American basketball player and coach

Willie Green

William Julius Green is an American professional basketball coach and former player who was most recently the head coach for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played professionally in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers, New Orleans Hornets, Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers and Orlando Magic. He was selected in the second round of the 2003 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics and later acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers from Seattle in a draft-night trade for the draft rights to Paccelis Morlende and cash considerations.

Born

1981

July 28

Died

Living

Era

1980s

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Willie, in brief

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Key dates

1981 Born

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1364 Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.
1402 Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara: Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I.
1540 Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
1571 La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province in the Philippines, is founded by the Spaniards as one of the oldest encomiendas (provinces) in the country.

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The world in 1981

When Willie 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 July 28

Alberto Fujimori 1938–2024 Peruvian engineer, academic, and politician, President of Peru (died 2024) Charles Dillon Perrine 1867–1951 American-Argentinian astronomer (died 1951) Francis Veber 1937– French director and screenwriter Harry Kane 1993– English footballer Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 1929–1994 American journalist and socialite, 37th First Lady of the United States (died 1994) Lori Loughlin 1964– American actress Mike Bloomfield 1943–1981 American guitarist and songwriter (born 1943) Russ Jackson 1936– Canadian football player and coach Santiago Calatrava 1951– Spanish architect and engineer, designed the Athens Olympic Sports Complex

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1981

Beyoncé 1981– American singer-songwriter Amanda Beard 1981– American swimmer Amy Lee 1981– American singer, songwriter and pianist André Lotterer 1981– German race car driver Anthony Ervin 1981– American swimmer Audrey Tang 1981– Taiwanese Minister of Digital Affairs and programmer Cameron Winklevoss 1981– American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU Chin-hui Tsao 1981– Taiwanese baseball player Daisuke Sekimoto 1981– Japanese wrestler

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