Birth Name: Sammy Lee
Occupation: Diver
Place Of Birth: California
Date Of Birth: August 1, 1920
Date Of Death: December 2, 2016
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Sammy Lee was born on the 1st of August, 1920. He was famous for being a Diver. Olympic diver who was the first Asian-American Olympic gold medalist in history, winning in 1948 in London.
Sammy Lee was born in California. He earned an M.D. from the University of Southern California in 1947. He took home a 10 m platform gold medal at the 1948 London games and the 1952 Helsinki games.
Sammy Lee was a Leo and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Sammy Lee was born in 1920s. The 1920s represented an era of change and growth. The decade was one of learning and exploration. The economic boom and the Jazz Age were over, and America began the period called the Great Depression. Discover what happened on this day.
Sammy Lee is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
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Family
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Personal Life
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Sammy Lee was born in the Year of the Monkey.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Sammy Lee |
| NICKNAME: | Sammy |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Leo |
| BIRTH DAY: | Sunday |
| DEATH DAY: | Friday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Sammy Lee was a Leo. People of this zodiac sign like to be admired, expensive things, bright colors, and dislike being ignored, facing difficulties, not being treated specially. The strengths of this sign are being creative, passionate, generous, warm-hearted, cheerful, humorous, while weaknesses can be arrogant, stubborn, self-centered, lazy and inflexible. The greatest overall compatibility with Leo is Aquarius, Gemini.
Chinese Zodiac: Sammy Lee was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign love to make people laugh and are generally energetic and upbeat but sometimes lack self-control.
Ruling Planet: Sammy Lee had a ruling planet of Sun and has a ruling planet of Sun and by astrological associations Saturday is ruled by Sun. The Sun is about vitality and is the core giver of life. It is also known as being the most generous and noble of signs. People who are born with the Sun as the ruling planet are courageous, self-expressive and bold.
Sammy Lee’s birth sign is Leo and he had a ruling planet of Sun.
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