American wrestler (died 2007)

Brian Adams

Brian Keith Adams was an American professional wrestler. Adams is known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), under the name Crush, and for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under his real name Brian Adams. Trained in Japan by Antonio Inoki, he was a two-time WCW World Tag Team Champion, a one-time WWF Tag Team Champion and a one-time AJPW World Tag Team Champion, among other accomplishments. He was a challenger for various singles titles in the WWF and WCW, including the WWF Championship.

Born

1964

April 14

Died

2007

Era

1960s

Country

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About

Brian, in brief

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Key dates

1964 Born
2007 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

-43 Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.
69 Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho in the First Battle of Bedriacum to take power over Rome.
966 Following his marriage to the Christian Doubravka of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
972 Otto II, Co-Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, marries Byzantine princess Theophanu. She is crowned empress by Pope John XIII in Rome the same day.

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The world in 1964

When Brian arrived

april 1 The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
april 11 Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected president by the National Congress.
april 13 At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
april 17 Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29+1⁄2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on April 14

Abigail Breslin 1996– American actress Augustus Pitt Rivers 1827– English general, ethnologist, and archaeologist (died 1900) Brad Sinopoli 1988– Canadian football player Charles Hamelin 1984– Canadian speed skater Christiaan Huygens 1629–1695 Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (died 1695) Faisal of Saudi Arabia 1906–1975 Saudi Arabian king (died 1975) Frank Serpico 1936– American-Italian soldier, police officer and lecturer Greg Maddux 1966– American baseball player, coach, and manager John Gielgud 1904–2000 English actor, director, and producer (died 2000)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1964

Abhisit Vejjajiva 1964– English-Thai economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand Andrew Bartlett 1964– Australian social worker and politician Andy Serkis 1964– English actor and director Đặng Thân 1964– Vietnamese writer and poet Arlie Petters 1964– Belizean-American mathematical physicist and academic Azmin Ali 1964– Malaysian mathematician and politician Bridget Fonda 1964– American actress Calista Flockhart 1964– American actress CeCe Winans 1964– American singer-songwriter

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