Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager

Dave Taylor

David Andrew Taylor is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Los Angeles Kings from 1977 to 1994. Taylor was a star player at Clarkson University for four seasons while being drafted by both the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association in 1975. He made it to the NHL in 1977 with the Los Angeles Kings. The 1980-81 season saw Taylor be labeled as part of a "Triple Crown Line" alongside centre Marcel Dionne and left winger Charlie Simmer, as all three players scored 100 points each, with Taylor's 112 points being a career high and the first of two straight 100-point seasons.

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1955

December 4

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771 Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne as sole king of the Frankish Kingdom.
963 The lay papal protonotary is elected pope and takes the name Leo VIII, being consecrated on 6 December after ordination.
1110 An army led by Baldwin I of Jerusalem and Sigurd the Crusader of Norway captures Sidon at the end of the First Crusade.
1259 Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.

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The world in 1955

When Dave arrived

april 1 The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
april 11 The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
april 12 The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
april 15 McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.

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Albert Bandura 1925– Canadian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021) Alex Delvecchio 1931–2025 Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2025) Herbert Read 1893–1968 English poet and critic (died 1968)

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Bill Gates 1955– American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft Steve Jobs 1955–2011 American businessman, co-founded Apple Computer and Pixar (died 2011) Alistair Burt 1955– English lawyer and politician Arif Yunusov 1955– Azerbaijani author, historian, and human rights activist. Balaji Sadasivan 1955–2010 Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (died 2010) Bill Elliott 1955– American race car driver Debbie Mathers 1955–2024 Mother of Eminem (born 1955) Donald Pettit 1955– American engineer and astronaut Gerrie Coetzee 1955– South African boxer (died 2023)

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