Swedish ice hockey player

Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Oliver Oscar Emanuel Ekman-Larsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Known by his initials "OEL", Ekman-Larsson was selected sixth overall by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2009 NHL entry draft. Previously seen as one of the NHL's top offensive defencemen, Ekman-Larsson led the Coyotes in scoring in both the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons. After 11 seasons with Arizona, Ekman-Larsson was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in 2021, where he spent two seasons before signing with the Florida Panthers.

Born

1991

July 17

Died

Living

Era

1990s

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Oliver, in brief

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Key dates

1991 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

180 Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
1048 Damasus II is elected pope, and dies 23 days later.
1203 The Fourth Crusade assaults Constantinople. The Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos flees from his capital into exile.
1402 Zhu Di, better known by his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the throne over the Ming dynasty of China.

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The world in 1991

When Oliver arrived

april 10 Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy, killing 140.
april 10 A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola, the first to be documented by satellites.
april 14 The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
april 2 Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Carlos Alberto Torres 1944–2016 Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2016) Connie Hawkins 1942– American basketball player (died 2017) Eleanor Hadley 1916– American economist and policymaker (died 2007) Frank Olson 1910–1953 American chemist and microbiologist (died 1953) Georges Lemaître 1894–1966 Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist (died 1966) James Somerville 1882–1949 English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (died 1949) Jason Clarke 1969– Australian actor Lou Boudreau 1917–2001 American baseball player and manager (born 1917) Paul Delaroche 1797–1856 French painter and academic (died 1856)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1991

Álvaro Soler 1991– Spanish singer-songwriter Anne-Marie 1991– English singer-songwriter C. J. Anderson 1991– American football player Dave Leduc 1991– Canadian martial artist Hansika Motwani 1991– Indian actress Jessie Diggins 1991– American cross-country skier Jiang Yuyuan 1991– Chinese gymnast Kawhi Leonard 1991– American basketball player Kelly Olynyk 1991– Canadian basketball player

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