Canadian ice hockey player and executive

Rob Blake

Robert Bowlby Blake is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and executive who most recently served as the general manager of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was originally drafted by the Kings in 1988, appearing in the 1993 Stanley Cup Final, winning the James Norris Memorial Trophy and serving as team captain for five seasons in his initial 11-season stint with the club. In 2001, Blake was traded to the Colorado Avalanche and was a member of their 2001 Stanley Cup championship team. After a two-season return to Los Angeles, Blake signed with the San Jose Sharks in 2008, retiring as its captain after the 2009–10 season.

Born

1969

December 10

Died

Living

Era

1960s

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Rob, in brief

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1969 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

1317 The Nyköping Banquet: Birger, King of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers, dukes Valdemar and Erik, who are subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle.
1508 The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.
1520 Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.
1541 Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.

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The world in 1969

When Rob arrived

april 1 The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.
april 15 The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
april 17 Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
april 17 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on December 10

Anne de Mowbray 1472–1481 8th Countess of Norfolk (died 1481) Fionnula Flanagan 1941– Irish actress and producer Gaston of Foix 1489– Duke of Nemours (died 1512) Harold Alexander 1891–1969 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (died 1969) Harold Gould 1923–2010 American actor (died 2010) Melvil Dewey 1851–1931 American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System (died 1931) Michael Clarke Duncan 1957–2012 American actor (died 2012) Nelly Sachs 1891–1970 German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970) Nicky Barr 1915–2006 Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (died 2006)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1969

Michael Jackson 1969–2007 American football player and politician (died 2017) Annastacia Palaszczuk 1969– Australian politician, 39th Premier of Queensland Ben Greenman 1969– American journalist and author Birdman 1969– American rapper and producer Chris Weitz 1969– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Chuck Liddell 1969– American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer David Boreanaz 1969– American actor Elena Gorolová 1969– Czech Romani activist Elliott Smith 1969–2003 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)

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