American basketball player

Blake Griffin

Blake Austin Griffin is an American former professional basketball player. Griffin primarily played with the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners, where he was named the consensus national college player of the year as a sophomore. Griffin was selected first overall by the Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft, and was a six-time NBA All-Star and a five-time All-NBA selection. In January 2018, Griffin was traded to the Detroit Pistons and played for them until 2021.

Born

1989

March 16

Died

Living

Era

1980s

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About

Blake, in brief

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Life timeline

Key dates

1989 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

-597 The first siege of Jerusalem by the Neo-Babylonian Empire ends with the city surrendering to king Nebuchadnezzar II.
445 Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III is assassinated while practising on the Campus Martius on behalf of Petronius Maximus.
1190 Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.
1244 Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the Fall of Montségur.

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The world in 1989

When Blake arrived

april 1 Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.
april 15 Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans.
april 15 Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.
april 19 A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Duane Sutter 1960– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Isabelle Huppert 1953– French actress Jhené Aiko 1988– American singer-songwriter and rapper Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg 1445– Swiss priest and theologian (died 1510) Leo McKern 1920–2002 Australian-English actor (born 1920) Patsy Donovan 1865–1953 Irish-American baseball player and manager (born 1865) Roger Crozier 1942–1996 Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1942)

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Same-year contemporaries

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Alia Shawkat 1989– American actress Aly Michalka 1989– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Anton Yelchin 1989–2016 American actor (born 1989) Blaine Gabbert 1989– American football player Cam Newton 1989– American football player Earl Thomas 1989– American football player Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 1989– the 11th Panchen Lama Hannah Miley 1989– English-Scottish swimmer James Calado 1989– English racing driver

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