American soccer player and sportscaster

Brandi Chastain

Brandi Denise Chastain is an American retired soccer player, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion, two-time Olympic gold-medalist, coach, sports broadcaster, and co-founder of Bay FC, the professional soccer club representing the Bay Area in the National Women's Soccer League. She played for the United States national team from 1988 to 2004. In her 192 caps on the team, she scored 30 goals playing primarily in the defender and midfielder positions. She scored a World Cup–winning penalty shootout goal against China in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final.

Born

1968

July 21

Died

Living

Era

1960s

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1968 Born

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-356 The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson.
230 Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope. After being exiled to Sardinia, he became the first pope to resign his office.
285 Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler.
365 The 365 Crete earthquake affected the Greek island of Crete with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing a destructive tsunami that affects the coasts of Libya and Egypt, especially Alexandria. Many thousands are killed.

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The world in 1968

When Brandi arrived

april 10 The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry, sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
april 11 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
april 11 A failed assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement, leaves Dutschke suffering from brain damage.
april 20 English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.

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Jaime Murray 1976– English actress John Atta Mills 1944–2012 Ghanaian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Ghana (died 2012) Michael Connelly 1956– American author Milan Rastislav Štefánik 1880–1919 Slovak astronomer, general, and politician (died 1919) Norman Jewison 1926–2024 Canadian actor, director, and producer (born 1926) Paloma Faith 1981– English singer-songwriter and actress Paul Vautin 1959– Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster Tamika Catchings 1979– American basketball player

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Also born in 1968

Alejandra Ávalos 1968– Mexican artist Andy Flower 1968– South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach Barry Kooser 1968– American painter and animator Carlos Baerga 1968– Puerto Rican baseball player and coach Christopher Brookmyre 1968– Scottish author Didier Deschamps 1968– French footballer and manager Dwayne Schintzius 1968–2012 American basketball player (born 1968) Elisabeth Murdoch 1968–2012 Australian businesswoman Farrah Forke 1968–2022 American actress (born 1968)

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