American football player and sportscaster

Joey Harrington

John Joseph Harrington is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football for the Oregon Ducks, winning Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year as a senior, and was selected third overall by the Detroit Lions in the 2002 NFL draft. Unable to duplicate his collegiate success, he left the Lions after four seasons. He spent his final three seasons as the primary starter for the Miami Dolphins and Atlanta Falcons and as a backup with the New Orleans Saints.

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1978

October 21

Died

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1970s

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1978 Born

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1096 A Seljuk Turkish army successfully ambushes the People's Crusade at the Battle of Civetot.

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The world in 1978

When Joey arrived

april 14 Tbilisi demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
april 17 Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan.
april 27 John Ehrlichman, a former aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon, is released from the Federal Correctional Institution, Safford, Arizona, after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
april 27 The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

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Alfred Nobel 1833–1896 Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (born 1833) Brent Hayden 1983– Canadian swimmer Carrie Fisher 1956–2016 American actress, screenwriter, author, producer, and speaker (born 1956) Dizzy Gillespie 1917–1993 American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (born 1917) Georg Solti 1912–1997 Hungarian-English conductor and director (died 1997) Keith Green 1953–1982 American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1953) Ken Watanabe 1959– Japanese actor and producer Lavinia Miloșovici 1976– Romanian gymnast Mary Blair 1911– American illustrator and animator (died 1978)

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Anamaria Marinca 1978– Romanian-English actress Andrew Rannells 1978– American actor and singer Ariel Pink 1978– American singer-songwriter Chad Johnson 1978– American football player Eiður Guðjohnsen 1978– Icelandic footballer Faye White 1978– English footballer Frederic Leclercq 1978– French heavy metal musician Gwendoline Christie 1978– English actress Hayley Wickenheiser 1978– Canadian ice hockey player

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