Cory Joseph

BirthAugust 201991

Cory Joseph

Cory Joseph, Canadian basketball player

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When
Tuesday, August 20 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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Person
Cory Joseph

At a glance

Born 1991-08-20.

Known as: basketball player. Citizenship: Canada.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Cory Ephram Joseph is a Canadian professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He plays the point guard position and was previously the captain of the Canadian national team.

Early life

Educated at: Pickering High School, Ajax and University of Texas at Austin.

Early life and family Joseph was born in Toronto , Ontario , [ 1 ] the youngest of four children of Connie and David Joseph , who was born in Trinidad and Tobago . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He grew up in nearby Pickering in a basketball family; his parents met as student athletes at Mount Royal College while playing for their respective men's and women's basketball teams. [ 2 ] His father won a CCAA national championship, playing for the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology ,

Path and career

Professional career San Antonio Spurs (2011–2015) On June 23, 2011, Joseph was drafted 29th overall in the 2011 NBA draft by the San Antonio Spurs . [ 1 ] Fellow Canadian and Longhorn, Thompson, was drafted fourth overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers , becoming the highest Canadian born draftee in NBA history at that point. [ 2 ]

Why this date

Cory Joseph appears on our August 20 calendar for 1991 as a birth entry.

August 20 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1991Cory Joseph
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  5. 2008Spanair Flight 5022
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  7. 20122012 Yare prison riot
  8. 2014Hiroshima Prefecture
  9. 2016August 2016 Gaziantep bombing
  10. 2018Silent Sam
  11. 2020Joe Biden

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  • September 17LinuxThe first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
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August 20 1991 — 35 years ago, on a Tuesday.

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