BirthMarch 311999

Japhet Tanganga

Japhet Tanganga, English footballer

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When
Wednesday, March 31 199927 years ago
Category
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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Japhet Tanganga

At a glance

Born 1999-03-31.

Who they were

Japhet Manzambi Tanganga is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for and captains EFL Championship club Sheffield United.

Early life

Early life Tanganga was born in Hackney , Greater London , [ 1 ] to a Congolese family. [ 2 ] He attended Greig City Academy and joined the Tottenham Hotspur youth academy at the age of 10. [ 3 ] ^ "Japhet Tanganga" . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises . Retrieved 26 September 2019 . ^ Eccleshare, Charlie (11 January 2020). "Mourinho's new boy Tanganga: an old-fashioned, pacy defender..." The Athletic . ^ "Japhet Tanganga profile" . Tottenham Hotspur F.C . Retrieved 4 June 2018 .

Why this date

Japhet Tanganga appears on our March 31 calendar for 1999 as a birth entry.

March 31 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1995TAROM Flight 371
  2. 1998Netscape
  3. 1999Japhet Tanganga
  4. 2004Old National Library Building
  5. 2004Anbar campaign (2003–2011)
  6. 2005Dwarf planet
  7. 2016NASA
  8. 2018Gyumri
  9. 20182018 Armenian Revolution
  10. 2023Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023
  11. 2023Belvidere Apollo Theatre collapse

Also in 1999

  • September 9Singapore Portrait Series currency notesThe first banknotes of the Portrait Series of the Singapore dollar were introduced by the Board of Commissioners of Currency.
  • September 14KiribatiKiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
  • October 22Maurice PaponMaurice Papon, an official in the Vichy government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
  • May 25United States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prio…
  • August 101999 Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shootingOne person is killed and five people are injured in the Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting.
  • January 3Mars Polar LanderThe Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
  • November 27New Zealand Labour PartyThe Labour Party defeated the governing National Party in the New Zealand general election, with Labour's Helen Clark becoming the countr…
  • July 5Bill ClintonU.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

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March 31 1999 — 27 years ago, on a Wednesday.

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