Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)

Pat Quinn

John Brian Patrick Quinn was a Canadian ice hockey player, head coach, and executive. Known by the nickname "The Big Irishman", he coached for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Edmonton Oilers, reaching the Stanley Cup Final twice, with the Flyers in 1980 and the Canucks in 1994. Internationally, Quinn coached Team Canada to gold medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships and 2009 World Junior Championship, as well as World Cup championship in 2004.

Born

1943

January 29

Died

2014

Era

1940s

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1943 Born
2014 Died

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The world in 1943

When Pat arrived

april 13 World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
april 13 The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
april 16 Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
april 18 World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.

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Bettye LaVette 1946– American singer-songwriter Brian Wood 1972– American writer, illustrator and graphic designer Dominik Hašek 1965– Czech ice hockey player Gamini Jayawickrama Perera 1941–2024 Sri Lankan politician (born 1941) Jeffery Amherst 1717–1797 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1717) Marián Varga 1947– Slovak organist and composer (died 2017)

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