American sportscaster

Al Michaels

Alan Richard Michaels is an American television play-by-play sportscaster for Thursday Night Football and in an emeritus role for NBC Sports. He has worked on network sports television since 1971, with his most recent work being with NBC Sports after nearly three decades (1976–2006) with ABC Sports. Michaels is known for his many years calling play-by-play of National Football League (NFL) games, including ABC Monday Night Football from 1986 to 2005 and NBC Sunday Night Football from 2006 to 2021. He is also known for famous calls in other sports, including the Miracle on Ice at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the earthquake-interrupted Game 3 of the 1989 World Series, which was played in San Francisco.

Born

1944

November 12

Died

Living

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1940s

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1944 Born

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954 The 13-year-old Lothair III is crowned at the Abbey of Saint-Remi as king of the West Frankish Kingdom.
1028 Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros.
1330 Battle of Posada ends: Wallachian Voievode Basarab I defeats the Hungarian army by ambush.
1439 Plymouth becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.

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The world in 1944

When Al arrived

april 1 World War II: Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
april 10 Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
april 16 World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
april 17 Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.

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Jo Stafford 1917–2008 American singer (born 1917) Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651–1695 Mexican poet and scholar (born 1651) Megan Mullally 1958– American actress and singer Qi Jiguang 1528–1588 Chinese general (born 1528) Rob Schrab 1969– American writer and artist Robert Goff 1926– Baron Goff of Chieveley, English lawyer and judge (died 2016) Russell Westbrook 1988– American basketball player Salim Ali 1896– Indian ornithologist and author (died 1987) Sandara Park 1984– South Korean singer, dancer, and actress

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Al Kooper 1944– American singer-songwriter and producer Angélica María 1944– American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress Anne Robinson 1944– English journalist and game show host António Variações 1944–1984 Portuguese musician (died 1984) Azizan Abdul Razak 1944–2013 Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (died 2013) Ban Ki-moon 1944– South Korean politician and diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations Barry White 1944–2003 American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1944) Carlos Alberto Torres 1944–2016 Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2016) Carolyn McCarthy 1944–2025 American nurse and politician (died 2025)

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