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1913

Ray Meyer is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1931

Gene Shue is born in Baltimore, Maryland.

1948

George Johnson is born in Tylertown, Mississippi.

1951

Bobby Jones is born in Charlotte, North Carolina.

1963

Charles Oakley is born in Cleveland, Ohio.

1970

Lucious Harris is born in Los Angeles, California.

1988

Nate Thurmond has his jersey #42 retired by the Cavaliers. It’s a curious choice in retrospect, as Thurmond played just one-and-a-half seasons with Cleveland at the end of his career, averaging just 5.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.

1992

Jerry Tarkanian is fired as head coach of the Spurs, just 20 games into his tenure.

1995

Flip Saunders is named head coach of the Timberwolves, a position he would eventually hold for nearly a decade while becoming synonymous with the franchise.

2001

Jalen Johnson is born in Wausau, Wisconsin.

2008

Tyler Hansbrough becomes North Carolina’s all-time career scoring leader with his 2,291st career point during a win over Evansville, surpassing a record held by Phil Ford for 30 years.

Bob Gross has his jersey #30 retired by the Trail Blazers. Gross becomes the seventh member of the ’76-’77 Trail Blazers title team to have his jersey retired by the franchise.

2010

The Magic trade Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat, Mickael Pietrus, and a first round pick to the Suns in exchange for Earl Clark, Jason Richardson, and Hedo Turkoglu.

2017

Kobe Bryant has both his #8 jersey and his #24 jersey retired by the Lakers during a halftime ceremony. The franchise legend had switched jersey numbers from #8 to #24 in the ’06-’07 season and became the first Lakers player to have two retired jerseys. Ceremony attendees included his longtime teammate and sometime nemesis Shaquille O’Neal.

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