BirthDecember 61997

Sabrina Ionescu

Sabrina Ionescu, American basketball player

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When
Saturday, December 6 199729 years ago
Category
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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Person
Sabrina Ionescu

At a glance

Born 1997-12-06.

Who they were

Sabrina Elaine Ionescu is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is widely considered one of the greatest three-point shooters in WNBA history.

Early life

Early life Ionescu was born in Walnut Creek, California , to Romanian-American parents. Her father, Dan Ionescu, escaped communist Romania around the time of the 1989 revolution , seeking political asylum in the United States. He hoped that his then-wife, Liliana Blaj, and their son Andrei could join them in a few months, but they were unable to move to the US until 1995. [ 1 ] By that time, Dan owned a limousine service in Northern California ,

Why this date

Sabrina Ionescu appears on our December 6 calendar for 1997 as a birth entry.

December 6 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1991Yugoslav Wars
  2. 1992Babri Masjid
  3. 1995Food and Drug Administration
  4. 1997Sabrina Ionescu
  5. 1998Venezuela
  6. 1999A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.
  7. 1999Recording Industry Association of America
  8. 2005Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
  9. 2006NASA
  10. 20152015 Venezuelan parliamentary election
  11. 2017Donald Trump

Also in 1997

  • May 11Deep Blue (chess computer)Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.
  • September 11NASANASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
  • September 11Kurkse tragedyKurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Ku…
  • September 111997 Scottish devolution referendumAfter a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
  • September 13German Air ForceA German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter collide in mid-air near Namibia, killing 33.
  • September 14Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast ExpressEighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • September 18Ted TurnerUnited States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
  • September 18Ottawa TreatyThe Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.

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December 6 1997 — 29 years ago, on a Saturday.

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