American baseball player, coach, and manager

Lance Parrish

Lance Michael Parrish, nicknamed "Big Wheel", is an American former professional baseball catcher who played Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1977 through 1995. Born in Pennsylvania, Parrish grew up in Southern California and excelled in both baseball and football. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in 1974, and after four years in the minor leagues, he played for the Tigers for a decade from 1977 to 1986. He later played for the Philadelphia Phillies (1987–1988), California Angels (1989–1992), Seattle Mariners (1992), Cleveland Indians (1993), Pittsburgh Pirates (1994), and Toronto Blue Jays (1995).

Born

1956

June 15

Died

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1956 Born

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923 Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
1184 The naval Battle of Fimreite is won by the Birkebeiner pretender Sverre Sigurdsson. Sigurdsson takes the Norwegian throne and King Magnus V of Norway is killed.

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The world in 1956

When Lance arrived

april 19 Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
april 26 SS Ideal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
april 3 Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
april 30 Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.

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Georg Joseph Vogler 1749– German organist, composer, and theorist (died 1814) John Redwood 1951– English politician, Secretary of State for Wales Josiah Henson 1789– American minister, author, and activist (died 1883) Mohammad-Ali Rajai 1933–1981 Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (born 1933) Ward Connerly 1939– American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute Yevgeny Kiselyov 1956– Russian-Ukrainian journalist

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