Australian basketball player

Aleks Marić

Aleksandar "Aleks" Marić is an Australian-Serbian former professional basketball player. Marić gained a reputation as a winner over the course of his successful European career, securing contracts with several basketball powerhouse outfits. Rising to stardom at Partizan Belgrade in 2010, he was part of a Serbian Cup and Adriatic League championship winning team, as well as an All-EuroLeague First Team member. That breakout season earned him selection to the Australian national team for the 2010 World Championships and the 2012 London Olympics.

Born

1984

October 22

Died

Living

Era

1980s

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1984 Born

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The world in 1984

When Aleks arrived

april 1 Singer Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father in his home in Arlington Heights, Los Angeles, California.
april 4 President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
april 6 Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
august 1 Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.

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Doris Lessing 1919–2013 British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919) Estela de Carlotto 1930– Argentine human rights activist Ichiro Suzuki 1973– Japanese baseball player Jennifer Lee 1971– American filmmaker Jimmie Foxx 1907–1967 American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1907) Kara Lang 1986– Canadian soccer player Lord Alfred Douglas 1870– English author and poet (died 1945) Raymond Bachand 1947– Canadian lawyer and politician Robert Rauschenberg 1925–2008 American painter and illustrator (born 1925)

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Mark Zuckerberg 1984– American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Facebook Alastair Cook 1984– English cricketer Alexandra Kosteniuk 1984– Russian chess player Antoine Wright 1984– American basketball player Ashlee Simpson 1984– American singer-songwriter and actress Baruto Kaito 1984– Estonian sumo wrestler Bernard Pollard 1984– American football player Calvin Harris 1984– Scottish singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer Charles Hamelin 1984– Canadian speed skater

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