American football player

Jake Delhomme

Jake Christopher Delhomme is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). Delhomme played college football at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana, before being signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent after the 1997 NFL draft. Delhomme began his professional career as a practice squad player with the Saints in 1997 and 1998 and played in the NFL Europe for two years in between NFL seasons. Returning to the Saints, Delhomme played his first NFL games in 1999.

Born

1975

January 10

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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1975 Born

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-49 Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.
9 The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin dynasty.
69 Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor.
236 Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome.

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The world in 1975

When Jake arrived

april 13 Beirut bus massacre: A confrontation between Phalangist paramilitaries and PLO militia marks the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
april 17 The Cambodian Civil War ends and the Cambodian Genocide begins. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
april 19 India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
april 19 South Vietnamese forces withdraw from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War.

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Husayn ibn Ali 626–680 the third Shia Imam (died 680) Jeffrey Catherine Jones 1944–2011 American comics and fantasy artist (died 2011) Jerry Wexler 1917–2008 American journalist and producer (born 1917) John Carlson 1990– American ice hockey player John Dalberg-Acton 1834– 1st Baron Acton, Italian-English historian and politician (died 1902) K. J. Yesudas 1940– Indian singer and music director Kemal Derviş 1949– Turkish economist and politician, Turkish Minister of Economy (died 2023) Leonid Kravchuk 1934–2022 Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine (died 2022) Shawn Colvin 1956– American singer-songwriter and guitarist

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Alanna Ubach 1975– American actress Alexandre Daigle 1975– Canadian ice hockey player Alicia Witt 1975– American actress and musician Asia Argento 1975– Italian actress Cristobal Huet 1975– French ice hockey player David Ortiz 1975– Dominican-American baseball player Dulé Hill 1975– American actor Eva Longoria 1975– American actress Garrison Starr 1975– American singer-songwriter and producer

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