American baseball player and coach

Mike Morgan

Michael Thomas Morgan is an American former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for 12 different teams over 25 years, and is one of 31 players in baseball history to appear in Major League baseball games in four decades (1978–2002). Upon his retirement, Morgan held the major league record for most major league teams played for (12), but this record was surpassed by Octavio Dotel in 2012 and Edwin Jackson in 2018. Because of this, Morgan was nicknamed "the Nomad" by his teammates due to his constant travel from team to team.

Born

1959

October 8

Died

Living

Era

1950s

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1959 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

316 Constantine I defeats Licinius, who loses his European territories.
451 The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins.
876 Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II ("the Bald").
1075 Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.

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The world in 1959

When Mike arrived

april 25 The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
april 8 A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
april 8 The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
april 9 Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on October 8

Anne-Caroline Chausson 1977– French cyclist Bill Elliott 1955– American race car driver CeCe Winans 1964– American singer-songwriter Claude Jade 1948–2006 French actress (born 1948) Gus Hall 1910– American soldier and politician (died 2000) Heinrich Schütz 1585–1672 German organist and composer (born 1585) Juan Perón 1895–1974 Argentinian general and politician, President of Argentina (born 1895) Lynne Stewart 1939–2017 American attorney and activist (born 1939) Richard Sharpe Shaver 1907– American author and illustrator (died 1975)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1959

Ahmet Davutoğlu 1959– Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Turkey Aidan Quinn 1959– American actor Albert Owen 1959– Welsh sailor and politician Andrew Bolt 1959– Australian journalist Anna Escobedo Cabral 1959– American lawyer and politician, 42nd Treasurer of the United States Barry O'Farrell 1959– Australian politician, 43rd Premier of New South Wales Boris Nemtsov 1959–2015 Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (born 1959) Brad McCrimmon 1959– Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2011) Brett Bodine 1959– American NASCAR driver

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