American boxer

Virgil Hill

Virgil Eugene Hill is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2015. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight title twice, from 1987 to 1997; the International Boxing Federation (IBF) light heavyweight title from 1996 to 1997; and the WBA cruiserweight title twice, between 2000 and 2007. As an amateur, Hill won a silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In 2013, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

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1964

January 18

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april 1 The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
april 11 Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected president by the National Congress.
april 13 At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
april 17 Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29+1⁄2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio.

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A. A. Ames 1842–1911 American physician and politician, Mayor of Minneapolis (died 1911) Anthony Giddens 1938– English sociologist and academic Ashleigh Murray 1988– American actress and singer Crispian Mills 1973– English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director David Howell 1936– Baron Howell of Guildford, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport Edmund Barton 1849–1920 Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (died 1920) François-Michel le Tellier 1641–1691 Marquis de Louvois, French politician, Secretary of State for War (died 1691) Jim O'Rourke 1969– American guitarist and producer John Hume 1937–2020 Northern Irish politician (born 1937)

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