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1986 Atlanta Hawk Dominique Wilkins scores 57 points vs Chicago Bulls

1981 Roy Wilkins, longtime executive director of NAACP, dies at 80

1977 Roy Wilkins turn over NAACP leadership to Benjamin L Hooks

1976 Benjamin Hooks, succeeds Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP

1974 Brooke Wilkins, Australian softball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1972 Jeff Wilkins, NFL kicker for the San Francisco 49ers

1972 Jeff Wilkins, kicker for the St. Louis Rams

1971 Gabe Wilkins, NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31

1970 Marc Wilkins, Mansfield, Ohio, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates

1967 Rick Wilkins, baseball player

1967 Rick Wilkins, born in Jacksonville, Florida, catcher for the Houston Astros

1963 Gerald Wilkins, NBA guard, Orlando Magic

1963 Donna Wilkins, born in Miami, Florida, LPGA golfer, 1987 S&H Golf Classic-5th

1962 Dr. Watson (U.S.), Dr. Crick, and Dr. Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA

1960 Dominique Wilkins, NBA forward for the Atlanta Hawks

1954 James E. Wilkins is 1st black to attend a U.S. cabinet meeting

1954 J. E. Wilkins, appointed 1st Black U.S. sub-cabinet member

1950 Mac Maurice Wilkins, discus thrower, 1st to break 70m

1947 Mardell Wilkins, LPGA golfer

1937 Lenny Wilkins, NBA player and coach, Seattle, Cleveland, Atlanta

1931 Roy Wilkins joined NAACP as asst secretary

1916 Maurice Wilkins, England, physicist, worked with DNA, Nobel 1962

1901 Roy Wilkins, civil rights director, NAACP

1888 George Hubert Wilkins, Aust, polar explorer, Flying the Arctic

1818 John Wilkins Whitfield, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1879

1672 John Wilkins, English Clergyman

1614 John Wilkins, English Clergyman



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