Canadian ice hockey player

Simon Gagné

Simon Gagné is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He spent the first ten seasons of his NHL career with the Flyers (1999–2010), followed by one season with Tampa Bay (2010–11) and two with Los Angeles (2011–13), winning the Stanley Cup in 2012, before returning to Philadelphia via trade for the end of the lockout-shortened 2012–13 season. After not playing in 2013–14, Gagné signed with Boston, briefly playing for them before retiring in 2015.

Born

1980

February 29

Died

Living

Era

1980s

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Key dates

1980 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

888 Odo, count of Paris, is crowned king of West Francia (France) by Archbishop Walter of Sens at Compiègne.
1504 Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies.
1644 Abel Tasman's second Pacific voyage begins as he leaves Batavia in command of three ships.
1704 In Queen Anne's War, French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.

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The world in 1980

When Simon arrived

april 12 The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
april 12 Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
april 12 Canadian runner and athlete, Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John's, NF
april 18 The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.

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Benedikt Höwedes 1988– German footballer Clinton Toopi 1980– New Zealand rugby league player Henri Richard 1936– Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020) Ja Rule 1976– American rapper and actor Jimmy Dorsey 1904–1957 American saxophonist, composer and bandleader (died 1957) Mervyn Warren 1964– American tenor, composer and producer Richard Ramirez 1960–2013 American serial killer and sex offender (died 2013)

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Aaron Brown 1980–2024 American journalist and academic (born 1948) Anthony Minichiello 1980– Australian rugby league player Bijou Phillips 1980– American actress and model Bradley Wiggins 1980– English cyclist Byron Leftwich 1980– American football player and coach Clinton Toopi 1980– New Zealand rugby league player Cody Ross 1980– American baseball player Daniel MacPherson 1980– Australian actor and television host Daniel Sedin 1980– Swedish ice hockey player

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