American basketball player

Ronald Murray

Ronald "Flip" Murray is an American former professional basketball player. 91 m), 200 lb, Murray played as a point guard–shooting guard. After attending Strawberry Mansion High School in Philadelphia, where he starred on the basketball team, he played college basketball for four seasons, first at the Meridian Community College in Meridian, Mississippi, from 1997 to 1999, and then at Shaw University located in Raleigh, North Carolina, from 2000 to 2002. He is nicknamed "Flip" by childhood friends who often said he looked like Bernie Mac's character, "Flip", from the movie Above The Rim.

Born

1979

July 29

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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Key dates

1979 Born

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-587 The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple.
615 Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12.
904 Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sack Thessaloniki, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, after a short siege, and plunder it for a week.
923 Battle of Firenzuola: Lombard forces under King Rudolph II and Adalbert I, margrave of Ivrea, defeat the dethroned Emperor Berengar I of Italy at Firenzuola (Tuscany).

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The world in 1979

When Ronald arrived

april 1 Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
april 10 Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas, killing 42 people.
april 11 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
april 14 The Progressive Alliance of Liberia stages a protest, without a permit, against an increase in rice prices proposed by the government, with clashes between protestors and the police resulting in over 70 deaths and over 500 injuries.

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Alexis de Tocqueville 1805–1859 French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1805) Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 Italian journalist, fascist dictator and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1883) Erich Priebke 1913–2013 German war criminal, leader of the 1944 Ardeatine massacre (died 2013) J. S. Woodsworth 1874– Canadian minister and politician (died 1942) John Clarke 1948–2017 New Zealand-Australian comedian, writer, and satirist (born 1948) Julie Elliott 1963– English politician Melvin Belli 1907–1996 American lawyer (died 1996) Sally Gunnell 1966– English hurdler and sportscaster Ted Lindsay 1925– Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster (died 2019)

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Aaliyah 1979–2001 American singer and actress (born 1979) Ahmed Tantawi 1979– Egyptian politician and journalist Alex Greenwald 1979– American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor Aloe Blacc 1979– American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, businessman and philanthropist Ben Gillies 1979– Australian drummer and songwriter Butterfly Boucher 1979– Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Caitríona Balfe 1979– Irish actress Chris Daughtry 1979– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Chris O'Dowd 1979– Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter

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