Updated at November 7, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Darryl Dawkins |
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Birthdate | January 11, 1957 |
Birth Place | Orlando, FL |
Age (in 2024) | 67 Years Old |
Zodiac | Capricorn |
Occupation | Basketball Player |
Darryl Dawkins is best known as Basketball Player who has born on January 11, 1957 in Orlando, FL. Currently, Darryl Dawkins is 67 years, 9 months and 27 days old. Darryl Dawkins will celebrate 68th birthday on Saturday, 11th of January 2025. Below the countdown to Darryl Dawkins upcoming birthday.
Nicknamed Chocolate Thunder, he was known for his backboard-shattering dunks, as one of the NBA's first highlight-reel dunkers; played mostly for the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets in a career that spanned from 1975 to 1989.
After a remarkable career at Maynard Evans High School in Orlando, Florida, he was drafted 5th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1975.
He played professional basketball in Italy and for the Harlem Globetrotters after ending his NBA career in 1989.
He had three children with his second wife Janice Dawkins.
He was teammates with Julius Erving on the 76ers from 1976 to 1982.
Darryl Dawkins is 67 years old today.
Darryl Dawkins was born on January 11, 1957 in Orlando, FL.
Darryl Dawkins zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Darryl Dawkins was best known as Basketball Player.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Darryl Dawkins's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Darryl Dawkins's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1959 | 36 people are killed when Lufthansa Flight 502 crashes on approach to Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport in Brazil. |
1961 | Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic. |
1962 | Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment. |
1962 | An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths. |
1964 | Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts. |
1972 | East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh. |
1973 | Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position. |
1986 | The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened. |
1994 | The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin. |
1995 | 51 people are killed in a plane crash in MarÃa La Baja, Colombia. |
1996 | The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on mission STS-72 to retrieve the Japanese Space Flyer Unit. |
1998 | Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. |
2003 | Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal. |
2013 | One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia. |
2020 | COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei: Municipal health officials in Wuhan announce the first recorded death from COVID-19. |
1988 | The birth of Rodrigo José Pereira, Brazilian footballer |
1989 | The birth of Kane Linnett, Australian rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Ryan Griffin, American football player |
1991 | The birth of Andrea Bertolacci, Italian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Lee Seung-hoon, South Korean rapper and dancer |
1993 | The birth of Michael Keane, English footballer |
1993 | The birth of Will Keane, Irish footballer |
1993 | The birth of Park Junghwan, South Korean Go player |
1995 | The birth of Nick Solak, American baseball player |
1996 | The birth of Leroy Sané, German footballer |
1997 | The birth of Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor |
1998 | The birth of Thomas Mikaele, New Zealand rugby league player |
1999 | The birth of Brandon Wakeham, Australian-Fijian rugby league player |
2000 | The birth of Lee Chae-yeon, South Korean singer-songwriter |
2013 | The death of Aaron Swartz, American programmer and activist (b. 1986) |
2014 | The death of Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (b. 1935) |
2014 | The death of Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1925) |
2015 | The death of Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Chashi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi director and producer (b. 1941) |
2015 | The death of Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1918) |
2016 | The death of Monte Irvin, American baseball player (b. 1919) |
2016 | The death of David Margulies, American actor (b. 1937) |
2017 | The death of Adenan Satem, Malaysian politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia (b. 1944) |
2018 | The death of Edgar Ray Killen, American murderer (b.1925) |
2019 | The death of Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician (b.1929) |
2023 | The death of Carole Cook, American actress and singer (b. 1924) |
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