American basketball player and coach

Nolan Richardson

Nolan Richardson Jr. is an American former basketball head coach best known for his tenure at the University of Arkansas, where he won the 1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and led the Razorbacks to three Final Fours. Elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014, Richardson coached teams to winning a Division I Basketball National Championship, an NIT championship, and a Junior College National Championship, making him the only coach to win all three championships. During his 22 seasons of coaching in NCAA Division I, Richardson made a post-season tournament appearance 20 times.

Born

1941

December 27

Died

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1940s

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1941 Born

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537 The second Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is consecrated.
1512 The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.
1521 The Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg, disturbing the peace and preaching the Apocalypse.
1655 Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.

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The world in 1941

When Nolan arrived

april 1 Fântâna Albă massacre: Between two hundred and two thousand Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.
april 1 A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.
april 10 World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
april 13 A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.

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Johannes Kepler 1571–1630 German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (died 1630) Ghalib 1797–1869 Indian poet (died 1869) Kent Benson 1954– American basketball player Logan Bailly 1985– Belgian footballer Lorenzo Neal 1970– American football player and radio host Louis Pasteur 1822–1895 French chemist and microbiologist (died 1895) Marlene Dietrich 1901–1992 German-American actress and singer (died 1992) Ok Taec-yeon 1988– South Korean singer and actor Sebastian Haffner 1907–1999 German journalist and author (died 1999)

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Ann-Margret 1941– Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer Arun Shourie 1941– Indian journalist, economist, and politician, Indian Minister of Communications Bill Freehan 1941– American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021) Bill Parcells 1941– American football player and coach Chet Jastremski 1941– American swimmer and physician (died 2014) Dave Costa 1941– American football player (died 2013) Dave Dryden 1941– Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022) David Crosby 1941–2023 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023) Dean Chance 1941–2015 American baseball player and manager (died 2015)

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