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Kelly Tripucka

Peter Kelly Tripucka (born February 16, 1959 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey) was a National Basketball Association player for the Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz, and Charlotte Hornets from 1981 to 1991. After being drafted in the first round by the Pistons, Tripucka proved to be a prolific scorer, but a somewhat weak defensive player. In his last years with the expansion Hornets, he was among the team's leading scorers. In 2000, he was named to the National Polish-American Hall of Fame.

External link


- [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TRIPUKE01 Kelly Tripucka's career statistics]

February 16

February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 318 days remaining (319 in leap years).

Events


- 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau was dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols.
- 1279 - Afonso III of Portugal dies. His son Denis succeeds the Portuguese throne.
- 1742 - Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
- 1804 - First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.
- 1838 - Weenen Massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal were killed by Zulus.
- 1852 - Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
- 1857 - The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established. in Washington, DC becoming the first school for the advanced education of the deaf.
- 1862 - American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
- 1866 - Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes the British Secretary of State for War
- 1868 - In New York City the Jolly Corks organization is renamed the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE).
- 1883 - Ladies Home Journal is published for the first time.
- 1899 - President Félix Faure of France dies in office.
- 1918 - Lithuania declares its independence from both Russia and Germany.
- 1923 - Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
- 1934 - Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund
- 1936 - Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain.
- 1937 - Wallace H. Carothers receives a patent for nylon.
- 1940 - Altmark Incident: The German tanker Altmark, with 299 British prisoners, is boarded in neutral Norwegian waters by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack and the prisoners set free, a breach of Norwegian neutrality at the beginning of World War II.
- 1943 - World War II: Russia reconquers Kharkov.
- 1945 - World War II: American forces land on Corregidor island in the Philippines.
- 1945 - American forces recapture the Bataan Peninsula.
- 1959 - Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after President Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
- 1961 - Explorer 9 launched. (See Explorer program)
- 1968 - In Haleyville, Alabama the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
- 1970 - Joe Frazier starts a heavyweight world boxing champion winning streak with the knock out of Jimmy Ellis in five rounds.
- 1972 - NBA basketball player Wilt Chamberlain scores 30,000th point.
- 1978 - The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
- 1983 - The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia claim the lives of 71 people in Australia's worst ever fires.
- 1986 - The Soviet liner Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
- 1987 - The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a Nazi guard dubbed "Ivan the Terrible" in Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.
- 1988 - The Comedy Company debuts on Network 0-10 Ten.
- 1991 - Gulf War: U.S. and U.K. war planes bomb the suburbs of Baghdad, injuring at least 11 civilians and killing three others.
- 1998 - China Airlines Flight 676 crashed into a residential area near by Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, killing 202 people, included all 196 on board and six on the ground.
- 1999 - In Uzbekistan a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov.
- 1999 - Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrested one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan.
- 1999 - In Jasper, Texas, the trial begins of John William King who is accused of dragging African American James Byrd Jr. to death in an apparent hate crime.
- 2005 - The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
- 2005 - The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs, becoming the first major sports league in North America to do so over a labour dispute.

Births


- 1032 - Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067)
- 1222 - Nichiren, Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (d. 1282)
- 1497 - Philipp Melanchthon, German humanist and reformer (d. 1560)
- 1519 - Gaspard de Coligny, French Huguenot leader (d. 1572)
- 1543 - Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)
- 1620 - Friedrich Wilhelm I of Brandenburg (d. 1688)
- 1643 - John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714)
- 1710 - King Louis XV of France (d. 1774)
- 1727 - Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (d. 1817)
- 1761 - Charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804)
- 1804 - Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (d. 1885)
- 1821 - Heinrich Barth, German explorer
- 1822 - Sir Francis Galton, English explorer and biologist (d. 1911)
- 1824 - Peter Kozler, Slovenian cartographer and geographer (d. 1879)
- 1826 - Julia Grant, First Lady of the United States (d. 1902)
- 1826 - Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet (d. 1886)
- 1831 - Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer (d. 1895)
- 1834 - Ernst Haeckel, German zoologist and philosopher (d. 1919)
- 1838 - Henry Adams, American historian and novelist (d. 1918)
- 1866 - Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet (d. 1949)
- 1876 - George Macaulay Trevelyan, English historian (d. 1962)
- 1884 - Robert J. Flaherty, American filmmaker (d. 1951)
- 1886 - Van Wyck Brooks, American historian and critic (d. 1963)
- 1898 - Katharine Cornell, American actress (d. 1974)
- 1901 - Chester Morris, American film actor (d. 1970)
- 1903 - Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist (d. 1978)
- 1904 - George F. Kennan, American political policy-maker (d. 2005)
- 1909 - Hugh Beaumont, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1909 - Jeffrey Lynn, American actor (d. 1995)
- 1915 - Jim O'Hora, American college football coach (d. 2005)
- 1921 - Araucaria, British crossword compiler
- 1921 - Vera-Ellen, American actress (d. 1981)
- 1926 - John Schlesinger, English film director (d. 2003)
- 1927 - June Brown, British actress
- 1927 - Tom Kennedy, American game show host
- 1929 - Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer (d. 1980)
- 1931 - Otis Blackwell, American songwriter and singer (d. 2002)
- 1932 - Harry Goz, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1932 - Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone
- 1935 - Sonny Bono, singer, music producer, television producer, and U.S. Congressman (d. 1998)
- 1936 - Jill Kinmont, American skier
- 1937 - Yuri Manin, Russian mathematician
- 1938 - John Corigliano, American composer
- 1938 - Barry Primus, American actor
- 1941 - Kim Jong-il, North Korean leader
- 1944 - Richard Ford, American novelist
- 1945 - Jeremy Bulloch, English actor
- 1945 - Frank Welker, American voice actor
- 1950 - Peter Hain, British politician
- 1951 - William Katt, American actor
- 1954 - Iain Banks, Scottish author
- 1955 - Margaux Hemingway, American actress and model (d. 1996)
- 1957 - LeVar Burton, American actor
- 1957 - James Ingram, American singer
- 1958 - Ice-T, American singer, songwriter, and actor
- 1958 - Lisa Loring, American actress
- 1959 - John McEnroe, American tennis player
- 1960 - Pete Willis, English guitarist (Def Leppard)
- 1961 - Andy Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran)
- 1963 - Dave Lombardo, Cuban drummer (Slayer)
- 1964 - Bebeto, Brazilian footballer
- 1964 - Christopher Eccleston, English actor
- 1967 - John Valentin, baseball player
- 1970 - DJ Wallis, fitness competitor
- 1972 - Jerome Bettis, American football player
- 1972 - Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters)
- 1973 - Cathy Freeman, Australian athlete
- 1975 - Aikawa Nanase, Japanese musician
- 1976 - Kyo, Japanese singer (Dir en grey)
- 1977 - Ian Clarke, Irish computer programmer
- 1977 - Ahman Green, American football player
- 1979 - Valentino Rossi, Italian race car driver
- 1980 - Ashley Lelie, American football player

Deaths


- 1247 - Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)
- 1279 - King Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1210)
- 1391 - John V Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1332)
- 1531 - Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)
- 1560 - Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat
- 1710 - Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)
- 1721 - James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686)
- 1754 - Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1763)
- 1898 - Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)
- 1899 - Félix Faure, President of France (b. 1841)
- 1907 - Giosue Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
- 1912 - St. Nikolai of Japan, Eastern Orthodox priest (b. 1836)
- 1928 - Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (b. 1856)
- 1932 - Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1841)
- 1967 - Antonio Moreno, Spanish-born actor (b. 1887)
- 1970 - Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1879)
- 1974 - John Garand, Canadian rifle engineer and manufacturer (b. 1888)
- 1975 - Morgan Taylor, American athlete (b. 1903)
- 1977 - Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (b. 1897)
- 1978 - E. Roland Harriman, American financier (b. 1895)
- 1980 - Erich Hückel, German physicist (b. 1895)
- 1989 - Linmarie Harrison, midget of Mechanicville
- 1990 - Keith Haring, American artist (b. 1958)
- 1992 - Angela Carter, English writer (b. 1940)
- 1992 - Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician (b. 1917)
- 1992 - Herman Wold, Swedish statistician (b. 1908)
- 1994 - Andrei Chikatilo, Russian serial killer (b. 1936)
- 1996 - Roger Bowen, American actor (b. 1932)
- 1996 - Edmund G. Brown, Governor of California (b. 1905)
- 1996 - Brownie McGhee, American singer (b. 1915)
- 2000 - Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born engineer and inventor (b. 1911)
- 2001 - Bob Buhl, baseball player (b. 1928)
- 2001 - William Masters, American gynecologist and sexologist (b. 1915)
- 2002 - Walter Winterbottom, England football manager (b. 1913)
- 2004 - Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete (b. 1925)
- 2004 - Doris Troy, American singer (b. 1937)
- 2005 - Nicole DeHuff, American actress (pneumonia) (b. 1974)

Holidays and observances


- Lithuania - Independence Day (1918)
- Kyoto Protocol Day (2005)

External links


- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/16 BBC: On This Day]
- [http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/20050216.html The New York Times: On This Day] ---- February 15 - February 17 - January 16 - March 16 -- listing of all days ko:2월 16일 ms:16 Februari ja:2月16日 simple:February 16 th:16 กุมภาพันธ์

Glen Ridge, New Jersey

Glen Ridge is a borough located in Essex County, New Jersey, USA. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough had a total population of 7,271. Glen Ridge's public school system is one of the top-ranked in the state. Of the many legacies left to the town by its founders, the one that has become its trademark is the gaslight. With only 3,000 gaslights remaining in operation in the entire United States, Glen Ridge has 666 lamps lighting its streets.

Geography

Glen Ridge is located at 40°48'18" North, 74°12'17" West (40.804950, -74.204700). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 3.3 km² (1.3 mi²). 3.3 km² (1.3 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water. It is bounded by Bloomfield, Montclair, Orange and East Orange.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 7,271 people, 2,458 households, and 1,978 families residing in the borough. The population density is 2,193.2/km² (5,695.0/mi²). There are 2,490 housing units at an average density of 751.1/km² (1,950.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough is 89.18% White, 4.98% African American, 0.15% Native American, 3.34% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.99% from other races, and 1.36% from two or more races. 3.45% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,458 households out of which 46.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.9% are married couples living together, 8.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 19.5% are non-families. 16.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.95 and the average family size is 3.33. In the borough the population is spread out with 30.7% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 89.3 males. The median income for a household in the borough is $105,638, and the median income for a family is $120,650. Males have a median income of $91,161 versus $51,444 for females. The per capita income for the borough is $48,456. 3.0% of the population and 1.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 3.3% of those under the age of 18 and 4.1% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

Government

Glen Ridge is governed under the Borough form of government, with a mayor and a six-member Borough Council. The mayor is elected to serve a four-year term of office. members of the Borough Council serve three-year terms, with two seats coming up for election each year. The Mayor of Glen Ridge is Carl Bergmanson. Members of the Borough Council are:
- Councilwoman Elizabeth Brewster - Chair of the Public Safety Committee
- Councilman Raymond Carnevale - Council Co-President and Chair of the Recreation Committee
- Councilman Myles Sachs - Council Co-President and Chair of the Finance & Administration Committee
- Councilman Peter A. Hughes - Chair of the Planning & Development Committee
- Councilman Ravi Mehrotra - Chair of the Community Affairs & Public Relations Committee
- Councilwoman Linda Seyffarth - Chair of the Public Works Committee

Federal, state and county representation

Glen Ridge is in the Eighth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 34th Legislative District.

History

Glen Ridge traces its beginning to 1666 when sixty-four Connecticut families led by Robert Treat bought land from the Lenni Lenape Native Americans and named it New Ark to reflect a covenant to worship freely without persecution. The territory included the future towns of Bloomfield, Montclair, Belleville and Nutley. When Bloomfield seceded in 1812, Glen Ridge was a section "on the hill" composed mostly of farms and woodlands with the exception of a thriving industrial area along the Toney's brook in the Glen. For most of the nineteenth century, three water-powered mills produced lumber, calico, pasteboard boxes and brass fittings. A copper mine and a sandstone quarry were nearby. With the arrival of the Newark and Bloomfield Railroad in 1856 and the New York, Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railroad in 1872, Glen Ridge began its transition to a suburban residential community. Stately homes slowly replaced orchards and wooded fields. Residents "on the hill" became unhappy with their representation on the Bloomfield Council. In spite of repeated requests to Bloomfield officials, roads remained unpaved, water and sewer systems were nonexistent, and schools were miles away. In 1895, the stage was set for seccession by several men on the third floor of Robert Rudd's home on Ridgewood Avenue. They marked out the boundaries of a 1.45 square mile area to secede from the adjoining town. At the February 12, 1895 election, the decision to secede passed by only twenty-three votes. Robert Rudd was elected the first mayor of Glen Ridge.

Education

Glen Ridge's Public School system is highly-ranked in the state of New Jersey and a key attraction to new residents. The system consists of two elementary schools (Linden Avenue School and Forest Avenue School), an upper elementary School (Ridgewood Avenue School), and a high school (Glen Ridge High School). Glen Ridge High School houses students in grades 7-12. Excellence in academic preparation is valued in both the school and community cultures. Standardized test scores far exceed both the state and national averages. More than 98% of the graduates from the Class of 2004, went on to study at some of the country's finest four or two year colleges and universities. The remaining graduates continue their education in trade or technical schools or in our armed services, while others find employment. Recent graduates have attended schools such as University of Pennsylvania, The United States Naval Academy, Tufts University, Georgetown University, Duke University, University of North Carolina, and Rutgers University, as well as other extremely competitive colleges. The Class of 2004 average SAT scores were 583 on the math section and 591 on the verbal section. (Compared to a NJ average of 514 math, 501 verbal and USA average of 518 math, 508 verbal.) Over the past four years the graduation rate has been approximately 99%, while 100% of students pass the New Jersey HSPT and HSPA. The success of the students is due in a large part to rigorous academic programs, a committed professional staff, a serious about learning student body, strong instructional leadership and parental involvement and support. Glen Ridge High School has often been cited as a top school in New Jersey and the country. The High School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and has been cited for our excellent curricular and co-curricular programs. Ridgewood Avenue Upper Elementary School houses students in grades 3-6. In addition to a rigorous academic curriculum in the major disciplines of language arts literacy, mathematics, social studies, and science, students are exposed to art, instrumental and vocal music, physical education, health, library skills and Spanish. Students in grades five and six move through the stations of the Synergistics Lab, solving real world problems through the study of mathematics, science, and technology. Teachers take pride in displaying student work through creatively designed bulletin boards, which not only beautify the school, but also enhance the learning environment. Approximately 288 students attend the Linden Avenue Elementary School. The major goal of the Linden Avenue Elementary School is to provide all students with a love of learning in a stimulating, caring, safe educational setting which will ensure that each child meets his/her fullest potential. Students are taught by a group of caring professionals who teach the whole child. Well versed in the rigorous core curricular offerings, teachers use the Rigby balanced literacy program for reading and language arts and the Everyday Mathematics program created at the University of Chicago. Both programs have been well researched to provide students a sound foundation in both reading and math.he academic program in the primary school is comprehensive and enriched with instruction in developmental reading, mathematics, language arts, social studies, and science being implemented by the self-contained classroom teachers. Forest Avenue School is an early childhood learning community serving the needs of over 250 children in grades pre-kindergarten through second. Our school philosophy embraces each child entering school and recognizes his or her unique needs, abilities, aptitudes and interests. A creative, caring, and competent professional staff encourages every child to learn, grow and flourish within a challenging, yet supportive environment. Children develop positive self-esteem coupled with a love for learning, acquisition of knowledge, and problem-solving skills. We begin this development for our four year-old students who experience an active and exciting inquiry approach to learning in a well-planned, stimulating classroom as part of our half-day pre-kindergarten program. Through many hands-on experiences the children begin on a path of learning through discovery about their environment. They also begin developing an understanding of how numbers and letters help them to communicate. Our full-day kindergarten program highlights emergent literacy and language arts development as well as beginning skills in mathematics, science, and social studies through learning centers and hands-on activities.

Property Taxes

In order to fund its outstanding school system, Glen Ridge residents pay punishingly high property taxes, about $12,432 for the "average" house in 2003. This has led to what one local columnist has dubbed "the Glen Ridge syndrome," whereby young families are enticed to move into town by the high quality of the school system (as realtors will often point out, you can deduct your local property taxes from your federal tax return, but not private school tuition), and then these same families are chased out of town by the tax bills immediately following the graduation of their youngest child from high school. It is not unusual to see two lawn signs in the same yard, one congratulating the child for graduation, and the other announcing that the house is for sale. The arguable result is that the sense of any long-term community is slowly bled from the town, replaced by a sort of short-term cooperative environment for the schooling of children. This, of course, flies in the face of the underlying premise of public education--i.e., that the expense of the education of all chidren is shared by society, which also shares in the benefits of a well educated citizenry.

External links


- [http://www.glenridgenj.org Glen Ridge Borough Website]
- [http://www.glenridge.org Glen Ridge Schools Website]
- [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc04/menu/13-1750.html New Jersey Department of Education 2003-04 School Report Card menu] Category:Essex County, New Jersey Category:Boroughs in New Jersey Category:New Jersey District Factor Group I

Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons are a National Basketball Association team based in the Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area.

Franchise history

Early history

The franchise was founded in 1941 in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Fred Zollner, owner of a General Motors subsidiary that manufactured piston parts. Lead by star forward George Yardley, the Fort Wayne Pistons were a popular franchise and appeared in the NBA Finals in 1954 and 1955, losing both times. In 1957, Zollner moved the team to Detroit, a much larger city that did not have an NBA franchise; the Detroit Gems had folded after one season of existence. The new Detroit Pistons played in Olympia Stadium (home of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings at the time) for their first four seasons, then moved to Cobo Arena. The franchise was a consistent disappointment, struggling on both the court and the box office. In 1974, Zollner sold the team to Bill Davidson, who remains the team's principal owner. Displeased with the team's location in downtown Detroit, Davidson moved it to the suburb of Pontiac in 1978, where it played in the mammoth Silverdome, a structure built for professional football (the Silverdome was the home of the NFL's Detroit Lions at the time). Detroit Lions

1980s

The franchise's fortunes finally began to turn in 1981, when it drafted point guard Isiah Thomas out of Indiana University. In early 1982, they acquired center Bill Laimbeer in a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers and guard Vinnie Johnson from the Seattle SuperSonics. The three, along with later acquisitions Joe Dumars (a 1985 Draft Pick), Rick Mahorn, and Dennis Rodman, formed the core of a team that would rise to the top of the league. With their physical, intense style of play, the Pistons gained the nickname "Bad Boys." Coach Chuck Daly took the team to the NBA Finals three consecutive years (1988-90) and won NBA championships in 1989 and 1990 (and it is wildly debated in Detroit that the Pistons should have won in 1988). The team moved into the lavish Palace of Auburn Hills in 1988 and remains there today. Palace of Auburn Hills

1990s

The franchise went through a lengthy transitional period during the 1990s as key players either retired (Thomas and Laimbeer in 1994) or left (Johnson, Salley, and Rodman among others). The time period saw the team make questionable personnel decisions such as the 1994 trade of Dennis Rodman to the San Antonio Spurs for Sean Elliott, the loss of free agent Allan Houston to the New York Knicks after the 1996 season, signing free agent wash-outs Christian Laettner, Loy Vaught, Cedric Ceballos, and the late Bison Dele, and the numerous head coaching changes from Ron Rothstein, to Don Chaney, to Doug Collins, to Alvin Gentry, to George Irvine in an eight-year span. There was even a change in team colors from Red, White, and Blue to Teal, Orange, and White in 1996 that proved to be highly unpopular (this is known as the "teal era" by fans). Grant Hill, who was drafted by the team in 1993, emerged as a gifted player, however was unable to win a playoff series, losing to the Orlando Magic in 1996, the Atlanta Hawks in 1997 and 1999, and the Miami Heat in 2000. In the summer of 2000, Hill indicated his intentions to leave for Orlando, and Dumars (who was appointed the franchise's president of basketball operations that year) dealt Hill to the Magic in return for a pair of largely unheralded players, Ben Wallace and Chucky Atkins. Wallace would prove to be a cornerstone for the franchise's revamped roster. Under Dumars' leadership, the Pistons have since surrounded Wallace with rising stars Chauncey Billups, Richard "Rip" Hamilton, and Tayshaun Prince. Tayshaun Prince

2000s

After two successful seasons (2001-2003) under head coach Rick Carlisle, which saw the Pistons win 100 games and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1991, Carlisle was fired and replaced by Hall of Famer Larry Brown. Brown and the Pistons were a good team that eventually turned into a champion with the February 2004 acquisition of Rasheed Wallace from the Atlanta Hawks. The Pistons eventually won 54 games, their most since 1996. In the playoffs, after defeating the Milwaukee Bucks in five games, they defeated the then-defending Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Nets in the Eastern Conference Semifinals in 7 games (coming back from a 3-2 deficit in the process). Detroit then defeated the Indiana Pacers (coincidentally coached by Rick Carlisle) in the Eastern Conference Finals in six tough games to advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1990. The Pistons won the 2004 NBA championship in dominating fashion over the heavily-favored Los Angeles Lakers in five games. As the franchise returned to the league's elite level, the local support of the Pistons correspondingly increased. From the mid-1990s until 2001, Pistons games were rarely sold out, even during playoff games. Now, despite playing in the league's largest arena, the Pistons have sold out 91 consecutive home games as of December 2, 2005, thus regularly making the Pistons the league leaders in fan attendance, and the raucous Palace crowd one of the most formidable for opposing teams to play before in the NBA. On November 19, 2004, the Pistons were involved in a massive brawl at the Palace of Auburn Hills during a losing home game against the Indiana Pacers. After fouling Pistons' Ben Wallace, Pacer Ron Artest was hit by a cup while lying down on the scorer's table. This caused Artest to rush into the stands and attack some fans. Other Pacers such as Jermaine O'Neal fought with fans who had walked onto the court. A month later, five Pacers and seven fans were charged after being involved in the "basketbrawl." See also: The Malice at The Palace. The Pistons were considered a strong contender to win a second consecutive title in 2005. Seeded second in the Eastern Conference in the playoffs, they defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 4-1 and then rallied from a 2-1 deficit to finish off the Indiana Pacers 4-2. In the conference finals, the Pistons again fell behind, three games to two, but then won the final two games to defeat the Miami Heat and become Eastern Conference Champions. In the process, the Pistons became the first team to win a game 7 on the road since the Los Angeles Lakers did so against the Sacramento Kings in 2002. The Pistons played in the 2005 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs. After splitting the first six games, the first NBA Finals Game 7 since 1994 was played. There, however, the Pistons lost a hard-fought game to the Spurs, who clinched their third championship. The Pistons franchise headed into the offseason with all five starters plus key reserve Antonio McDyess under contract for 2005-06. On July 18, the Pistons decided to buy out the remaining 3 years left on Larry Brown's contract, officially ending his coaching days in Detroit. He was replaced by Flip Saunders who previously coached the Minnesota Timberwolves. Brown subsequently signed a deal to coach the New York Knicks. The Pistons started the 2005-2006 season currently as the best team in the NBA as well as a franchise best start with a 15-3 record as of December 13. Also on November 30, The Pistons unveiled their new alternate jerseys, which are red with the blue lettering emblazed on the chest.

Players of note

Basketball Hall of Fame Members:


- Walt Bellamy
- Dave Bing
- Larry Brown (coached Detroit)
- Chuck Daly (coached Detroit)
- Dave DeBusschere
- Bailey Howell
- Bob Lanier
- Earl Lloyd (inducted as a contributor, not as a player or coach)
- Bob McAdoo
- Isiah Thomas
- George Yardley

Not to be forgotten:


- Mark Aguirre
- Adrian Dantley
- Bison Dele
- Terry Dischinger
- Happy Hairston
- Grant Hill
- Allan Houston
- Rick Mahorn
- Clifford Robinson
- Dennis Rodman
- John Salley
- Gene Shue
- Jerry Stackhouse
- Kelly Tripucka
- Corliss Williamson

Retired numbers:


- 2 Chuck Daly, Head Coach, 1983-92 (never played in the NBA; represents the two NBA championship teams he coached)
- 4 Joe Dumars, G, 1985-99; Team President, since 2000
- 11 Isiah Thomas, G, 1981-94
- 15 Vinnie Johnson, G, 1981-91
- 16 Bob Lanier, C, 1970-81
- 21 Dave Bing, G, 1966-75
- 40 Bill Laimbeer, C, 1982-94

Current Roster

Franchise Leaders


- Career Leaders
  - Points: 18,822 Isiah Thomas
  - Games: 1018 Joe Dumars
  - Rebounds: 9430 Bill Laimbeer
  - Assists: 9061 Isiah Thomas
  - Blocks: 1116 Ben Wallace
  - Steals: 1861 Isiah Thomas
  - Field Goals: 7194 Isiah Thomas
  - 3 Point FG: 990 Joe Dumars

External links


- [http://www.nba.com/pistons/ Detroit Pistons official web site] Category:Basketball teams Category:Detroit sports Category:NBA teams ja:デトロイト・ピストンズ

Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz is a National Basketball Association team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were originally the New Orleans Jazz, but were financially unsuccessful and moved to Utah. They were one of the most successful teams in the late 1980s and 1990s, making it to two NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 under coach Jerry Sloan and anchored by John Stockton and Karl Malone, a point guard/power forward combination noted for their remarkable on-court rapport and some of the best in their game at their respective positions. The Jazz are the only major professional sports league franchise to be based in a state with a population of less than three million.

Franchise history

major professional sports league

Early years

In 1974 the Jazz franchise began in New Orleans. The franchise proved unsuccessful, both on the court and financially, even though they had "Pistol" Pete Maravich as the star player. Though Maravich was viewed as one of the NBA's most entertaining and talented players, the Jazz were continually a losing team. After five losing seasons in New Orleans, they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1979. Although the team nickname was not fitting for Salt Lake City, with Utah having a nearly non-existant Jazz culture, the franchise decided to keep it. Before the 1979-1980 season, Utah obtained high scoring guard/forward Adrian Dantley from the Los Angeles Lakers. Maravich was waived during the season. With the #2 pick draft pick in 1980, they obtained Darrell Griffith from the University of Louisville. During the 1980-1981 season, Frank Layden became the head coach, and in 1982, the Jazz selected big man Mark Eaton in the fourth round of the draft. These four additions to the team would serve to set the seeds for the future success for the team. Depite these additions, however, the team continued to languish toward the bottom of the standings. During the 1983 NBA Draft, the Jazz selected Thurl Bailey out of North Carolina State University in the first round. He would eventually become a key contributor to the team. During the 1983-1984 season, they Jazz finally clicked, going 45-37 in their first winning season ever, winning the Midwest Division and advancing to the playoffs, beginning their streak of 20 consecutive appearances. In the playoffs they advanced to the second round, where they lost to the Phoenix Suns. Phoenix Suns

Jazz success

In 1984, the Jazz drafted point guard John Stockton from Gonzaga University and the next year added the second half of one of the NBA's greatest pairings in power forward Karl Malone from Louisiana Tech. In both the 1984-1985 and 1985-1986 seasons, the Jazz barely scraped into the playoffs. In 1986, the Jazz traded Adrian Dantley. During the next few season, the Jazz began to establish themselves as a respectable team in their own. Mark Eaton was perhaps the best defensive player of the era while Stockton and Malone soon became superstars. Stockton and Malone developed a remarkable rapport with each other, running pick-and-roll plays with great success. "Stockton to Malone" became a common phrase, as Stockton regularly found ways to pass the ball to Malone in good scoring position. Despite the regular season successes, however, the Jazz were never able to advance past the second round of the NBA playoffs during the 1980s. During the 1988-1989 season, Frank Layden stepped down as head coach to become president of the Utah Jazz. Assistant coach Jerry Sloan took over head coaching duties. Sloan guided the Jazz to their first 50-win season ever with a 51-31 record, also winning the Midwest Division. Once again, however, the Jazz flopped in the postseason, losing to the Golden State Warriors in the first round.

1990s

Throughout the early 1990s, the Jazz's playoff woes continued, with the Jazz losing in the first round in 1990 to the Phoenix Suns and in the second round in 1991 to the Portland Trail Blazers. In 1990-1991, the Jazz acquired Jeff Malone, and after the 1991-1992 season they waived veteran Darrell Griffith. In 1991 the Jazz also moved out of the old Salt Palace and into the new Delta Center. In 1992, the Jazz finally made it to the conference finals, losing to the Portland Trail Blazers. In 1993, the Jazz had a dissapointing run in the playoffs again, losing to the Seattle SuperSonics in the first round. During the 1993-1994 season, the Jazz traded Jeff Malone to the Philadelphia 76ers for shooting guard Jeff Hornacek, who provided outstanding three-point and free throw shot percentage. The Jazz again advanced to the conference finals, where they lost to the eventual champion Houston Rockets 4-1. In the 1994-1995 season, the Jazz had amazing depth and talent at their disposal and were expected to make a serious run for the championship. Despite this, however, the Jazz lost to the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs. Big man Greg Ostertag and long-range shooter Bryon Russell were added to the team for the 1995-1996 season, and the Jazz reached the conference finals for the third time in history, almost overcoming a 3-1 defecit and narrowly losing to the Seattle SuperSonics 4-3. In the next two seasons, the Jazz were finally able to capitalize on their regular season success. In 1996-1997, the Jazz had a legendary team, with such players as Stockton, Malone, Hornacek, Russell, Ostertag, Antione Carr, Howard Eisley, and Shandon Anderson. The Jazz had their best record in franchise history at 64-18. They finally reached the NBA Finals for the first time ever after sweeping the Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers 4-1, and Houston Rockets 4-2 to meet Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls 69-13 in the NBA Finals. A three-pointer at tbe buzzer by John Stockton in Game 6 of the 1997 Western Conference Championship sent the Jazz to the finals. This shot remains one of the highlight shots of the Jazz franchise. In the 1997 NBA Finals, the Jazz lost to the Chicago Bulls 4-2 after fighting the first four games to a 2-2 tie and losing the last two in the last seconds of the game 90-88 and 90-86. Karl Malone won the MVP for the regular season for the first time ever. During the offseason, the Jazz, happy with their success, made no significant changes to their roster. During the 1997-1998 season, expectations were high for another championship run. However, John Stockton suffered a serious knee injury before the season began and missed the first 18 games. Despite the setback, the Jazz were still able to finish at 62-20. In the playoffs they beat the Houston Rockets 3-2, the San Antonio Spurs 4-1, and the Los Angeles Lakers 4-0 to advance to their second NBA Finals appearance in a row. In the 1998 NBA Championship, the Jazz took Game 1 at home 88-85 but the Bulls overcame a slow start to win Game 2 93-88, easilyt took Game 3 96-54 and won a closer Game 4 86-82 to lead 3-1 in the series but the Jazz won Game 5 83-81 at the United Center and the series swung back to Salt Lake City, where the Jazz had always been dominant. The Jazz held a lead in most of Game 6, but the Bulls rallied, and in the last seconds of the game, Michael Jordan faked Bryon Russell and swished a jump shot with 5.2 seconds left to win their sixth NBA Championship 87-86 in eight years 4-2. This shot is one of the most famous shots in history and highlights the Jazz's struggles in the postseason, despite their overall, consistent success. In the 1999 season, shortened to 50 games due to a lockout, the Jazz finished the season 37-13, tied with the San Antonio Spurs for the best record in the league. However, they again lost in the second round of the playoffs to the Portland Trail Blazers. Despite yet another dissapointment, Karl Malone was awarded his second MVP.

2000s

Karl Malone During the 1999-2000 season, the Jazz won the Midwest Division but once again struggled in the postseason, losing to the Portland Trail Blazers, again during the second round. During the offseason, Jeff Hornacek retired and Howard Eisley was traded in a four-team deal that brought in Donyell Marshall. They selected promising high school basketball star DeShawn Stevenson in the first round of the NBA Draft. In the 2000-2001 season, they went 53-29, but their playoff woes once again struck when they lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Dallas Mavericks. In the 2001-2002 season, Andrei Kirilenko made his rookie debut, but overall the Jazz began to show their age and dwindling talent. The Jazz finished just 44-38 and lost to the Sacramento Kings 3-1 in the first round of the playoffs. In 2002-2003, Donyell Marshall and Bryon Russell moved on to other teams. Matt Harpring, however, was brought over from the Philadelphia 76ers, contributing to the offense and experiencing his best season. The Jazz barely scraped through into the playoffs, going 47-35 and again losing to the Sacramento Kings 4-1. After the season, the end of an era came when John Stockton retired and Karl Malone moved to the Los Angeles Lakers in the hunt for a championship ring with three other future Hall-of-Famers. The Lakers were beaten in the Finals. In the 2003–2004 season, the Jazz were expected to be one of the weakest teams in the NBA, but instead they greatly exceeded most analysts' expectations. The team featured several unheralded players who emerged into key contributors, including Andrei Kirilenko, Raja Bell, Matt Harpring, and Carlos Arroyo. In particular, Andrei Kirilenko demonstrated tremendous versatility on both offense and defense and earned a spot in the All-Star Game. Kirilenko helped the team late into the season's playoff hunt, in which the Jazz missed out by just one game to the Denver Nuggets, ending their streak of 20 consecutive seasons in the playoffs. Jerry Sloan finished second in the voting for the NBA Coach of the Year Award, losing to Hubie Brown of the Memphis Grizzlies. In the 2004 offseason, the Jazz obtained free agents Carlos Boozer (from the Cleveland Cavaliers) and Mehmet Okur (from the Detroit Pistons) and traded Ostertag to the Sacramento Kings. The franchise was again expected to contend in the West. The season began well for the Jazz, but a series of injuries, first to Arroyo and Raul Lopez, and later to Boozer and Kirilenko, caused the team to fall to the bottom of the division. There were rumors of internal discontent between the younger players and Sloan, leading to the trading away of Arroyo mid-season to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Elden Campbell (who was immediately waived). They ended the 2004-2005 season with a record of 26-56, their worst since the 1981–1982 season. In the summer of 2005, the Jazz continued to shape their roster by dispatching some of their underperforming young players and trading three draft picks in order to acquire the #3 pick overall, point guard phenom Deron Williams of the University of Illinois. Raja Bell left the team for the Phoenix Suns and the Jazz re-obtained Greg Ostertag from the Kings and dealt promising point guard Raul Lopez to the Memphis Grizzlies and shooting guard Kirk Snyder to the New Orleans Hornets in part of the biggest trade in NBA history.

Players of note

Basketball Hall of Famers


- Pete Maravich
- Walt Bellamy - only played one game with the Jazz

Not To Be Forgotten


- Thurl Bailey
- Adrian Dantley
- Mark Eaton
- Darrell Griffith
- Jeff Hornacek
- Jeff Malone
- Karl Malone
- John Stockton

Retired numbers


- 1 Frank Layden, Head Coach, 1981-88
- 7 Pete Maravich, G, 1974-79 (traded in team's first season in Utah)
- 12 John Stockton, G, 1984-2003
- 14 Jeff Hornacek, G, 1994-2000
- 35 Darrell Griffith, G, 1980-91
- 53 Mark Eaton, C, 1982-93

Current roster

Coaches

Years Coach Record 1974-75 Scotty Robertson 1 - 14 1974-75 Elgin Baylor 0 - 1 1974-77 Bill Van Breda Koff 74 - 100 1977-79 Elgin Baylor 86 - 134 1979-81 Tom Nissalke 60 - 124 1981-88 Frank Layden 277 - 294 1988- Jerry Sloan 823 - 440 1974-03 1321 -1107

External links


- [http://www.utahjazzhistory.com/ UtahJazzhistory.com]
- [http://www.nba.com/jazz/ Utah Jazz official web site]
- [http://www.summerproleague.com/ Utah Jazz Official Summer Pro League web site]
- [http://nbahoopsonline.com/teams/UtahJazz/jazz.html Utah Jazz Historical Archives] Category:Basketball teams Category:Utah Jazz Category:NBA teams Category:Salt Lake City sports ja:ユタ・ジャズ

1981

1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar.

Events

January-February


- January - Sarawak chamber found
- January 1 - Greece enters the EEC
- January 1 - Palau becomes self-governing
- January 4 - Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper
- January 13 - Donna Griffiths, a schoolgirl in Pershore, Worcestershire, UK, begins a uncontrollable series of sneezes that end September 16 1983 - after 978 days
- January 16 - Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and her husband
- January 19 - United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity
- January 20 - Ronald Reagan succeeds Jimmy Carter as President of the United States of America. Minutes after Reagan becomes president, Iran releases 52 American hostages that had been held captive for 444 days - Iran hostage crisis ends.
- February 4 - Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes the Prime Minister of Norway
- February 9 - Polish Prime Minister Józef Pinkowski resigns and is replaced by General Wojciech Jaruzelski
- February 10 - A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino kills eight and injures 198
- February 14 - Australia withdraws recognition of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia
- February 23 - Antonio Tejero, with members of the Guardia Civil enters the Spanish Congress of Deputies, and stops the session, where Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo was going to be named president of the government. The coup d'état would fail thanks to King Juan Carlos.

March-April

Juan Carlos.]]
- March 1 - Bobby Sands, an IRA member, begins hunger strike for political status in Long Kesh prison - he dies May 5, the first of ten men.
- March 6 - After 19 years hosting the CBS Evening News Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
- March 7 - Colombian guerillas execute US bible translator Chester Allen Bitterman for being a CIA agent
- March 11 - Chilean president Augusto Pinochet sworn in for an eight-year term as president.
- March 19 - Three workers are killed and five injured during a test of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
- March 30 - President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr., whose family had connections with the vice president. Two police officers and James Brady are also wounded.
- April 11 - Riot in Brixton, South London - rioters throw petrol bombs, attack police and loot shops.
- April 12 - The first launch of a Space Shuttle: Columbia launches on the STS-1 mission.
- April 15 - The Australian Foreign Minister Andrew Peacock resigns from cabinet accusing the Australian Prime Minister Fraser of gross disloyalty.
- April 18 - A Minor League baseball game between the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island becomes the longest professional baseball game in history: 8 hours and 25 minutes/33 innings (the 33rd inning was not played until June 23rd).

May


- May - Daniel K. Ludwig abandons the Jari project in the Amazon Basin
- May 6 - A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Ying Lin's design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.
- May 10 - In the second round of the presidential elections in France (French presidential election, 1981), François Mitterrand beats Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.
- May 13 - Pope John Paul II is shot at and nearly killed by Mehmet Ali Ağca, a Turkish gunman, as he entered St. Peter's Square in Rome to address a general audience. (Two days after Christmas in 1983, Pope John Paul went to the prison to meet and forgive his would-be assassin)
- May 21 - In France, socialist François Mitterrand becomes president of the Republic.
- May 22 - Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, imprisoned for life for 13 counts of murder
- May 25 - In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
- May 26 - The Italian government resigns over its links to the fascist Masonic cell P-2
- May 30 - Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman assassinated in Chittagong.

June-July

Chittagong return to Buckingham Palace following their wedding watched by over 1 billion people worldwide.]]
- June 5 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that five homosexual men in Los Angeles, California have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems (these were the first recognized cases of AIDS).
- June 6 - Seven coaches of an overcrowded passenger train fall off the tracks into the River Kosi, in Bihar, India - about 800 dead
- June 7 - Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor
- June 13 - At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager Marcus Sargeant fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
- June 22 - Hamas attacks a travel agency in Greece - two dead
- June 22 - Iranian president Abolhassan Banisadr deposed
- June 29 - Morris Edwin Robert armed with a machine gun holds hostages in the FBI section in Atlanta Federal Building. After three hours the hostages are rescued - Robert is shot
- July 17 - Hyatt Regency walkway collapse: Two skywalks filled with people at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri collapse into a crowded atrium lobby killing 114
- July 17 - Israeli bombers destroy the PLO HQ in Beirut
- July 27 - Wheel of Fortune premiers in Australia on the Seven Network.
- July 29 - Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles, Prince of Wales.

August-October


- August 1 - MTV (Music Television) is launched.
- August 5 - Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
- August 7 - The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
- August 12 - The original IBM PC released in the United States.
- August 19 - Gulf of Sidra incident (1981). Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi sends two Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets to intercept two US fighters over the Gulf of Sidra. The American jets destroyed the Libyan fighters.
- August 19 - US President Ronald Reagan appoints the first female US Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor.
- August 28 - South African troops invade Angola.
- August 31 - A bomb explodes at the US Army base in Ramstein, West Germany injuring 20 people.
- September 4 - An explosion at a mine in Zalizin, Czechoslovakia - 65 dead.
- September 10 - Picasso's painting "Guernica" is moved from New York to Madrid.
- September 15 - The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world, at 150 years old, when it operates under its own power outside Washington, DC.
- September 18 - France abolishes capital punishment.
- October 6 - Egyptian president Anwar Sadat is assassinated during a parade by army members who were part of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad organization, who opposed his negotiations with Israel.
- October 10 - The Ministry for Education of Japan issues the jōyō kanji.
- October 14 - Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected President of Egypt one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated.
- October 21 - Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece.

November-December

Prime Minister of Greece
- November 1 - Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom
- November 13 - The first Friday the 13th event held by motorcyclists in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada
- November 23 - Iran-Contra scandal: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua
- November 25-November 26 - Group of mercenaries lead by Mike Hoare take over Mahe airport in the Seychelles in a coup attempt. Most of the mercenaries escape by a commandeered Air India passenger jet, six are later arrested
- November 30 - Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe (the meetings ended inconclusively on Thursday, December 17)
- December 1 - A Yugoslavian DC-9 crashes into a mountain while approaching Ajaccio Airport in Corsica killing 178
- December 4 - South Africa grants "homeland" Ciskei independence (not recognized outside South Africa)
- December 11 - El Mozote massacre - in El Salvador, army units kill 900 civilians
- December 13 - Wojciech Jaruzelski declares the state of martial law in Poland to prevent dismantling of the communist system by Solidarity
- December 15 - A car bomb destroys the Iraqi Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 61 people. This is the first modern suicide bombing. Syrian intelligence is blamed.
- December 20 - The Penlee lifeboat disaster off the coast of South-West Cornwall
- December 28 - The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born (Norfolk, Virginia)

unknown dates


- Millennium Renactment of the translation of Saint Edward the Martyr's relics from Wareham to Shaftesbury
- Mauritania abolishes the institution of slavery.
- James Tobin wins the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
- Mike Cooley, Bill Mollison and Patrick van Rensburg / Education with Production win the Right Livelihood Award
- The counter-culture wire service LNS ceases operations.
- Public funding of election Campaigns introduced in New South Wales, Australia
- The State Council of the People's Republic of China listed the four cities (Beijing, Hangzhou, Suzhou and Guilin) as where the protection of historical and cultural heritage as well as natural scenery should be treated as a prior project.
- Cuba suffers a major outbreak of Dengue hemorrhagic fever, with 344 203 cases. [http://w3.whosea.org/en/Section10/Section332/Section521_2454.htm]
- Computer and Video Games (magazine) begins publication.

Births

January-March


- January 1 - Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian race car driver
- January 3 - Eli Manning, American football player
- January 6 - Mike Jones, American rapper
- January 12 - Quentin Griffin, American football player
- January 15 - El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer
- January 15 - Howie Day, American singer and songwriter
- January 17 - Scott Mechlowicz, American actor
- January 20 - Jason Richardson, American basketball player
- January 20 - Owen Hargreaves, Canadian-born footballer
- January 21 - Dany Heatley, German-born hockey player
- January 22 - Chantelle Anderson, American basketball player
- January 22 - Willa Ford, American singer, television hostess, and actress
- January 22 - Beverley Mitchell, American actress
- January 25 - Alicia Keys, American musician
- January 28 - Elijah Wood, American actor
- January 31 - Justin Timberlake, American musician
- February 3 - Alisa Reyes, American actress
- February 10 - Natasha St-Pier, Canadian singer
- February 11 - Kelly Rowland, American singer (Destiny's Child)
- February 14 - Erin Torpey, American actress
- February 15 - Jenna Morasca, American television personality
- February 17 - Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress
- February 18 - Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player
- February 22 - Jeanette Biedermann, German singer and actress
- February 24 - Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
- February 27 - Josh Groban, American singer
- March 1 -Ana Hickmann, Brazilian model
- March 2 - Bryce Howard, American actress
- March 3 - Lil' Flip, American rapper
- March 9 - Antonio Bryant, American football player
- March 11 - David Anders, American actor
- March 11 - Lee Evans, American football player
- March 11 - LeToya Luckett, American musician (Destiny's Child)
- March 16 - Andrew Bree, Irish swimmer
- March 28 - Julia Stiles, American actress

April-June


- April 1 - Hannah Spearritt, British singer (S Club 7)
- April 2 - Bethany Joy Lenz, American actress and singer
- April 10 - Michael Pitt, American actor
- April 14 - Mary Castro, American model and actress
- April 17 - Hanna Pakarinen, Finnish singer
- April 19 - Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor
- April 19 - Catalina Sandino Moreno, Colombian actress
- April 19 - Troy Polamalu, American football player
- April 22 - Ken Dorsey, American football player
- April 28 - Jessica Alba, American actress
- May 5 - Craig David, British singer
- May 5 - Danielle Fishel, American actress
- May 11 - Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
- May 13 - Sunny Leone, Canadian entertainer
- May 15 - Jamie-Lynn DiScala, American actress
- May 19 - Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
- May 20 - Sean Conlon, English musician (5ive)
- May 20 - Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player
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