1949    The National Basketball Association is founded in the United States.

1962    Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.

1976    As part of the ABA-NBA merger agreement, a dispersal draft was conducted to assign teams for the players on the two ABA franchises which had folded.

1991    Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV and retires from the NBA.

1996    Shaquille O'Neal, at the time playing for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association, makes his only career 3-point shot against the Milwaukee Bucks.