American football player

Derrick Mason

Derrick James Mason is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for fifteen seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans and was selected in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL draft by the Tennessee Oilers. After eight seasons with Tennessee, Mason signed with the Baltimore Ravens, becoming the franchise's all-time leading receiver with 5,777 yards from 2005 to 2010. He spent 2011 with the New York Jets and Houston Texans before retiring as a Raven on June 11, 2012.

Born

1974

January 17

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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1974 Born

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-38 Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey.
1362 Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea.
1377 Pope Gregory XI reaches Rome, after deciding to move the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.
1524 Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean.

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The world in 1974

When Derrick arrived

april 1 The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.
april 22 Pan Am Flight 812 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, killing all 107 people on board.
april 25 Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime.
april 27 One hundred nine people are killed in a plane crash near Pulkovo Airport.

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Alain Badiou 1937– French philosopher and academic Calvin Harris 1984– Scottish singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer Clyde Walcott 1926–2006 Barbadian cricketer and coach (born 1926) Davíð Oddsson 1948– Icelandic politician, 21st Prime Minister of Iceland (died 2026) Denis O'Hare 1962– American actor and singer Dwyane Wade 1982– American basketball player Gyude Bryant 1949–2014 Liberian businessman and politician (born 1949) Kang Chan-hee 2000– South Korean singer and actor Naveen Andrews 1969– English actor

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Andrew Johns 1974– Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster Burn Gorman 1974– American-born English actor and musician Cameron McConville 1974– Australian racing driver and sportscaster Christian Paradis 1974– Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Industry Crowbar 1974– American wrestler Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1974– American race car driver and actor Derek Jeter 1974– American baseball player Emilia Fox 1974– English actress Frank Catalanotto 1974– American baseball player

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