American wrestler

The Sandman

James Fullington, better known by his ring name The Sandman, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his run with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he developed into a smoking and drinking "Hardcore Icon" and held the ECW World Heavyweight Championship a record five times. He also had stints in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Sandman retired on April 17, 2026, in a comedic match to the Invisible Man at Joey Janela's Spring Break X.

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1963

June 16

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632 Yazdegerd III ascends the throne as king (shah) of the Persian Empire. He becomes the last ruler of the Sasanian dynasty (modern Iran).
1407 Ming–Hồ War: Retired King Hồ Quý Ly and his son King Hồ Hán Thương of Hồ dynasty are captured by the Ming armies.
1487 Battle of Stoke Field: King Henry VII of England defeats the leaders of a Yorkist rebellion in the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.
1632 The Plymouth Company granted a land patent to Thomas Purchase, the first settler of Pejepscot, Maine, settling at the site of Fort Andross.

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The world in 1963

When The arrived

april 10 One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
april 11 Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.
april 12 The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.[citation needed]
april 16 U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation.

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Anna Cathcart 2003– Canadian actress Bill Cobbs 1934–2024 American actor (died 2024) Billy "Crash" Craddock 1939– American singer-songwriter Francisco León de la Barra 1863–1939 Mexican politician and diplomat (died 1939) Giacomo Agostini 1942– Italian motorcycle racer and manager Jean d'Ormesson 1925– French journalist and author (died 2017) John Cheke 1514–1557 English academic and politician, English Secretary of State (died 1557) Karen Dunnell 1946– English statistician and academic Kerry Wood 1977– American baseball player

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Alberto Nisman 1963–2015 Argentinian lawyer (died 2015) Alec Stewart 1963– English cricketer Andrea Leadsom 1963– English politician Anne-Sophie Mutter 1963– German violinist Arthur Adams 1963– American comic book artist and writer Brian Greene 1963– American physicist Brian Robbins 1963– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Chip Kelly 1963– American football player and coach Conan O'Brien 1963– American television host, comedian, and writer

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