American basketball player

Earl Boykins

Earl Antoine Boykins is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach for the USC Trojans men's team. He played thirteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New Jersey Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Clippers, Golden State Warriors, Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats, Washington Wizards and Houston Rockets. 65 m) in height, Boykins is the second-shortest player in NBA history behind Muggsy Bogues. He also played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and overseas in Italy.

Born

1976

June 2

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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Earl, in brief

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Key dates

1976 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

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 1976

When Earl 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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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 Chris Higgins 1983– American ice hockey player Cornel West 1953– American philosopher, author, and academic Dennis Haysbert 1954– American actor and producer Fabrizio Moretti 1980– Brazilian-American drummer Frank G. Clement 1920– American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Tennessee (died 1969)

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Same-year contemporaries

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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 Chauncey Billups 1976– American basketball player Dan Cloutier 1976– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Daniel Whiston 1976– English figure skater

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