English international footballer, coach, and manager

Paul Gascoigne

Paul John Gascoigne, nicknamed Gazza, is an English former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Regarded as one of the best playmakers of his generation and one of the best English footballers of all time, Gascoigne is described by the National Football Museum as "widely recognised as the most naturally talented English footballer of his generation". Gascoigne was immensely popular during his playing career, with television broadcaster Terry Wogan calling him "probably the most popular man in Britain today" in September 1990, and public interest in and adoration for him came to be known as "Gazzamania".

Born

1967

May 27

Died

Living

Era

1960s

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1967 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

1096 Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed.
1120 Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death.
1153 Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
1199 John is crowned King of England.

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The world in 1967

When Paul arrived

april 14 Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new President of Togo, a title he will hold for the next 38 years.
april 21 A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
april 21 A tornado outbreak in Illinois, United States, kills over 50 and injures over 1,000. Belvidere sustains over 500 casualties as a violent tornado strikes the high school. Another tornado near Chicago causes another 500 casualties, devastating Oak Lawn.
april 23 Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1), a crewed spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov, is launched into orbit.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Arnold Bennett 1867–1931 English author and playwright (born 1867) Buddhadasa 1906– Thai monk and philosopher (died 1993) Chris Colfer 1990– American actor and singer Jadakiss 1975– American rapper Jerry Kindall 1935–2017 American baseball player and coach (born 1935) John Barth 1930–2024 American writer (born 1930) John Cheever 1912–1982 American novelist and short story writer (born 1912) Lee Meriwether 1935– American model and actress, Miss America 1955 Lisa Lopes 1971–2002 American rapper and dancer (born 1971)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1967

Sung Jae-gi 1967–2013 South Korean philosopher and activist (born 1967) A. R. Rahman 1967– Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, and philanthropist Adam Hughes 1967– American author and illustrator Anderson Cooper 1967– American journalist and author Carl Ouellet 1967– Canadian wrestler and sportscaster Carrie-Anne Moss 1967– Canadian actress Cynthia Breazeal 1967– American computer scientist, roboticist, and academic Deion Sanders 1967– American football and baseball player and coach Jane Sixsmith 1967– English field hockey player

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