American basketball player

Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Shu-How Lin is a Taiwanese-American former professional basketball player. He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the 2011–12 season, sparking a cultural phenomenon known as "Linsanity". Lin is the first person of Chinese or Taiwanese descent born in the United States to play in the NBA, and is one of the few Asian Americans to have played in the league. He is also the first Asian American player to win an NBA championship, having done so with the Toronto Raptors in 2019.

Born

1988

August 23

Died

Living

Era

1980s

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Jeremy, in brief

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Key dates

1988 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

79 Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
476 Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic – Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops.
1244 Siege of Jerusalem: The city surrenders to the Khwarazmiyya, ending Christian control of the Jerusalem for the next 672 years.
1268 The Battle of Tagliacozzo: The army of Prince Conradin is nearly destroyed by Charles of Anjou, ending Hohenstaufen control over the Kingdom of Sicily and leaving the Angevins in control.

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The world in 1988

When Jeremy arrived

april 10 The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
april 14 The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
april 14 In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
april 18 The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on August 23

Andreas Floer 1956–1991 German mathematician and academic (died 1991) Andrew Rannells 1978– American actor and singer Carl Hagelin 1988– Swedish ice hockey player Edgar Lee Masters 1868–1950 American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright (died 1950) Evangelos Zappas 1800–1865 Greek patriot, philanthropist, and businessman (died 1865) Giuseppe Meazza 1910–1979 Italian footballer and manager (born 1910) Jimi Jamison 1951– American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2014) Kim Matula 1988– American actress Kobe Bryant 1978–2020 American basketball player and businessman (died 2020)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1988

Rihanna 1988– Barbados actor Aroldis Chapman 1988– Cuban baseball player Artem Anisimov 1988– Russian ice hockey player Ashleigh Murray 1988– American actress and singer Ashton Eaton 1988– American decathlete Benedikt Höwedes 1988– German footballer Brad Sinopoli 1988– Canadian football player Carl Hagelin 1988– Swedish ice hockey player Chris Ivory 1988– American football player

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