American basketball player

Shawn Marion

Shawn Dwayne Marion is an American former professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He finished his career as a four-time NBA All-Star, a two-time member of the All-NBA Team and a one-time NBA champion, helping the Dallas Mavericks win their maiden title in 2011. Nicknamed "The Matrix" by former NBA player Kenny Smith during the preseason of his rookie year, Marion was widely regarded as one of the most versatile players in the league because of his athleticism and ability to play and defend many positions. He was also known for his unorthodox shooting form.

Born

1978

May 7

Died

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1970s

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1978 Born

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351 The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch.
558 In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.
1104 The Seljuk emirs of Mosul and Mardin defeat the Crusader States of Antioch and Edessa.
1190 The Crusader army of emperor Frederick Barbarossa defeats an army of the Rum Seljuks in the battle of Philomelion.

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The world in 1978

When Shawn arrived

april 14 Tbilisi demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
april 17 Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan.
april 27 John Ehrlichman, a former aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon, is released from the Federal Correctional Institution, Safford, Arizona, after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
april 27 The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

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David Hume 1711–1776 Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (born 1711) David Tomlinson 1917–2000 English actor and comedian (born 1917) Derek Taylor 1932–1997 English journalist and author (died 1997) Dick Williams 1929–2011 American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1929) Domenico Bartolucci 1917–2013 Italian cardinal and composer (died 2013) Earl Thomas 1989– American football player Eva Perón 1919–1952 Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (born 1919) Johannes Brahms 1833–1897 German pianist and composer (born 1833) Lisa Raitt 1968– Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Transport

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Anamaria Marinca 1978– Romanian-English actress Andrew Rannells 1978– American actor and singer Ariel Pink 1978– American singer-songwriter Chad Johnson 1978– American football player Eiður Guðjohnsen 1978– Icelandic footballer Faye White 1978– English footballer Frederic Leclercq 1978– French heavy metal musician Gwendoline Christie 1978– English actress Hayley Wickenheiser 1978– Canadian ice hockey player

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