Herman Ike Boone (October 28, 1935 – December 18, 2019)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WJLA) – Herman Boone, the legendary T.C. Williams High School football coach portrayed by Denzel Washington in "Remember the
Titans" has died. He had been diagnosed with cancer.
Boone was one of the coaches of the Alexandria school’s 1971 state
championship-winning football team, the integrated group of players
immortalized by the Disney movie.
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The U.S. space shuttle Challenger exploded just after takeoff on this
day in 1986. All seven of its crewmembers were killed.
President Ronald Reagan.
Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 – January 28, 1596)
Sir Francis Drake was an English sea captain, slave trader, and
privateer of the Elizabethan era. Drake carried out the second
circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577
to 1580, and was the first to complete the voyage as captain
while leading the expedition throughout the entire trip. He died
of dysentery after unsuccessfully attacking San Juan, Puerto
Rico.
Drake’s route around the world.
José Julián Martí Pérez (January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895)
Marti was a Cuban National Hero and an important figure in Latin
American literature. He was a poet, essayist, journalist, philosopher,
translator, professor, publisher, Freemason, and political theorist.
The Jose Marti memorial in Revolution Square at Havana, Cuba.
Vince Lombardi was named head coach of the Green Bay Packers
on this day in 1959.
Lombardi led the Packers to three straight and five total NFL Championships
in seven years, in addition to winning the first two Super Bowls at the end of
the 1966 and 1967 NFL seasons. Following his sudden death from cancer in
1970, The NFL Super Bowl trophy was named in his honor.
Vincent Thomas Lombardi (June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970)
The original Vince Lombardi Trophy.
John William "Jack" McCloskey
(September 19, 1925 – June 1, 2017)
Jack McCloskey was a basketball player, coach
and executive. He served as the head coach of
the Portland Trailblazers (1972-1974) and was
also general manager of the Detroit Pistons
and Minnesota Timberwolves.
