Shelton Benjamin is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment. Benjamin has an amateur wrestling background, including wrestling in high school and at the University of Minnesota. In addition, Benjamin has acted as an assistant coach in amateur wrestling. He first spent time in Ohio Valley Wrestling, where he held the Southern Tag Team Championship four times. WWE then moved him to the main roster and put him into an alliance with Kurt Angle and Charlie Haas, known as Team Angle (and later the World's Greatest Tag Team). During his tenure with the company, he has won the Intercontinental Championship three times, the United States Championship once, and the WWE Tag Team Championship twice with Haas. He currently wrestles for Ring of Honor, where he is currently one half of the World Tag Team Champions with Charlie Haas.
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1755:
French and Indian War: The defeat in the Battle of the Monongahela brought an end to Britain's attempt to capture the strategically important Ohio Country. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Monongahela
1815:
Talleyrand assumed his role as the first Prime Minister of France. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Maurice_de_Talleyrand-P%C3%A9rigord
1943:
World War II: The Allies began their invasion of Sicily, a large scale amphibious and airborne operation, followed by six weeks of land combat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily
1999:
Six days of student protests began after Iranian police attacked a University of Tehran dormitory following a peaceful student demonstration against the closure of the reformist newspaper Salam. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_student_protests%2C_July_1999
2002:
The African Union was formed as a successor to the amalgamated African Economic Community and the Organization of African Unity, with President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki as its first chairman. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Union
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