Australian cricketer

Michael Clarke

Michael John Clarke is an Australian former cricketer. He was captain of the Australian cricket team in both Test and One Day International (ODI) between 2011 and 2015, leading Australia to victory in the 2015 Cricket World Cup. He also served as captain of the Twenty20 International (T20I) team between 2007 and 2010. With his time representing Australia, Clarke won multiple ICC titles with the team: the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the 2015 Cricket World Cup which he was the winning captain, and the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy.

Born

1981

April 2

Died

1993

Era

1980s

Country

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Michael, in brief

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Key dates

1981 Born
1993 Died

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1107 Seljuq sultan Muhammad I Tapar begins the siege of Shahdiz, a fortress of the Nizari Ismailis.
1285 Election of Pope Honorius IV following the death of Pope Martin IV.
1513 Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Johns River.
1725 J. S. Bach's cantata Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6, is first performed in Leipzig on Easter Monday.

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The world in 1981

When Michael arrived

april 10 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands is elected to Westminster as the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He died twenty-six days later.
april 11 A massive riot in Brixton, south London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
april 12 The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
april 14 STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia, completes its first test flight.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on April 2

Camille Paglia 1947– American author and critic Carmen Basilio 1927–2012 American boxer and soldier (died 2012) Dick Radatz 1937–2005 American baseball player (died 2005) Émile Zola 1840–1902 French novelist, playwright, journalist (died 1902) Francisco de Paula Santander 1792–1840 Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (died 1840) Gavin Heffernan 1980– Canadian director and screenwriter Jan Tschichold 1902– German-Swiss graphic designer and typographer (died 1974) Larry Coryell 1943–2017 American jazz guitarist (died 2017) Leon Russell 1942–2016 American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2016)

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Also born in 1981

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