was named Finals MVP for the second year in a row[33] and finished the series averaging 35.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg, and 6.5 apg, while shooting 53% from the floor.[33]
In 1992–93, despite a 32.6 ppg, 6.7 rpg and 5.5 apg campaign,[24] Jordan's streak of consecutive MVP seasons ended as he lost the award to his friend Charles Barkley. Coincidentally, Jordan and the Bulls met Barkley and his Phoenix Suns in the 1993 NBA Finals. The Bulls captured their third consecutive NBA championship on a game-winning shot by John Paxson and a last-second block by Horace Grant, but Jordan was once again Chicago's catalyst. He averaged a Finals-record 41.0 ppg during the six-game series,[38] and became the first player in NBA history to win three straight Finals MVP awards.[33] He scored more than 30 points in every game of the series, including 40 or more points in 4 consecutive games. With his third Finals triumph, Jordan capped off a seven-year run where he attained seven scoring titles and three championships, but there were signs that Jordan was tiring of his massive celebrity and all of the non-basketball hassles in his life.[39]
Gambling controversy[link]
During the Bulls' playoff run in 1993, controversy arose when Jordan was seen gambling in Atlantic City, New Jersey the night before a game against the New York Knicks.[40] In that same year, he admitted to having to cover $57,000 in gambling losses,[41] and author Richard Esquinas wrote a book claiming he had won $1.25 million from Jordan on the golf course.[41] In 2005, Jordan talked to Ed Bradley of the CBS evening show 60 Minutes about his gambling and admitted that he made some reckless decisions. Jordan stated, "Yeah, I've gotten myself into situations where I would not walk away and I've pushed the envelope. Is that compulsive? Yeah, it depends on how you look at it. If you're willing to jeopardize your livelihood and your family, then yeah."[42] When Bradley asked him if his gambling ever got to the level where it jeopardized his livelihood or family, Jordan replied, "No."[42]
First retirement and baseball career[link]
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| Birmingham Barons — No. 45 & No. 35 | |
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| Arizona Fall League: 1994 for the Scottsdale Scorpions | |
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| Southern League: March 10, 1995 for the Birmingham Barons | |
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| Runs batted in | 51 |
| Home runs | 3 |
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On October 6, 1993, Jordan announced his retirement, citing a loss of desire to play the game. Jordan later stated that the murder of his father earlier in the year shaped his decision.[43] James R. Jordan, Sr. was murdered on July 23, 1993, at a highway rest area in Lumberton, North Carolina, by two teenagers, Daniel Green and Larry Martin Demery. The assailants were traced from calls they made on James Jordan's cellular phone,[44] caught, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison. Jordan was close to his father; as a child he had imitated his father's proclivity to stick out his tongue while absorbed in work. He later adopted it as his own signature, displaying it each time he drove to the basket.[1] In 1996 he founded a Chicago area Boys & Girls Club and dedicated it to his father.[45][46]
In his 1998 autobiography For the Love of the Game, Jordan wrote that he had been preparing for retirement as early as the summer of 1992.[47] The added exhaustion due to the Dream Team run in the 1992 Olympics solidified Jordan's feelings about the game and his ever-growing celebrity status. Jordan's announcement sent shock waves throughout the NBA and appeared on the front pages of newspapers around the world.[48]
Jordan then further surprised the sports world by signing a minor league baseball contract with the Chicago White Sox. He reported to spring training and was assigned to the team's minor league system on March 31, 1994.[49] Jordan has stated this decision was made to pursue the dream of his late father, who had always envisioned his son as a Major League Baseball player.[50] The White Sox were another team owned by Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, who continued to honor Jordan's basketball contract during the years he played baseball.[51] In 1994, Jordan played for the Birmingham Barons, a Double-A minor league affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, batting .202 with three home runs, 51 runs batted in, 30 stolen bases, and 11 errors.[9] He also appeared for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the 1994 Arizona Fall League, batting .252 against the top prospects in baseball.[52] On November 1, 1994, his number 23 was retired by the Bulls in a ceremony that included the erection of a permanent sculpture known as The Spirit outside the new United Center.[53][54][55]
"I'm back": Return to the NBA[link]
In the 1993–94 season, the Bulls, without Jordan, achieved a 55–27 record,[21] and lost to the New York Knicks in the second round of the playoffs. But the 1994–95 version of the Bulls was a shell of the championship squad of just two years earlier. Struggling at mid-season to ensure a spot in the playoffs, Chicago was 31–31 at one point in mid-March.[56] The team received a lift, however, when Jordan decided to return to the NBA for the Bulls.
On March 18, 1995, Jordan announced his return to the NBA through a 2-word press release: "I'm back."[1] The next day, Jordan donned jersey number 45 (his number with the Barons), as his familiar 23 had been retired in his honor following his first retirement. He took to the court with the Bulls to face the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, scoring 19 points.[57] The game had the highest Nielsen rating of a regular season NBA game since 1975.[58]
Although he hadn't played an NBA game in a year and a half, Jordan played well upon his return, making a game-winning jump shot against Atlanta in his fourth game back. He then scored 55 points in the next game against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden on March 28, 1995 (his first appearance at Madison Square Garden since retiring).[20] Boosted by Jordan's comeback, the Bulls went 13-4 to make the playoffs and advanced to the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Orlando Magic. Though at the end of Game 1, Orlando's Nick Anderson stripped Jordan from behind, leading to the game-winning basket for the Magic; he would later comment that Jordan "didn't look like the old Michael Jordan",[59] after which Jordan returned to wearing his old number. Jordan averaged 31 points per game in the series, but Orlando prevailed in 6 games.[8]
Second three-peat[link]
Freshly motivated by the playoff defeat, Jordan trained aggressively for the 1995–96 season.[60] Strengthened by the addition of rebound specialist Dennis Rodman, the Bulls dominated the league, starting the season 41–3,[61] and eventually finishing with the best regular season record in NBA history: 72–10.[22] Jordan led the league in scoring with 30.4 ppg,[62] and won the league's regular season and All-Star Game MVP awards.[1] In the playoffs, the Bulls lost only three games in four series, defeating the Seattle SuperSonics in the NBA Finals to win the championship. Jordan was named Finals MVP for a record fourth time,[33] surpassing Magic Johnson's three Finals MVP awards. He also achieved only the second sweep of the MVP Awards in the All-Star Game, regular season and NBA Finals, Willis Reed having achieved the first, during the 1969–70 season.[20] Because this was Jordan's first championship since his father's murder, and it was won on Father's Day, Jordan reacted very emotionally upon winning the title, including a memorable scene of him sobbing on the locker room floor with the game ball.[1][34]
In the 1996–97 season, the Bulls started out 69–11, but narrowly missed out on a second consecutive 70-win season by losing their final two games to finish 69–13.[63] However, this year Jordan was beaten for the NBA MVP Award by Karl Malone. The Bulls again advanced to the Finals, where they faced Malone and the Utah Jazz. The series against the Jazz featured two of the more memorable clutch moments of Jordan's career. He won Game 1 for the Bulls with a buzzer-beating jump shot. In Game 5, with the series tied at 2, Jordan played despite being feverish and dehydrated from a stomach virus. In what is known as the "Flu Game", Jordan scored 38 points, including the game-deciding 3-pointer with 25 seconds remaining.[64] The Bulls won 90–88 and went on to win the series in six games.[63] For the fifth time in as many Finals appearances, Jordan received the Finals MVP award.[33] During the 1997 NBA All-Star Game, Jordan posted the first triple double in All-Star Game history in a victorious effort; however, he did not receive the MVP award.
Jordan and the Bulls compiled a 62–20 record in the 1997–98 season.[21] Jordan led the league with 28.7 points per game,[24] securing his fifth regular-season MVP award, plus honors for All-NBA First Team, First Defensive Team and the All-Star Game MVP.[1] The Bulls captured the Eastern Conference Championship for a third straight season, including surviving a grueling seven-game series with Reggie Miller's Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals; it was the first time Jordan had played in a Game 7 since the 1992 series with the Knicks. After prevailing, they moved on for a rematch with the Jazz in the Finals.
The Bulls returned to Utah for Game 6 on June 14, 1998 leading the series 3–2. Jordan executed a series of plays, considered to be one of the greatest clutch performances in NBA Finals history.[65] With the Bulls trailing 86–83 with 41.9 seconds remaining, Phil Jackson called a timeout. When play resumed, Jordan received the inbound pass, drove to the basket, and hit a layup over several Jazz defenders.[65] The Jazz brought the ball upcourt and passed the ball to forward Karl Malone, who was set up in the low post and was being guarded by Rodman. Malone jostled with Rodman and caught the pass, but Jordan cut behind him and swatted the ball out of his hands for a steal.[65] Jordan then slowly dribbled upcourt and paused at the top of the key, eyeing his defender, Jazz guard Bryon Russell. With fewer than 10 seconds remaining, Jordan started to dribble right, then crossed over to his left, possibly pushing off Russell,[66][67][68] although the officials did not call a foul. Jordan then made what would become the climactic shot of his career. After John Stockton missed a desperation 3-pointer, Jordan and the Bulls claimed their sixth NBA championship, and secured a second three-peat. Once again, Jordan was voted the Finals MVP,[33] having led all scorers by averaging 33.5 points per game, including 45 in the deciding Game 6.[69] Jordan's six Finals MVPs is a record; Shaquille O'Neal, Magic Johnson, and Tim Duncan are tied for second place with three apiece.[33] The 1998 Finals holds the highest television rating of any Finals series in history, and Game 6 holds the highest television rating of any game in NBA history.[70][71]
Second retirement[link]
With Phil Jackson's contract expiring, the pending departures of Scottie Pippen (who stated his desire to be traded during the season) and Dennis Rodman (who would sign with the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent) looming, and being in the latter stages of an owner-induced lockout of NBA players, Jordan retired for the second time on January 13, 1999.
On January 19, 2000, Jordan returned to the NBA not as a player, but as part owner and President of Basketball Operations for the Washington Wizards.[72] Jordan's responsibilities with the Wizards were comprehensive. He controlled all aspects of the Wizards' basketball operations, and had the final say in all personnel matters. Opinions of Jordan as a basketball executive were mixed.[73][74] He managed to purge the team of several highly paid, unpopular players (such as forward Juwan Howard and point guard Rod Strickland),[75][76] but used the first pick in the 2001 NBA Draft to select high schooler Kwame Brown, who did not live up to expectations and was traded away after four seasons.[73][77]
Despite his January 1999 claim that he was "99.9% certain" that he would never play another NBA game,[34] in the summer of 2001 Jordan expressed interest in making another comeback,[78][79] this time with his new team. Inspired by the NHL comeback of his friend Mario Lemieux the previous winter,[80] Jordan spent much of the spring and summer of 2001 in training, holding several invitation-only camps for NBA players in Chicago.[81] In addition, Jordan hired his old Chicago Bulls head coach, Doug Collins, as Washington's coach for the upcoming season, a decision that many saw as foreshadowing another Jordan return.[78][79]
Washington Wizards comeback[link]
On September 25, 2001 Jordan announced his return to professional play with the Wizards, indicating his intention to donate his salary as a player to a relief effort for the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks.[82][83] In an injury-plagued 2001–02 season, he led the team in scoring (22.9 ppg), assists (5.2 apg), and steals (1.42 spg).[1] However, torn cartilage in his right knee ended Jordan's season after only 60 games, the fewest he had played in a regular season since playing 17 games after returning from his first retirement during the 1994–95 season.[12]
Playing in his 14th and final NBA All-Star Game in 2003, Jordan passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the all-time leading scorer in All-Star game history (a record since broken by Kobe Bryant).[84] That year, Jordan was the only Washington player to play in all 82 games, starting in 67 of them. He averaged 20.0 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.5 steals per game.[1] He also shot 45% from the field, and 82% from the free throw line.[1] Even though he turned 40 during the season, he scored 20 or more points 42 times, 30 or more points nine times, and 40 or more points three times.[20] On February 21, 2003, Jordan became the first 40-year-old to tally 43 points in an NBA game.[85] During his stint with the Wizards, all of Jordan's home games at the MCI Center were sold out, and the Wizards were the second most-watched team in the NBA, averaging 20,172 fans a game at home and 19,311 on the road.[86] However, neither of Jordan's final two seasons resulted in a playoff appearance for the Wizards, and Jordan was often unsatisfied with the play of those around him.[87][88] At several points he openly criticized his teammates to the media, citing their lack of focus and intensity, notably that of the number one draft pick in the 2001 NBA Draft, Kwame Brown.[87][88]
With the recognition that 2002–03 would be Jordan's final season, tributes were paid to him throughout the NBA. In his final game at his old home court, the United Center in Chicago, Jordan received a four-minute standing ovation.[89] The Miami Heat retired the number 23 jersey on April 11, 2003, even though Jordan had never played for the team.[90] At the 2003 All-Star Game, Jordan was offered a starting spot from Tracy McGrady and Allen Iverson,[91] but refused both; in the end, however, he accepted the spot of Vince Carter, who decided to give it up under great public pressure.[92]
Jordan's final NBA game was on April 16, 2003 in Philadelphia. After scoring only 13 points in the game, Jordan went to the bench with 4 minutes and 13 seconds remaining in the third quarter and with his team trailing the Philadelphia 76ers, 75–56. Just after the start of the fourth quarter, the First Union Center crowd began chanting "We want Mike!". After much encouragement from coach Doug Collins, Jordan finally rose from the bench and re-entered the game for Larry Hughes with 2:35 remaining. At 1:45, Jordan was intentionally fouled by the 76ers' Eric Snow, and stepped to the line to make both free throws. After the second foul shot, the 76ers in-bounded the ball to rookie John Salmons, who in turn was intentionally fouled by Bobby Simmons one second later, stopping time so that Jordan could return to the bench. Jordan received a three-minute standing ovation from his teammates, his opponents, the officials and a crowd of 21,257 fans.[93]
Olympic career[link]
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| Gold | 1983 Caracas | men's basketball |
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| Gold | 1984 Los Angeles | men's basketball |
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | men's basketball |
| FIBA Americas Championship | ||
| Gold | 1992 Portland | men's basketball |
Jordan played on two Olympic gold medal-winning American basketball teams. As a college player he participated, and won the gold, in the 1984 Summer Olympics. The team was coached by Bob Knight and featured players such as Patrick Ewing, Sam Perkins, Chris Mullin, Steve Alford, and Wayman Tisdale. Jordan led the team in scoring, averaging 17.1 ppg for the tournament.[94]
In the 1992 Summer Olympics he was a member of the star-studded squad that included Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and David Robinson and was dubbed the "Dream Team". Jordan was the only player to start all 8 games in the Olympics. Playing limited minutes due to the frequent blowouts, Jordan averaged 14.9 ppg,[95] finishing second on the team in scoring.[96] Jordan, Patrick Ewing, and fellow Dream Team member Chris Mullin are the only American men's basketball players to win Olympic gold as amateurs (all in 1984) and professionals.[94][95]
After retiring as a player[link]
After his third retirement, Jordan assumed that he would be able to return to his front office position of Director of Basketball Operations with the Wizards.[97] However, his previous tenure in the Wizards' front office had produced the aforementioned mixed results and may have also influenced the trade of Richard "Rip" Hamilton for Jerry Stackhouse (although Jordan was not technically Director of Basketball Operations in 2002).[73] On May 7, 2003, Wizards owner Abe Pollin fired Jordan as Washington's President of Basketball Operations.[73] Jordan later stated that he felt betrayed, and that if he knew he would be fired upon retiring he never would have come back to play for the Wizards.[42]
Jordan kept busy over the next few years by staying in shape, playing golf in celebrity charity tournaments, spending time with his family in Chicago, promoting his Jordan Brand clothing line, and riding motorcycles.[98] Since 2004, Jordan has owned Michael Jordan Motorsports, a professional closed-course motorcycle road racing team that competes with two Suzukis in the premier Superbike class sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA).[99][100] Jordan and his then-wife Juanita pledged $5 million to Chicago's Hales Franciscan High School in 2006,[101] and the Jordan Brand has made donations to Habitat for Humanity and a Louisiana branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.[102] On June 15, 2006, Jordan bought a minority stake in the Charlotte Bobcats, becoming the team's second-largest shareholder behind majority owner Robert L. Johnson. As part of the deal, Jordan was named "Managing Member of Basketball Operations," with full control over the basketball side of the operation.[103] Despite Jordan's previous success as an endorser, he has made an effort not to be included in Charlotte's marketing campaigns.[104]
In February 2010, it was reported that Jordan was seeking majority ownership of the Bobcats.[105] As February wore on, it emerged that the leading contenders for the team were Jordan and former Houston Rockets president George Postolos. On February 27, the Bobcats announced that Johnson had reached an agreement with Jordan and his group, MJ Basketball Holdings, to buy the team pending NBA approval.[106] On March 17, the NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved Jordan's purchase, making him the first former NBA player ever to become the majority owner of a league franchise.[107]
During the 2011 NBA lockout, The New York Times wrote that Jordan led a group of 10 to 14 hardline owners wanting to cap the players' share of basketball-related income at 50 percent and as low as 47. Journalists observed that, during the labor dispute in 1998, Jordan had told Washington Wizards then-owner Abe Pollin, "If you can’t make a profit, you should sell your team."[108] Jason Whitlock of FoxSports.com called Jordan a "sellout" wanting "current players to pay for his incompetence."[109] He cited Jordan's executive decisions to draft disappointing players Kwame Brown and Adam Morrison.[109]
Player profile[link]
Jordan was a shooting guard who was also capable of playing small forward (the position he would primarily play during his second return to professional basketball with the Washington Wizards). Jordan was known throughout his career for being a strong clutch performer. He decided numerous games with last-second plays (e.g., The Shot) and performed at a high level even under adverse circumstances (e.g., Flu Game). His competitiveness was visible in his prolific trash-talk[110] and well-known work ethic.[111][112]
Jordan had a versatile offensive game. He was capable of aggressively driving to the basket, as well as drawing fouls from his opponents at a high rate; his 8,772 free throw attempts are the ninth highest total of all time.[113] As his career progressed, Jordan also developed the ability to post up his opponents and score with his trademark fadeaway jump shot, using his leaping ability to "fade away" from block attempts. According to Hubie Brown, this move alone made him nearly unstoppable.[114] Despite media criticism as a "selfish" player early in his career, Jordan's 5.3 assists per game[12] also indicate his willingness to defer to his teammates. In later years, the NBA shortened its three-point line to 22 feet (from 23 feet, 9 inches), which coupled with Jordan's extended shooting range to make him a long-range threat as well—his 3-point stroke developed from a low 9/52 rate (.173) in his rookie year into a stellar 111/260 (.427) shooter in the 1995–96 season.[12] For a guard, Jordan was also a good rebounder (6.2 per game).[12]
In 1988, Jordan was honored with the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year Award and became the first NBA player to win both the Defensive Player of the Year and MVP awards in a career (since equaled by Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, and Kevin Garnett; Olajuwon is the only player other than Jordan to win both during the same season). In addition he set both seasonal and career records for blocked shots by a guard,[115] and combined this with his ball-thieving ability to become a standout defensive player. His 2,514 steals are second highest all-time behind John Stockton, while his steals per game average is third all-time.[116] Jerry West often stated that he was more impressed with Jordan's defensive contributions than his offensive ones.[117]
Legacy[link]
Jordan's basketball talent was clear from his rookie season.[15][17] In his first game in Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks, Jordan received a prolonged standing ovation,[17] a rarity for an opposing player. After Jordan scored a playoff record 63 points against the Boston Celtics in 1986, Celtics star Larry Bird described him as "God disguised as Michael Jordan."[23]
| "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." |
| —Introductory line of Jordan's NBA Encyclopedia biography[1] |
Jordan led the NBA in scoring in 10 seasons (NBA record) and tied Wilt Chamberlain's record of seven consecutive scoring titles. He was also a fixture on the NBA All-Defensive First Team, making the roster nine times (NBA record shared with Gary Payton). Jordan also holds the top career regular season and playoff scoring averages of 30.1 and 33.4 points per game,[1] respectively. By 1998, the season of his Finals-winning shot against the Jazz, he was well known throughout the league as a clutch performer. In the regular season, Jordan was the Bulls' primary threat in the final seconds of a close game and in the playoffs, Jordan would always demand the ball at crunch time.[118] Jordan's total of 5,987 points in the playoffs is the highest in NBA history.[119] He retired with 32,292 points in regular season play,[120] placing him third on the NBA's all-time scoring list behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone.[120]
With five regular-season MVPs (tied for second place with Bill Russell; only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has won more, six), six Finals MVPs (NBA record), and three All-Star MVPs, Jordan is the most decorated player ever to play in the NBA. Jordan finished among the top three in regular-season MVP voting a record 10 times, and was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996.
| "There's Michael Jordan and then there is the rest of us." |
| —Magic Johnson[1] |
Many of Jordan's contemporaries label Jordan as the greatest basketball player of all time.[117] An ESPN survey of journalists, athletes and other sports figures ranked Jordan the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century, above icons such as Babe Ruth and Muhammad Ali.[121] Jordan placed second to Babe Ruth in the Associated Press's list of 20th century athletes.[122] In addition, the Associated Press voted him as the basketball player of the 20th century.[123] Jordan has also appeared on the front cover of Sports Illustrated a record 49 times.[124] In the September 1996 issue of Sport, which was the publication's 50th anniversary issue, Jordan was named the greatest athlete of the past 50 years.[125]
Jordan's athletic leaping ability, highlighted in his back-to-back slam dunk contest championships in 1987 and 1988, is credited by many with having influenced a generation of young players.[126][127] Several current NBA All-Stars have stated that they considered Jordan their role model while growing up, including LeBron James[128] and Dwyane Wade.[129] In addition, commentators have dubbed a number of next-generation players "the next Michael Jordan" upon their entry to the NBA, including Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Grant Hill, Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Vince Carter, and Dwyane Wade.[130][131][132] Although Jordan was a well-rounded player, his "Air Jordan" image is also often credited with inadvertently decreasing the jump shooting skills, defense, and fundamentals of young players,[126] a fact Jordan himself has lamented.
| “ | I think it was the exposure of Michael Jordan; the marketing of Michael Jordan. Everything was marketed towards the things that people wanted to see, which was scoring and dunking. That Michael Jordan still played defense and an all-around game, but it was never really publicized.[126] | ” |
Although Jordan has done much to increase the status of the game, some of his impact on the game's popularity in America appears to be fleeting.[133][134] Television ratings in particular increased only during his time in the league and have subsequently lowered each time he left the game.[133][134]
In August 2009, the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, opened a Michael Jordan exhibit containing items from his college and NBA careers, as well as from the 1992 "Dream Team". The exhibit also has a batting glove to signify Jordan's short career in baseball.[135] After Jordan received word of his being accepted into the Hall of Fame, he selected Class of 1996 member David Thompson to present him.[136] As Jordan would later explain during his induction speech in September 2009, growing up in North Carolina, he was not a fan of the Tar Heels, and greatly admired Thompson, who played at rival North Carolina State. He was inducted into the Hall in September, with several former Bulls teammates in attendance, including Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Charles Oakley, Ron Harper, Steve Kerr, and Toni Kukoc.[137] Former coaches of Jordan's, Dean Smith and Doug Collins, were also among those present.
Personal life[link]
Jordan is the fourth of five children. He has two older brothers, Larry Jordan and James R. Jordan, Jr., one older sister, Deloris, and a younger sister, Roslyn. Jordan's brother James retired in 2006 as the Command Sergeant Major of the 35th Signal Brigade of the XVIII Airborne Corps in the U.S. Army.[138]
He married Juanita Vanoy in September 1989, and they have two sons, Jeffrey Michael and Marcus James, and a daughter, Jasmine. Jordan and Vanoy filed for divorce on January 4, 2002, citing irreconcilable differences, but reconciled shortly thereafter. They again filed for divorce and were granted a final decree of dissolution of marriage on December 29, 2006, commenting that the decision was made "mutually and amicably".[139][140] It is reported that Juanita received a $168 million settlement, making it the largest celebrity divorce settlement in history at the time on public record.[141]
In 1991, Jordan purchased a lot in Highland Park, Illinois, to build a 56,000 square foot mansion, which was completed four years later.[142] Both of his sons attended Loyola Academy, a private Roman Catholic high school located in Wilmette, Illinois.[143] Jeffrey graduated as a member of the 2007 graduating class and played his first collegiate basketball game on November 11, 2007, for the University of Illinois. After two seasons, Jeffrey left the Illinois basketball team in 2009. He later rejoined the team for a third season,[144][145] then received a release to transfer to the University of Central Florida, where Marcus was attending.[146][147] Marcus transferred to Whitney Young High School after his sophomore year at Loyola Academy and graduated in 2009. He began attending UCF in the fall of 2009.[148]
On July 21, 2006, a Cook County, Illinois judge determined that Jordan did not owe his alleged former lover Karla Knafel $5 million.[149] Jordan had allegedly paid Knafel $250,000 to keep their relationship a secret.[150][151][152] Knafel claimed Jordan promised her $5 million for remaining silent and agreeing not to file a paternity suit after Knafel learned she was pregnant in 1991. A DNA test showed Jordan was not the father of the child.[149]
Jordan's private jet features a stripe in North Carolina blue, the "Air Jordan" logo on the tail, and references to his career in the identification number.[153] He proposed to his long time girlfriend, Cuban-American model Yvette Prieto, on Christmas Eve, 2011, and is engaged to be married.[154] He listed his Highland Park mansion for sale in 2012.[142]
Media figure and business interests[link]
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Jordan is one of the most marketed sports figures in history. He has been a major spokesman for such brands as Nike, Coca-Cola, Chevrolet, Gatorade, McDonald's, Ball Park Franks, Rayovac, Wheaties, Hanes, and MCI.[155] Jordan has had a long relationship with Gatorade, appearing in over 20 commercials for the company since 1991, including the "Like Mike" commercials in which a song was sung by children wishing to be like Jordan.[155][156]
Nike created a signature shoe for him, called the Air Jordan. One of Jordan's more popular commercials for the shoe involved Spike Lee playing the part of Mars Blackmon. In the commercials Lee, as Blackmon, attempted to find the source of Jordan's abilities and became convinced that "it's gotta be the shoes".[155] The hype and demand for the shoes even brought on a spate of "shoe-jackings" where people were robbed of their sneakers at gunpoint. Subsequently Nike spun off the Jordan line into its own division named the "Jordan Brand". The company features an impressive list of athletes and celebrities as endorsers.[157][158] The brand has also sponsored college sports programs such as those of North Carolina, Cincinnati, Cal, St. John's, Georgetown, and North Carolina A&T.
Jordan also has been associated with the Looney Tunes cartoon characters. A Nike commercial shown during the 1993 Super Bowl XXVII featured Jordan and Bugs Bunny playing basketball against a group of Martian characters.[159] The Super Bowl commercial inspired the 1996 live action/animated movie Space Jam, which starred Jordan and Bugs in a fictional story set during his first retirement.[160] They have subsequently appeared together in several commercials for MCI.[160]
Jordan's yearly income from the endorsements is estimated to be over forty million dollars.[161][162] In addition, when Jordan's power at the ticket gates was at its highest point the Bulls regularly sold out every game they played in, whether home or away.[163] Due to this, Jordan set records in player salary by signing annual contracts worth in excess of US $30 million per season.[164] An academic study found that Jordan’s first NBA comeback resulted in an increase in the market capitalization of his client firms of more than $1 billion.[165]
Most of Jordan's endorsement deals, including the first deal with Nike, were engineered by his agent, David Falk.[166] Jordan has said of Falk that "he's the best at what he does", and that "marketing-wise, he's great. He's the one who came up with the concept of 'Air Jordan.'"[167]
In June 2010, Jordan was ranked by Forbes Magazine as the 20th most powerful celebrity in the world with $55 million earned between June 2009 and June 2010. According to the Forbes article, Jordan Brand generates $1 billion in sales for Nike.[168]
Honors and awards[link]
Main article: List of career achievements by Michael Jordan
Jordan won numerous awards and set many records during his career. The following are some of his achievements:[1][169][170]
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2009
- 2 Olympic Gold Medals – 1984, 1992
- 6× NBA Champion
- 6× NBA Finals MVP
- 5× NBA MVP
- 10 NBA Scoring Titles
- 3× steals leader
- 3× minutes leader
- 14 NBA All-Star Selections
- 3× NBA All-Star Game MVP
- 11 All-NBA Selections
- 9 All-Defensive First Team Selections
- 2× NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion – 1987, 1988
- NBA Rookie of the Year – 1984–85
- NBA Defensive Player of the Year – 1987–88
- NCAA National Championship – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 1981–82
- ACC Freshman of the Year – 1981–82
- 2× Consensus NCAA All-American First Team – 1982–83, 1983–84
- ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year – 1983–84
- USBWA College Player of the Year – 1983–84
- Naismith College Player of the Year – 1983–84
- John R. Wooden Award – 1983–84
- Adolph Rupp Trophy – 1983–84
- Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year – 1991
- Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996
- Ranked No.1 by SLAM Magazine's Top 50 Players of All-Time
- Ranked No.1 by ESPN Sportscentury's Top 100 Athletes of the 20th century
- Elected to North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
See also[link]
- Michael Jordan statue
- Michael Jordan Steakhouse
- Michael Jordan's Restaurant
- Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City
- Michael Jordan in Flight
- NBA 2K11
- NBA 2K12
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- Porter, David L (2007), Michael Jordan: a biography, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0313337675, http://books.google.ca/books?id=aQ84ViBNkYwC&lpg=PR1&dq=Michael%20Jordan&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=true
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 Wiz Khalifa in Brooklyn, New York in August 2009. |
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| Birth name | Cameron Jibril Thomaz |
| Born | (1987-09-08) September 8, 1987 (age 24) Minot, North Dakota, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations | Rapper, singer, songwriter, actor |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Rostrum, Taylor Gang, Warner Bros., Atlantic |
| Associated acts | Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, Curren$y, Big Sean, Chevy Woods, Mac Miller, Juicy J, Tinie Tempah, Yelawolf, Maroon 5, Big K.R.I.T. |
| Website | wizkhalifa.com |
Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), better known by the stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper. He released his debut album, Show and Prove, in 2006, and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2007. His Eurodance-influenced single, "Say Yeah", received urban radio airplay, charting on the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot Rap Tracks charts in 2008.[1] Khalifa parted with Warner Bros. and released his second album, Deal or No Deal, in November 2009. He released the mixtape Kush and Orange Juice as a free download in April 2010; he then signed with Atlantic Records.[2] He is also well known for his debut single for Atlantic, "Black and Yellow", which peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. His debut album for the label, Rolling Papers, was released on March 29, 2011.[3]
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Early life[link]
Khalifa was born on September 8, 1987 to a mother and a father serving in the military.[1][4] His parents divorced when Khalifa was about three years old. His parents' military service caused him to move regularly: Khalifa lived in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan before settling in Pittsburgh where he attended Taylor Allderdice High School.[1][4]
His stage name is derived from khalifa, an Arabic word meaning "successor", and wisdom, which was shortened to Wiz when Khalifa was a young boy .[5] Khalifa stated to spinner.com that the name also came from being called "young Wiz 'cause I was good at everything I did, and my granddad is Muslim, so he gave me that name; he felt like that's what I was doing with my music." He got his stage name tattooed on his 17th birthday.[6][7] He includes Jimi Hendrix, Camp Lo, The Notorious B.I.G. and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony among his influences.[8]
Career[link]
[edit] 2005–08: Early mixtapes and Show and Prove
Rostrum Records president Benjy Grinberg first heard about Wiz Khalifa in 2004 when the rapper's contribution to a mixtape of various new Pittsburgh artists attracted his interest.[9] When Grinberg finally met the 16-year-old artist, he immediately decided he wanted to work with him, later telling HitQuarters: "Even though he wasn’t all the way developed you could just tell that he was a diamond in the rough, and that with some polishing, guidance and backing he could become something special."[9] Khalifa signed to the label shortly after and began a seven year period of artist development.[9]
Khalifa released his first mixtape, Prince of the City: Welcome to Pistolvania, in 2005. The mixtape paved the way for his first full length album entitled Show and Prove in 2006. Khalifa was declared an "artist to watch" that year in Rolling Stone magazine.[10][11]
In 2007, Khalifa signed to Warner Bros. Records and released two mixtapes through Rostrum Records: Grow Season, hosted by DJ Green Lantern and released on July 4, 2007, and Prince of the City 2, released on November 20, 2007. His debut Warner Bros. single "Say Yeah" reached number 25 on the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 music chart and number 20 on Billboard's Hot Rap Tracks. The song samples "Better Off Alone" by Alice Deejay. Khalifa's vocals from "Say Yeah" appear near the end of Pittsburgh mash up producer Girl Talk's 2008 album, Feed the Animals, over music from Underworld's "Born Slippy", Usher's "Love in This Club", and the Cure's "In Between Days".[12] Khalifa appeared with The Game, David Banner and Play-n-Skillz at U92's Summer Jam at the USANA Amphitheatre in West Valley City, Utah on August 2, 2008.[13] Khalifa released the mixtapes Star Power in September 2008, and Flight School in April 2009 on Rostrum Records.
Khalifa parted ways with Warner Bros. Records in July 2009 after numerous delays in releasing his planned debut album for the label, First Flight. Khalifa stated to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that, "I learned a lot during my time there and matured as an artist during the process. I'm happy to be moving on with all of my material and having the chance to be in control of my next moves".[14] Khalifa appeared with Girl Talk, Modey Lemon, Donora, Grand Buffet, and Don Caballero at the Amphitheatre at Station Square in Pittsburgh on July 31, 2009, where he announced that his relationship with Warner Bros. was over.[15]
[edit] 2009–10: Deal or No Deal
Continuing his association with Rostrum Records, Khalifa released the single "Teach U to Fly", and the mixtape How Fly, a collaboration with New Orleans rapper Curren$y, on August 9, 2009.[14] Khalifa introduced a more melodic style on the mixtape, alternating between singing and rapping. He opened for Wu-Tang Clan member U-God at the 2009 CMJ Music Marathon in New York City.[16] Khalifa released the mixtape Burn After Rolling on November 2, 2009, where he raps over familiar beats from other artists, including the songs "If I Were A Boy" and "Diva" by Beyoncé, "Walking on a Dream" by Empire of the Sun, "Luchini AKA This Is It" by Camp Lo, and "Best I Ever Had" by Drake.[17] Khalifa released his second album, Deal or No Deal, on November 24, 2009.[18]
Khalifa performed at Emo's in Austin, Texas in March 2010 as part of the 2010 South by Southwest Music Festival.[19] He appeared on the cover of XXL magazine that same month, for the magazine's annual list of Top 10 Freshman, which included Donnis, J. Cole, Pill, Freddie Gibbs, and Fashawn. Wiz Khalifa was named 2010 "Rookie Of The Year" by "The Source", with alongside Rick Ross, "The Man Of The Year".[20] He toured with rapper Yelawolf on a 20-date tour, the Deal Or No Deal Tour.[21] Khalifa released the free mixtape Kush and Orange Juice for download on April 14, 2010. Due to Khalifa's devoted grassroots fan base, the mixtape became the No. 1 trending topic on Twitter with the hash tag #kushandorangejuice, and "Kush and Orange Juice download” ranked No. 1 on Google’s hot search trends.[22]
2010: Signing with Atlantic Records[link]
Citing music industry insiders, New York magazine wrote that Khalifa signed with Atlantic Records in April 2010, although the rapper did not confirm it.[23] He stated to AllHipHop in June 2010 that he was working on a new album, but was weighing his options and had not yet decided on a label to distribute it.[24] Khalifa confirmed to MTV on July 30 that he was signing an Atlantic Records deal.[25]
Khalifa was featured in a remix and video for the 2010 Rick Ross single "Super High", alongside Curren$y.[26] He guested on the mixtape Grey Goose, Head Phones, and Thirsty Women by St. Louis rapper M.C,[27] and was featured on the track "The Breeze (Cool)" on rapper Wale's August 2010 mixtape More About Nothing.[28] Khalifa was named MTV's Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010, winning with nearly 70,000 votes, and beating out finalists Nicki Minaj, J. Cole, Travis Porter, and Diggy Simmons.[29]
Khalifa appeared at the Soundset 2010 festival in May 2010 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, alongside Method Man & Redman, Del the Funky Homosapien and Hieroglyphics, Atmosphere, Murs, Cage, and others.[30] He also performed at the 2010 Rock the Bells festival, along with hip hop veterans Wu-Tang Clan, Snoop Dogg, Lauryn Hill, A Tribe Called Quest, Rakim, KRS-One, Jedi Mind Tricks and Slick Rick.[31] Khalifa declined an invitation to tour with rapper Drake and launched his own "Waken Baken" tour, a 50-city national tour with rapper Yelawolf. The tour, scheduled to last from September to November 2010, has, as of October, sold out every venue.[8] On November 2010, during his "Waken Baken" tour at East Carolina University, Wiz Khalifa was arrested for possession and trafficking of marijuana. He was then released the next morning after a $300K bail, and resumed his tour. Khalifa performed in a cypher during the 2010 BET Hip-Hop Awards. He recited his verse from the song, "The Check Point", from his mixtape with Curren$y, How Fly.[32]
[edit] 2010–11: Mainstream success and Rolling Papers
Khalifa released "Black and Yellow", his first single for Rostrum/Atlantic, produced by Stargate, which has received radio airplay.[8][33] The single was peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100; the title of the song refers to the colours of the City of Pittsburgh.[34] Khalifa released his debut album with Atlantic Records in 2011.[35] He appeared with Curren$y on the track "Scaling the Building" on producer Ski Beatz' 2010 album, 24 Hour Karate School.[36] Khalifa's record label is Taylor Gang Records, named after his love of Chuck Taylor All-Stars[8], and Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh, PA, where he graduated from.
On March 29, 2011, Khalifa released his first studio album, Rolling Papers. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 197,000 copies in the United States.[37] Shortly afterward on March 31, 2011 Wiz Khalifa performed at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia as part of the school's annual Dooley's Weekend.[38] On June 26, 2011, Khalifa was nominated and won Best New Artist at the BET Awards of 2011.[39] Khalifa collaborated with British rapper Tinie Tempah whom Tinie announced in an interview with Rolling Stone that his next single is to be called "Till I'm Gone" and would feature Wiz Khalifa and is to be produced by Stargate.[40][41] The single and the video song were released at the end of June 2011.[42]
Personal life[link]
Thomaz proposed to model Amber Rose on March 1, 2012 showing off the ring on Twitter.[43] He is personal friends with Snoop Dogg, Juicy J, Yelawolf, and fellow Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller.[44]
In March 2012, Thomaz purchased a 2.8 private wooded acres with a 3,891-square-foot residence in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, a small community southwest of Pittsburgh. The residence includes 5-bedroom, 4-bath eco-friendly, Brazilian Koa floors, stainless steel appliances, a separate guest house, and a lavish master suite with high ceilings.[45] He currently resides there with his fiancée Amber Rose.
Discography[link]
Main article: Wiz Khalifa discography
- Studio albums
- 2006: Show and Prove
- 2009: Deal or No Deal
- 2011: Rolling Papers
- 2012: O.N.I.F.C. [11][46][47]
- Collaborative albums
- 2011: Mac & Devin Go to High School (with Snoop Dogg)
- 2012: TBA (with Taylor Gang)
Awards and nominations[link]
| Year | Organization | Award | Nominated work | Result |
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| 2011 | MTV European Music Awards | Best New | Wiz Khalifa | Nominated |
| Best Push | Wiz Khalifa | Nominated | ||
| American Music Awards | Sprint's Best New Artist | Wiz Khalifa | Won | |
| Grammy Awards | Best Rap Song | "Black & Yellow" | Nominated | |
| Best Rap Performance | "Black & Yellow" | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Billboard Music Awards | Best New Artist | Wiz Khalifa | Won |
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| Name | Wiz Khalifa |
| Alternative names | Thomaz, Cameron |
| Short description | Rapper |
| Date of birth | September 8, 1987 |
| Place of birth | Minot, North Dakota |
| Date of death | February 5, 2012 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles, California |
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