Events in Sport
- 1927-01-07 Harlem Globetrotters play their 1st game in Hinckley, Illinois
- 1951-08-22 Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052
- 1971-01-05 Globetrotters lose 100-99 to NJ Reds, ending 2,495-game winning streak
Sports History
1981-05-15 TV comedy film "The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs on NBC
- 1985-10-07 Lynette Woodward chosen as 1st woman in Harlem Globetrotters
Birthdays in Sport
- 1917-08-30 William "Pop" Gates, American Basketball Hall of Fame guard and coach (Harlem Globetrotters "Legends" Ring 1995), born in Decatur, Alabama (d. 1999)
- 1926-10-03 Marques Haynes, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame guard (Harlem Globetrotters), born in Sand Springs, Oklahoma (d. 2015)
- 1932-04-25 (Meadow) "Meadowlark" Lemon, American basketball star (Harlem Globetrotters, 1955-80, 1990, and 3 other teams), and clergyman, born in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 2015)
- 1942-05-19 Curly Neal, American basketball guard (Harlem Globetrotters 1963-85), born in Greensboro, North Carolina (d. 2020)
- 1942-07-17 Connie Hawkins, American professional basketball player, 1961-76 ABA MVP-1968 (Harlem Globetrotters, 1963-66; Phoenix Suns, L.A. Lakers), born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York (d. 2017)
- 1953-08-08 Louis Dunbar, American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters), born in Minden, Louisiana
- 1959-08-12 Lynette Woodard, (Olympic gold 1984, Harlem Globetrotter), born in Wichita, Kansas
- 1962-07-31 Sandra Hodge, American basketball player (one of 1st four women to join Harlem Globetrotters), born in Clinton, Mississippi
Deaths in Sport
- 1966-03-15 Abe Saperstein, British-American sports entrepreneur (founder of Harlem Globetrotters), dies of a heart attack at 63
- 1967-01-18 Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45
- 1999-12-01 William "Pop" Gates, American Basketball Hall of Fame guard and coach (Harlem Globetrotters "Legends" Ring 1995), dies at 82
- 2015-05-22 Marques Haynes, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame guard (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 88
- 2015-12-27 (Meadow) "Meadowlark" Lemon, American basketball star (Harlem Globetrotters, 1955-80, 1990, and 3 other teams), and clergyman, dies at 83
- 2017-10-06 Connie Hawkins, American professional basketball player, 1961-76 ABA MVP-1968 (Harlem Globetrotters, 1963-66; Phoenix Suns, L.A. Lakers), dies of cancer at 75
- 2020-03-26 Curly Neal, American basketball guard (Harlem Globetrotters 1963-85), dies at 77