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Ryan Tandy
2014Apr, 28

Ryan Tandy

Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby player (b. 1981)
Ryan Tandy (20 September 1981 – 28 April 2014) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Ireland international representative forward, he played in the National Rugby League for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Wests Tigers, Melbourne Storm, and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, and in the Super League for Hull Kingston Rovers. He was banned from playing professional rugby league in Australia after being found guilty of spot-fixing during a match in 2010, and in 2014 died of a suspected drug overdose.

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    The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty.
  • 21Apr

    Flint water crisis

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  • 9Aug

    Shooting of Michael Brown

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  • 18Sep

    Scottish independence referendum, 2014

    Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 30Oct

    International recognition of the State of Palestine

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