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Cheryl Miller at USC

Featured Biography Cheryl Miller

Cheryl Miller, born this day in 1964, is one of the greatest basketball players of all time. She won two NCAA championships as well as an Olympic gold medal while at the University of Southern California in the 1980s. She later pursued a career as a coach and a commentator, analyst, and reporter covering the NBA.

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Bobby Hull

January 3, 1939 — January 30, 2023

Bobby Hull was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, notably...

Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo

— January 3, 1543?

Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo

Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was a soldier and explorer in the service...

Sakamoto Ryōma.

January 3, 1836 — December 10, 1867

Sakamoto Ryōma

Sakamoto Ryōma was a noted imperial loyalist whose effort to forge...

Anderson, Dame Judith

February 10, 1898 — January 3, 1992

Dame Judith Anderson

Dame Judith Anderson was an Australian-born stage and motion-picture...

Joy Adamson

January 20, 1910 — January 3, 1980

Joy Adamson was an Austrian-born conservationist who pioneered the...

Philip V

c.1293 — January 3, 1322

Philip V was the king of France (from 1316) and king of Navarre (as...

Coolidge, Grace

January 3, 1879 — July 8, 1957

Grace Coolidge was the American first lady (1923–29), the wife of...

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January 3, 1887 — September 26, 1914

August Macke was a German painter who was a leader of Der Blaue Reiter...