American football player and actor

Fred Dryer

John Frederick Dryer is an American actor, radio host, and former professional football player who played as a defensive end in the National Football League for 13 years with the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams, participating in 176 games and recorded 103 career sacks starting in 1969 until his retirement in 1981, and is the only NFL player to score two safeties in one game. Following his retirement from football, Dryer had a successful career as a film and television actor, notably starring as the titular character Detective Sgt. 98 m) and physique proving useful for action roles.

Born

1946

July 6

Died

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1940s

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1946 Born

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-371 The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.
640 Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).
1253 Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
1348 Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.

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The world in 1946

When Fred arrived

april 1 The 8.6 Mw  Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
april 1 The Malayan Union is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the Federation of Malaya two years later.
april 17 The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
april 18 The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.

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George W. Bush 1946– American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States Antonio Manetti 1423– Italian mathematician and architect (died 1497) Eva Green 1980– French actress and model Frida Kahlo 1907–1954 Mexican painter and educator (born 1907) Henry Paget 1797–1854 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1768) Jae Crowder 1990– American basketball player Jennifer Saunders 1958– English actress, comedian and screenwriter Will James 1892–1942 American author and illustrator (died 1942) Wojciech Jaruzelski 1923–2014 Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (died 2014)

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Donald Trump 1946– American businessman, television personality, 45th and 47th President of the United States George W. Bush 1946– American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States Steven Spielberg 1946– American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded DreamWorks Ahmed Zewail 1946–2016 Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1946) Alicia Borinsky 1946– Argentine writer Bettye LaVette 1946– American singer-songwriter Billy Preston 1946–2006 American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1946) Blair Brown 1946– American actress Daryl Hall 1946– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

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