American football player (died 2009)

Dante Lavelli

Dante Bert Joseph Lavelli, nicknamed "Gluefingers", was an American professional football end who played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1956. Starring alongside quarterback Otto Graham, fullback Marion Motley, kicker Lou Groza and fellow receiver Mac Speedie, Lavelli was an integral part of a Browns team that won seven championships during his 11-season career. Lavelli was known for his sure hands and improvisations on the field. He was also renowned for making catches in critical situations, earning the nickname "Mr.

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303 Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
532 Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia.
628 Khosrow II, Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire, is overthrown.
705 Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty.

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april 15 Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
april 15 Racially motivated Nihon Shōgakkō fire lit by a serial arsonist kills 10 children in Sacramento, California.
april 26 The Duke of York (the future King George VI) weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
april 28 Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.

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Anton Mosimann 1947– Swiss chef and author Charlie Brandt 1957–2004 American serial killer (died 2004) Femke Bol 2000– Dutch hurdler and sprinter Jon Hall 1915–1979 American actor and director (born 1915) Konstantin Päts 1874–1956 Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia (died 1956) Louis Stokes 1925–2015 American lawyer and politician (born 1925) Radosław Sikorski 1963– Polish journalist and politician, 11th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Régine Crespin 1927–2007 French soprano and actress (died 2007) Samuel Pepys 1633–1703 English diarist and politician (died 1703)

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Avram Davidson 1923–1993 American soldier and author (died 1993) Beate Sirota Gordon 1923–2012 Austrian-American director and producer (born 1923) Bobby Thomson 1923– Scottish-American baseball player (died 2010) Daniel Carleton Gajdusek 1923– American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008) Doc Watson 1923–2012 American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician (died 2012) Don Adams 1923–2005 American actor and director (died 2005) Edward Oliver LeBlanc 1923–2004 Dominican lawyer and politician, Premier of Dominica (born 1923) Elizabeth Jolley 1923–2007 English-Australian author and academic (born 1923) Eric Sykes 1923–2012 English actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1923)

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