Turkish basketball player

Enes Kanter

Enes Kanter Freedom is a Turkish and American human rights activist, New York Times bestselling author, 2022 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and former professional basketball player who played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in Switzerland to Kurdish parents, he was raised in Turkey and moved to the United States as a teenager. Freedom was selected as the third overall pick of the 2011 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz, and primarily played the center position. He is known for his "freedom shoes" and outspoken criticism of human rights abuses in China, particularly the treatment of Uyghurs and the use of forced labor.

Born

1992

May 20

Died

Living

Era

1990s

Country

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Enes, in brief

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Key dates

1992 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

325 The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
491 Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed Augusta is able to choose her successor for the Byzantine throne, after Zeno (late emperor) dies of dysentery.
685 The Battle of Dun Nechtain is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated.
794 While visiting the royal Mercian court at Sutton Walls with a view to marrying princess Ælfthryth, King Æthelberht II of East Anglia is taken captive and beheaded.

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The world in 1992

When Enes arrived

april 12 The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Resort Paris.
april 17 The Katina P is deliberately run aground off Maputo, Mozambique, and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
april 2 In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
april 2 Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Albano Carrisi 1943– Italian singer, actor, and winemaker Angela Goethals 1977– American actress Balu Mahendra 1939–2014 Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1939) Bonne of Luxembourg 1315–1349 first wife of John II of France (died 1349) Bud Grant 1927– American football player and coach (died 2023) Hal Newhouser 1921– American baseball player and scout (died 1998) John Stuart Mill 1806– English economist, civil servant, and philosopher (died 1873) José Mujica 1935–2025 Uruguayan politician, 40th President of Uruguay (born 1935) Kōichirō Genba 1964– Japanese politician, 80th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1992

Selena Gomez 1992– American singer and actress Anuel AA 1992– Puerto Rican rapper and singer August Alsina 1992– American singer-songwriter Chad le Clos 1992– South African swimmer Chiney Ogwumike 1992– American basketball player Danielle Harold 1992– English actress Elizabeth Beisel 1992– American swimmer Evgeny Kuznetsov 1992– Russian ice hockey player Heather Watson 1992– British tennis player

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