Did you know that Magic Johnson won championships in high school, college, and the NBA?

Did you know that Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. was born August 14, 1959? 

 Did you know that the name  "Magic" Johnson, came from an announcer who commented on Johnson moves as Magic?








Did you know that Magic Johnson is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 13 seasons?

Did you know that Magic Johnson won championships in high school, college, and  NBA in consecutive years?

Did you know that Magic Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Lakers?

Did you know that Johnson was the first player in NBA history to wind championship and an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in his rookie season?

Did you know that Johnson won five championships with the Lakers during the 1980s?

Did you know that Johnson retired abruptly in 1991 after announcing that he had contracted HIV, but returned to play in the 1992 All-Star Game, winning the All-Star MVP Award?

Did you know that Johnson's career achievements include three NBA MVP Awards, nine NBA Finals appearances, twelve All-Star games, and ten All-NBA First and Second Team nominations?

 Did you know that Johnson led the league in regular-season assists four times, and is the NBA's all-time leader in average assists per game, at 11.2?^[3]

Did you know that Johnson was a member of the "Dream Team", the U.S. basketball team that won the Olympic gold medal in 1992?


Did you know that Johnson was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996, and enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002?^[5]

Did you know that Johnson was rated the greatest NBA point guard of all time by ESPN in 2007?^[6]

Did you know that Johnson is as an entrepreneur,^[7] philanthropist,^[8] broadcaster and motivational speaker?.^[9]

 Did you know that  Johnson is now a part-owner of the Lakers for several years and is is part of a group of investors that purchased the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2012?






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Did you know that in McCaffrey's became the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction and the first to win a Nebula Award?

Did you know that Anne Inez McCaffrey was an American-born Irish writer, best known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series?

Did you know that  in McCaffrey's became the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction and the first to win a Nebula Award?

Did you know that the Hugo Awards are a set of awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year?


Did you know that the Hugo Award is one of the most prestigious science fiction awards, and has been termed as "among the highest honors bestowed in science fiction and fantasy writing"?[1

Did you know that McCaffrey died from a stroke she was 85?

Did you know that McCaffrey  novel The White Dragon in 1978 became one of the first science-fiction books to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list?
 
Did you know that in 2005 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named McCaffrey its 22nd Grand Master, an annual award to living writers of fantasy and science fiction?^[3][4]

Did you know that McCaffrey was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame 17 June 2006?^[5][6][7]






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Did you know that John F. Kennedy had 2 attempt to assassinate him before he was assassinated in office?

Did you know that John F. Kennedy had 2 attempt to assassinate him before he was assassinated in office?

Did you know that President-elect John F. Kennedy was threatened by Richard Paul Pavlick, a 73-year-old former postal worker?

Did you know that on December 11, 1960, while vacationing in Palm Beach, Florida, . Pavlick intended to crash his dynamite-laden 1950 Buick into Kennedy's vehicle?

Did you know Pavlick changed his mind after seeing Kennedy's wife and daughter bid him goodbye?^[20]

Did you know that Pavlick spent six years in both federal prison and mental institutions before being released in December 1966?

Did you know that November 2, 1963 an assassination was made on the life of John F. Kennedy?

Did you know that  a four-person conspiracy was thwarted by an FBI tip-off and Secret Service surveillance?

Did you know that 20 days later that Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.Lee Harvey Oswald?

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Did you know that Watkins will be sentenced on 18 December, 2013 for attempted rape and sexual assault of a child under 13?

Did you know that Watkins pleaded guilty to attempted rape and sexual assault of a child under 13 but not guilty to rape, which was accepted by the prosecution?

Did you know that Watkins will be sentenced on 18 December, 2013 for attempted rape and sexual assault of a child under 13?

Did you know that Watkins committed paedophile and he admitted three counts of sexual assault involving children and six involving taking, making or possessing indecent images of children and one of possessing an extreme pornographic image involving a sex act on an animal?

Did you know that the evidence that was used against Watkins came from computers, laptops and mobile phones?

Did you know that Lostprophets is an alternative rock band from Pontypridd in the south Wales valleys?

Did you know that Lostprophets was formed in 1997?

Did you know that Lostprophets was founded by lead singer Ian Watkins?

Did you know that Lostprophets has released five albums, and their biggest hits included Last Train Home and Rooftops?

Did you know that Lostprophets band sold about 3.5 million albums worldwide?

Did you know that Lostprophets announced they were splitting up in October, ten months after Watkins was charged?

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Did you know that Ebrahimi was a innocent victim of a vigilante hate crime?

Lee James (left) Steven Norley

Did you know that Mr Ebrahimi was murdered because he was mistaken for a paedophile by his neighbors when he was seen taking pictures of young people who were damaging his garden plants?

Did you know Lee James, 24, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years for beating 44-year-old Bijan Ebrahimi to death before setting his body on fire?

Did you know that James admitted killing the victim, who was from Iran, outside his home in in July?

Did you know that a second man, Steven Norley, 25, was also jailed for four years at Bristol Crown Court for helping burn Ebrahimi's body?

 Did you know that Ebrahimi repeatedly contacted police begging officers to help him complaining that he was the victim of anti-social behaviour and was being unfairly targeted by his neighbours?

Did you know that Ebrahimi was arrested by the police for breach of the peace?

Did you know that Ebrahimi was a innocent victim of vigilante hate crime?

 Did you know that a witness told the court how James repeatedly stamped on the head of Mr Ebrahimi, inflicting fatal injuries?

Did you know that Lee James and Steven Norley dragged Mr Ebrahimi's body away from his home about 100 yards and set it on fire?




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Did you know that Coach K has over 79 NCAA tournament victories, while averaging 25 wins per season?

Did you Michael William Krzyzewski is nicknamed Coach K"?

Did you know that Mike Krzyzewski was born February 13, 1947?

Did you know that Coach K  played under Coach Bob Knight from 1966 to 1969?

Did you know that Coach K has served as the head mens basketball coach at Duke University since 1980?

Did you know that Coach K has led the Blue Devils to four NCAA Championships, 11 Final Fours, 12 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular season titles, and 13 ACC Tournament championships?

Did you know that Coach K is also the coach of the United States men's national basketball team, whom he led to two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics?

Did you know that Coach K was the head coach of the American team that won the gold medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championship?

Did you know that Coach K was also an assistant coach on the 1992 "Dream Team"?

Did you know that from 1975 to 1980, Krzyzewski was the head basketball coach at the United States Military Academy?

Did you know that Coach K has over 79 NCAA tournament victories, while averaging 25 wins per season?

Did you know that Coach K was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame following the 2001 season?

Did you know that Coach K became the winningest coach in NCAA Division I men's basketball history?

Did you that Coach K broke a record that was once held by his former Coach Bob Knight?

Did you know that Coach K is now the winningest  Coach in NCAA History with 903rd victory?











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Did you know that James A. Garfield was assassinated within 4 months after he took the seat Presidency?

Did you know that four sitting presidents have been killed in office? Abraham Lincoln (the 16th President), James A. Garfield (the 20th President), William McKinley (the 25th President) and John F. Kennedy (the 35th President).

Abraham Lincoln

Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was the first sitting President to be assassinated in office?

Did you know that Lincoln was assassinated on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, at approximately 10:15 p.m?

John Wilkes Booth

 Did you know that Lincoln was shot once in the back of his head with a .44 caliber Derringer pistol by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth?

 

 

 

 

 

James A. Garfield

Did you know that James A. Garfield was the second sitting President to be assassinated in office?

Did you know that James A. Garfield was assassinated within 4 months after he took the seat Presidency?

Did you know that James A. Garfield was assassinated in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 2, 1881?

Charles J. Guiteau

Did you know that James A. Garfield was assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau, he shot Garfield twice, once in his right arm and the other in his back, with a .442 Webley British Bulldog revolver?

Did you know that Garfield died 11 weeks later, on September 19, 1881, at 10:35 p.m., of complications caused by infections?

Did you know that William McKinley was the third sitting President to be assassinated in office?

William McKinley

Did you know that William McKinley was assassinated September 6, 1901, at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York at 4:07 p.m. on Friday?

Leon Czolgosz,

 Did you know that William McKinley was shot twice in the abdomen at close range by Leon Czolgosz, a self-proclaimed anarchist, who was armed with a .32 caliber revolver?

Did you know that William McKinley died eight days later, on September 14, 1901, at 2:15 a.m. because the doctors forgot to drain his wound of infections before sewing the wound shut?

Did you know that John F. Kennedy was the last sitting President to be assassinated in office?

Did you know that John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, at 12:30 p.m?

Did you know that Kennedy was fatally wounded by a sniper's bullets in his neck from

Lee Harvey Oswald,

Lee Harvey Oswald, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository in Dealey Plaza?

Did you know that  was was shot and fatally wounded in the basement of Dallas Police Headquarters byJack Ruby?

Jack Ruby

Did you know that two presidents survived  an  attack when they were injured in an assassination attempted?

Did you know that former President Theodore Roosevelt (the 26th President), and President Ronald Reagan (the 40th President)?






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