BirthOctober 81995

Grayson Allen

Grayson Allen, American basketball player

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When
Sunday, October 8 199531 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
Grayson Allen

Who they were

Grayson James Allen is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played four years of college basketball at Duke University, where he helped Duke win a national championship in 2015. He has often been called one of Duke's best players of the 2010s. Allen was drafted with the 21st overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz, where he played for one season before being traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in July 2019. In August 2021,

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Grayson Allen appears on our October 8 calendar for 1995 as a birth entry.

October 8 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

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  4. 2001United States Department of Homeland Security
  5. 20052005 Kashmir earthquake
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  7. 2016Hurricane Matthew
  8. 2016Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
  9. 2019Extinction Rebellion
  10. 20192019 Baku protests
  11. 2020Second Nagorno-Karabakh War

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October 8 1995 — 31 years ago, on a Sunday.

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