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1909Jun, 19

Rūdolfs Jurciņš

Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (d. 1948)
Rūdolfs Jurciņš (19 June 1909 – 22 July 1948) was a Latvian basketball player. He played as a center. Jurciņš won a gold medal at the 1935 EuroBasket competition, becoming first European champion. He participated at the 1936 Summer Olympics, where Latvia national basketball team got 15th/18th place.Jurciņš started to play basketball at the age of 15 in 1924. Before that he played football. He studied in the University of Latvia but didn't graduate. However he played for University basketball team Universitātes sports from 1930 until 1937. He was a six-time Latvian champion. His debut in Latvian national basketball team was in 1928. Overall, he played 23 games in the national team and was a team captain.

He was arrested in 1945 and deported to the GULAG camp in 1947. Rūdolfs Jurciņš died on 22 July 1948 in Molotov Oblast, Soviet Union.

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  • 9Jan

    Nimrod Expedition

    Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
  • 28Jan

    Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

    United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War.
  • 22Feb

    Great White Fleet

    The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
  • 31Mar

    Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • 27Apr

    Abdul Hamid II

    Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.

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