Juwan Howard (born 1973) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He signed for the Heat (his eighth NBA team) in 2010, reaching the playoffs for the sixth time and making his first career NBA Finals appearance. Howard won his first NBA championship with Miami the following year. A one-time All-Star and one-time All-NBA power forward, he began his NBA career as the fifth overall pick in the 1994 NBA Draft by the Washington Bullets. Before he was drafted, he starred as an All- American on the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team. At Michigan he was part of the Fab Five recruiting class of 1991 that twice reached the finals of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's Division I Basketball Championship. During his rookie year with the Bullets, he became the first player to graduate on time with his class after leaving college early to play in the NBA. After one season as an All-Rookie player and a second as an All-Star and an All-NBA performer, he became the first NBA player to sign a $100 million contract. He has developed a reputation as a humanitarian for his civic commitment.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1863:
American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant led his Army of the Tennessee across the Big Black River in preparation for the Siege of Vicksburg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vicksburg
1869:
One day after surrendering at the Battle of Hakodate, Enomoto Takeaki turned over Goryōkaku to Japanese forces, signaling the collapse of the Republic of Ezo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ezo
1927:
Disgruntled school board treasurer Andrew Kehoe set off a series of explosives in Bath Township, Michigan's elementary school, which had a final death toll of 45 and is the deadliest mass murder in a school in United States history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster
1944:
World War II: Polish forces under Lieutenant General Władysław Anders captured Monte Cassino, Italy, after a four-month battle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino
1955:
Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ended. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Passage_to_Freedom
1980:
The stratovolcano Mount St. Helens erupted (pictured), killing 57 people in southern Washington State, reducing hundreds of square miles to wasteland, and causing over US$1 billion in damage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_eruption_of_Mount_St._Helens
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
upend: 1. (transitive) To end up; to set on end. 2. To tip or turn over. 3. To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/upend
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something that he can understand. --Bertrand Russell https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell
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