BirthOctober 151991

Brock Nelson

Brock Nelson, American ice hockey player

In context

When
Tuesday, October 15 199135 years ago
Category
BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Era
20th century · 1990s
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Who they were

Brock Christian Nelson is an American professional ice hockey player who is a center for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nelson was drafted 30th overall in the first round of the 2010 NHL entry draft by the New York Islanders. Prior to playing at professional level, Nelson played for the University of North Dakota. His first experience in professional level was in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Islanders' affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.

Why this date

Brock Nelson appears on our October 15 calendar for 1991 as a birth entry.

October 15 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1991Brock Nelson
  2. 20062006 Kiholo Bay earthquake
  3. 2006Seismic magnitude scales
  4. 20072007 New Zealand police raids
  5. 2007New Zealand Police
  6. 2008Dow Jones Industrial Average
  7. 201115 October 2011 global protests
  8. 2013Seismic magnitude scales
  9. 20132013 Bohol earthquake
  10. 2016Montreal Protocol
  11. 2018Kidnapping of Jayme Closs

Also in 1991

  • September 9TajikistanTajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
  • September 11Continental Express Flight 2574Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.
  • March 14EscondidaEscondida, one of the most productive copper mines in the world, was officially inaugurated.
  • September 12Space Shuttle DiscoveryNASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48 to deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
  • September 17EstoniaEstonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
  • September 17LinuxThe first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
  • September 5Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
  • October 201991 Uttarkashi earthquakeAn earthquake struck the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes.

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When did Brock Nelson happen?

October 15 1991 — 35 years ago, on a Tuesday.

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