American wrestling manager and sportscaster

Jim Cornette

James Mark Cornette is an American author, sports historian, and podcaster who previously worked in the professional wrestling industry as an agent, booker, color commentator, manager, photographer, promoter, trainer, and occasional professional wrestler. Cornette is widely considered to be one of the greatest managers in wrestling history by fans and publications, as well as industry personnel. Cornette currently hosts two podcasts along with co-host and producer Brian Last—The Jim Cornette Experience and Jim Cornette's Drive-Thru— with the latter being the most-played wrestling podcast as of February 2024 and both being among the most popular wrestling podcasts of all time.

Born

1961

September 17

Died

Living

Era

1960s

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About

Jim, in brief

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Key dates

1961 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

1111 Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
1176 The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empire to recover central Anatolia from the Seljuk Turks.
1382 Louis the Great's daughter, Mary, is crowned "king" of Hungary.
1462 Thirteen Years' War: A Polish army under Piotr Dunin decisively defeats the Teutonic Order at the Battle of Świecino.

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The world in 1961

When Jim arrived

april 11 The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
april 12 Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first crewed orbital flight, Vostok 1.
april 16 In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
april 17 Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on September 17

Bernhard Riemann 1826–1866 German mathematician and academic (born 1826) Chaim Herzog 1918–1997 Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (born 1918) Charles Griffes 1884–1920 American pianist and composer (born 1884) Elizabeth Enright 1909–1968 American author and illustrator (born 1909) J. R. Jayewardene 1906–1996 Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (born 1906) M. F. Husain 1915–2011 Indian painter and director (born 1915) Maria Luisa of Savoy 1688–1714 queen of Spain (born 1688) Marquis de Condorcet 1743– French mathematician and political scientist (died 1794) Paul V 1550– pope of the Catholic Church (died 1621)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1961

Alain Vigneault 1961– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Ann Coulter 1961– American political commentator and author Artur Ekert 1961– Polish-British physicist and academic Ben Summerskill 1961– English businessman and journalist Cam Cameron 1961– American football player and coach Carl Lewis 1961– American long jumper and runner Christian Okoye 1961– American football player Cindy Herron 1961– American singer-songwriter and actress David Armstrong-Jones 1961– 2nd Earl of Snowdon, English businessman

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