American baseball player

Prince Fielder

Prince Semien Fielder is an American former professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers, and Texas Rangers. He was selected in the first round of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft by the Brewers out of Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, Florida, and spent the first seven years of his MLB career with the Brewers before signing with the Tigers, in January 2012. In November 2013, Fielder was traded to the Rangers, where he played the remainder of his career.

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1984

May 9

Died

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1980s

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328 Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.
1009 Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.
1310 Nephon, Bishop of Cyzicus, is consecrated as Patriarch of Constantinople.
1386 England and Portugal formally ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force.

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The world in 1984

When Prince arrived

april 1 Singer Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father in his home in Arlington Heights, Los Angeles, California.
april 4 President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
april 6 Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
august 1 Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Alley Mills 1951– American actress Averno 1977– Mexican wrestler Barbara Ann Scott 1928–2012 Canadian figure skater (died 2012) Benjamin Graham 1894–1976 British-American economist, professor, and investor (died 1976) Billy Joel 1949– American singer-songwriter and pianist Bulat Okudzhava 1924–1997 Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1924) Ghostface Killah 1970– American rapper and actor Gopal Krishna Gokhale 1866–1915 Indian philosopher and politician (born 1866) Henry J. Kaiser 1882–1967 American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (born 1882)

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Mark Zuckerberg 1984– American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Facebook Alastair Cook 1984– English cricketer Aleks Marić 1984– Australian basketball player Alexandra Kosteniuk 1984– Russian chess player Antoine Wright 1984– American basketball player Ashlee Simpson 1984– American singer-songwriter and actress Baruto Kaito 1984– Estonian sumo wrestler Bernard Pollard 1984– American football player Calvin Harris 1984– Scottish singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer

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