English darts player

James Wade

James Martin Wade is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is ranked world number six; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2010. Widely regarded as one of the greatest ever darts players to have never won a world championship and the greatest left-hander in the history of the sport, Wade is a four-time PDC World Championship semi-finalist and eleven-time PDC major winner, placing him fourth in the all-time list behind Phil Taylor, Michael van Gerwen and Luke Littler.

Born

1983

April 6

Died

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1980s

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1983 Born

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945 Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII crowns his son Romanos II as co-emperor.
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The world in 1983

When James arrived

april 12 Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
april 25 Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
april 25 Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
april 28 The West German news magazine Stern begins publishing excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.

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Claire Morissette 1950– Canadian cycling activist (died 2007) Gerry Mulligan 1927–1996 American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 1996) Harold Eugene Edgerton 1903–1990 American engineer and academic (died 1990) James Watson 1928–2025 American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025) Jean-Marc Boivin 1951–1990 French skier, mountaineer, and pilot (died 1990) Jean-Pierre Changeux 1936– French neuroscientist, biologist, and academic Johann Kuhnau 1660–1722 German organist and composer (died 1722) Maimonides 1135–1204 Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, physician and astronomer (March 30 also proposed, died 1204) Myleene Klass 1978– Austrian/Filipino-English singer, pianist, and model

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Aaron Peirsol 1983– American swimmer Amber Tamblyn 1983– American actress, author, model, director Ashleigh Ball 1983– Canadian voice actress and musician Brent Hayden 1983– Canadian swimmer Cheryl 1983– English singer and TV personality Chris Higgins 1983– American ice hockey player Clint Dempsey 1983– American soccer player Flying Lotus 1983– American rapper, DJ, and producer Jarrett Jack 1983– American basketball player

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