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June 18, 1937

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Notable Births

Del Harris

1937Del Harris, American basketball player and coach[โ€ ]

Delmer William Harris is an American basketball coach who is currently the vice president of the Texas Legends, the NBA G League affiliate of the Dallas Mavericks. He served as a head coach for the NBA's Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Los Angeles Lakers, as well as the Legends. He was also an assistant coach for the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Nets, Chicago Bulls, Dallas Mavericks, Milwaukee Bucks, and the Houston Rockets.

Jay Rockefeller

1937Jay Rockefeller, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of West Virginia[โ€ ]

John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV is an American retired politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia from 1985 to 2015. He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as governor of West Virginia (1977โ€“1985). Rockefeller moved to Emmons, West Virginia, to serve as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) worker in 1964 and was first elected to public office as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1966โ€“1968). Rockefeller was later elected secretary of state of West Virginia (1968โ€“1973) and was president of West Virginia Wesleyan College (1973โ€“1975). He became the state's senior U.S. senator when the long-serving Senator Robert Byrd died in June 2010.

Bruce Trigger

1937Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist and historian (died 2006)[โ€ ]

Bruce Graham Trigger was a Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and ethnohistorian. He was appointed the James McGill Professor at McGill University in 2001.

Vitaly Zholobov

1937Vitaly Zholobov, Ukrainian colonel, engineer, and astronaut[โ€ ]

Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zholobov is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on Soyuz 21 space flight as the flight engineer, and a former head of Kherson Regional Council in Ukraine.

Notable Deaths

Gaston Doumergue

1937Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (born 1863)[โ€ ]

Pierre Paul Henri Gaston Doumergue was a French politician who served as President of France from 1924 to 1931.