American baseball player and actor

Roger Clemens

William Roger Clemens, nicknamed "Rocket", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most notably with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees and also played for the Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros. 12 earned run average (ERA), and 4,672 strikeouts, the third-most all time. An 11-time MLB All-Star and two-time World Series champion, Clemens won seven Cy Young Awards, more than any other pitcher in history. Clemens was known for his fierce competitive nature and hard-throwing pitching style, which he used to intimidate batters.

Born

1962

August 4

Died

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1960s

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1962 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

598 Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo during the Manchurian rainy season, with a Chinese army and navy.
1265 Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
1327 First War of Scottish Independence: James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England.
1578 Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. Sebastian, King of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.

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The world in 1962

When Roger arrived

april 21 The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
april 26 NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
april 26 The British space programme launches its first satellite, the Ariel 1.
august 11 Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on August 4

Albert M. Greenfield 1887– Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1967) Andrew Bartlett 1964– Australian social worker and politician Bernard Rose 1960–1996 English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer Dennis Lehane 1965– American author, screenwriter, and producer James Springer White 1821–1881 American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (died 1881) Jessica Mauboy 1989– Australian singer-songwriter and actress John Venn 1834–1923 English mathematician and philosopher, created the Venn diagram (born 1834) Lil Skies 1998– American rapper Taher Saifuddin 1888–1965 Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (died 1965)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1962

Art Alexakis 1962– American singer-songwriter and musician Billy Beane 1962– American baseball player and manager Brian Azzarello 1962– American author Chris Sanders 1962– American illustrator and voice actor Clint Black 1962– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer David Arnold 1962– English composer Dee Bradley Baker 1962– American voice actor Denis O'Hare 1962– American actor and singer Evander Holyfield 1962– American boxer and actor

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