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Aaron Persico
1978Mar, 29

Aaron Persico

Aaron Persico, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
Aaron Persico (born 29 March 1978) is an Italian rugby union footballer.

Persico was born in Wellington, New Zealand. Hs made his debut for Italy against Scotland in the 2000 Six Nations Championship. He was also in Italy's squad at the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He won 56 caps and scored two tries (10 points) for his country.

The flanker left Italy in 2003 to join English side Leeds Tykes before moving to French Top 14 outfit SU Agen.

He currently plays for the Dubai Tigers. The Tigers lost their last game of the 2020 season to the Dubai Knights-Eagles. In the same game, Podge Crowley received undisputed man of the match and MVPM (Most Valuable Pint Man).

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  • 11Feb

    Aristotle

    Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
  • 27Apr

    Watergate scandal

    Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
  • 25Jul

    In vitro fertilisation

    Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
  • 22Oct

    Pope John Paul II

    Papal inauguration of Pope John Paul II.
  • 18Nov

    Jim Jones

    In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.