American basketball player

Antoine Wright

Antoine Domonick Wright is an American former professional basketball player. He attended preparatory school at Lawrence Academy at Groton; in 2002, he led the Spartans to an Independent School League basketball championship. After his junior year at Texas A&M University, he was selected 15th overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the Nets, the highest pick from the Big 12 Conference that year and in Texas A&M University history until Acie Law was drafted 11th in the 2007 NBA Draft. Wright played his first five seasons of professional basketball in the NBA.

Born

1984

February 6

Died

Living

Era

1980s

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1984 Born

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337 Election of pope Julius I.
590 Hormizd IV, king of the Sasanian Empire, is overthrown and blinded by his brothers-in-law Vistahm and Vinduyih.
1579 The Diocese of Manila is erected by papal bull, with Domingo de Salazar appointed its first bishop.
1685 James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of his brother Charles II.

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The world in 1984

When Antoine 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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Babe Ruth 1895–1948 American baseball player and coach (born 1895) Cam Cameron 1961– American football player and coach Geo Bogza 1908– Romanian poet and journalist (died 1993) Lothar-Günther Buchheim 1918– German author and painter (died 2007) Mary Leakey 1913–1996 English archaeologist and anthropologist (born 1913) Robert Maillart 1872–1940 Swiss civil engineer (born 1872)

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Mark Zuckerberg 1984– American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Facebook Alastair Cook 1984– English cricketer Aleks Marić 1984– Australian basketball player Alexandra Kosteniuk 1984– Russian chess 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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