Filipino-American basketball player

Jordan Clarkson

Jordan Taylor Clarkson is an American and Filipino professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for two seasons with the Tulsa Golden Hurricane before transferring to Missouri, where he earned second-team all-conference honors in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). After forgoing his senior year in college to enter the 2014 NBA draft, Clarkson was selected by the Washington Wizards in the second round with the 46th overall pick and was immediately traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.

Born

1992

June 7

Died

Living

Era

1990s

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Key dates

1992 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

421 Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire).
879 Pope John VIII recognises the Duchy of Croatia under Duke Branimir as an independent state.
1002 Henry II, a cousin of Emperor Otto III, is elected and crowned King of Germany.
1099 First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins.

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The world in 1992

When Jordan arrived

april 12 The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Resort Paris.
april 17 The Katina P is deliberately run aground off Maputo, Mozambique, and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
april 2 In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
april 2 Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Bluey 1910–1939 Australian cattle dog, second-oldest recorded dog (died 1939) Federico da Montefeltro 1422–1482 Italian condottiero (died 1482) Ōnosato Daiki 2000– Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 75th yokozuna Virginia Apgar 1909– American anesthesiologist and pediatrician, developed the Apgar test (died 1974) Wolfgang Schüssel 1945– Austrian lawyer and politician, 26th Chancellor of Austria

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1992

Selena Gomez 1992– American singer and actress Anuel AA 1992– Puerto Rican rapper and singer August Alsina 1992– American singer-songwriter Chad le Clos 1992– South African swimmer Chiney Ogwumike 1992– American basketball player Danielle Harold 1992– English actress Elizabeth Beisel 1992– American swimmer Enes Kanter 1992– Turkish basketball player Evgeny Kuznetsov 1992– Russian ice hockey player

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