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Joey Porter
1977Mar, 22

Joey Porter

Joey Porter, American football player and coach
Joseph Eugene Porter (born March 22, 1977) is a former American football outside linebacker who played 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), and is a former outside linebackers coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers. After playing college football at Colorado State, he was drafted by the Steelers in the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft. A four-time Pro Bowl selection, Porter won Super Bowl XL with the Steelers over the Seattle Seahawks. He played for the Miami Dolphins from 2007 to 2009 and the Arizona Cardinals from 2010 to 2011.

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Events on 1977

  • 23Mar

    Watergate scandal

    The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) are videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
  • 5Jul

    Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

    Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
  • 4Aug

    Jimmy Carter

    U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
  • 15Aug

    Search for extraterrestrial intelligence

    The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
  • 21Nov

    God Save the Queen

    Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".