American ice hockey player

Chris Higgins

Christopher Robert Higgins is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the skills and development coach for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). While playing college hockey, he was selected 14th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the 2002 NHL entry draft. He finished a two-year career with the Yale Bulldogs, earning ECAC Hockey Player of the Year honors as a sophomore, before turning professional for the 2003–04 season. After two seasons with the Canadiens' minor league affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League (AHL), he joined the NHL in 2005–06.

Born

1983

June 2

Died

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1980s

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1983 Born

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260 Sima Zhao's regicide of Cao Mao: The figurehead Wei emperor Cao Mao personally leads an attempt to oust his regent, Sima Zhao; the attempted coup is crushed and the emperor killed.
455 Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
1098 First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later.
1608 The Colony of Virginia gets a charter, extending borders from "sea to sea".

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The world in 1983

When Chris arrived

april 12 Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
april 25 Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
april 25 Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
april 28 The West German news magazine Stern begins publishing excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.

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Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira 1976– Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer Barbara Pym 1913–1980 English author (born 1913) Butterfly Boucher 1979– Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Chin-hui Tsao 1981– Taiwanese baseball player Cornel West 1953– American philosopher, author, and academic Dennis Haysbert 1954– American actor and producer Earl Boykins 1976– American basketball player Fabrizio Moretti 1980– Brazilian-American drummer Frank G. Clement 1920– American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Tennessee (died 1969)

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Also born in 1983

Aaron Peirsol 1983– American swimmer Amber Tamblyn 1983– American actress, author, model, director Ashleigh Ball 1983– Canadian voice actress and musician Brent Hayden 1983– Canadian swimmer Cheryl 1983– English singer and TV personality Clint Dempsey 1983– American soccer player Flying Lotus 1983– American rapper, DJ, and producer James Wade 1983– English darts player Jarrett Jack 1983– American basketball player

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