In context
- When
- Wednesday, December 4 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
- Recorded from
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- Person
- Duje Dukan
At a glance
Born 1991-12-04.
Who they were
Duje Dukan is a Croatian professional basketball player who last played for the Klosterneuburg Dukes in the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball for the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Early life
Early life Dukan was born in Split, Croatia , but moved to the United States when he was 10 months old. He grew up in Deerfield, Illinois and attended Deerfield High School . [ 1 ] During the 1990s, Dukan was a ball boy for the Chicago Bulls at the United Center . [ 2 ] He later played college basketball for the University of Wisconsin . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] ^ Rob Schultz (23 February 2010). "Arrives late, but worth wait" . Wisconsin State Journal . p. B1 .
Path and career
Professional career Sacramento Kings (2015–2016) After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft , Dukan joined the Sacramento Kings for the 2015 NBA Summer League . [ 1 ] On 22 July 2015, he signed with the Kings. [ 2 ] On 13 November 2015, he made his professional debut with the Reno Bighorns in a 123–121 loss to the Los Angeles D-Fenders , scoring 14 points in 34 minutes of action as a starter. [ 3 ] During his rookie season, he received multiple assignments to the Bighorns,
Why this date
Duje Dukan appears on our December 4 calendar for 1991 as a birth entry.
December 4 through the years
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- 20152015 Cairo restaurant fire
- 2017Thomas Fire
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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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December 4 1991 — 35 years ago, on a Wednesday.
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