American football player and wrestler

Roman Reigns

Leati Joseph Anoaʻi, better known by his ring name Roman Reigns, is an American professional wrestler, actor, and former football player. As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE since 2010, where he performs on the Raw brand and is the current World Heavyweight Champion in his first reign. Regarded as one of the best professional wrestlers in the world, Reigns' 1,316-day reign as WWE Universal Champion is the longest reign of the title's history, the fourth longest world title reign in WWE history, and the longest championship reign recognised by the company since 1988.

Born

1985

May 25

Died

Living

Era

1980s

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Roman, in brief

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Key dates

1985 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

-567 Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
-240 First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
1085 Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain, back from the Moors.
1420 Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.

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The world in 1985

When Roman arrived

april 12 Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-51D to deploy two communications satellites.
april 19 Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.
april 20 University of California, Riverside 1985 laboratory raid: Animal Liberation Front rescues 467 animals being tested in a lab at University of California, Riverside in Riverside, California, causing $700,000 in damages to the laboratory, in advocacy for animal rights.
april 21 The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on May 25

Alan Kippax 1897–1972 Australian cricketer (died 1972) Alistair Burt 1955– English lawyer and politician Chris Young 1979– American baseball pitcher Emperor Shenzong of Song (died 1085) 1048– Enrico Berlinguer 1922–1984 Italian politician (born 1922) Ezekiel Kemboi 1982– Kenyan runner Heinrich Bär 1913–1957 German colonel and pilot (born 1913) Herb Gray 1931– Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (died 2014) Jeanne Crain 1925–2003 American actress (born 1925)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1985

Acie Law 1985– American basketball player Alison Pill 1985– Canadian actress Beth Tweddle 1985– English gymnast Brent Burns 1985– Canadian ice hockey player Chad Henne 1985– American football player Cristiano Ronaldo 1985– Portuguese footballer David Hart Smith 1985– Canadian wrestler Deborah Ann Woll 1985– American actress Ibragim Todashev 1985– Russian-American mixed martial artist (died 2013)

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