Michael Jordan was born on 17 February 1963 in Brooklyn. An American basketball player, Jordan was born in Brooklyn and grew up in North Carolina, where he hit the winning shot for the University of North Carolina in the 1982 national championship game. With the Chicago Bulls he won six NBA championships in the 1990s, earning the Finals Most Valuable Player award each time, and five regular-season MVP awards. He also won Olympic gold medals in 1984 and with the 1992 Dream Team. He briefly left basketball to play minor league baseball and retired and returned more than once. His Air Jordan sneakers with Nike made him a global brand. Many consider him the greatest basketball player of all time, and he later became owner of the Charlotte Hornets.
Before and after
- 1963Publication of Kassaman
- 1963Founding of Persepolis F.C.
- 1963Founding of Lamborghini
- February 1963Maarten Schmidt identifies the first quasar
- 17 February 1963Birth of Michael Jordan
- 2 March 1963Birth of Anthony Albanese
- 27 March 1963Birth of Quentin Tarantino
- 6 April 1963Birth of Rafael Correa
- 13 April 1963Birth of Garry Kasparov
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The era
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