American basketball player

Chauncey Billups

Chauncey Ray Billups is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the suspended head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After playing college basketball with the Colorado Buffaloes, he was selected third overall in the 1997 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics. A point guard, Billups played for seven NBA franchises over spent his 17-year basketball career, most notably the Detroit Pistons, for whom he won the NBA Finals MVP in 2004 after helping the Pistons beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals. He was given the nickname "Mr.

Born

1976

September 25

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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1976 Born

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The world in 1976

When Chauncey arrived

april 1 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer, Inc.
april 11 The Apple I is created.
april 13 The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
april 13 Forty workers die in the Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion, the deadliest industrial accident in modern Finnish history.

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Agostino Bassi 1773–1856 Italian entomologist and academic (born 1773) Barbara Walters 1929–2022 American journalist, producer, and author (born 1929) Bella Ramsey 2003– English actor Billy Hughes 1862–1952 English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1862) Deendayal Upadhyaya 1916– Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (died 1968) Feroz Khan 1939– Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2009) Hansie Cronje 1969–2002 South African cricketer (born 1969) Hyun Bin 1982– South Korean actor Jack Hyles 1926– American pastor and author (died 2001)

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Alan Carr 1976– English comedian, actor, and screenwriter Alan Faneca 1976– American football player Anna Friel 1976– English actress Antoine Walker 1976– American basketball player Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira 1976– Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer Brett Kimmorley 1976– Australian rugby league player and sportscaster Dan Cloutier 1976– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Daniel Whiston 1976– English figure skater Earl Boykins 1976– American basketball player

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