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Brooklyn Nets Waive A Player On Thursday

The Brooklyn Nets are on their third day of training camp and will play their first preseason game on October 3 at home against the Philadelphia 76ers. This time of the NBA calendar sees many teams make additions and subtractions at the back end of the roster because teams can carry 20 players on their […]

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14

1944

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1915

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0

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7

1986

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1

1641

Lady Bo birthday.

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Jul

14

1940

Sojourner Truth

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Jun

1

1843

The first NBA Black Assistant Coach and first Black chief scout, Earl Lloyd, bec

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21

1950

Saddler, Joseph/Grandmaster Flash (1958 - )

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6

1966

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Mar

12

1932

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1841

The movie, Green Pastures, premieres in New York's

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Jul

16

1936

Belizean Kriols

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Nov

28

1949

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Jun

30

1917

Basie, Count (William Allen “Count” Basie) (1904-1984)

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21

1904

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1832

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20

1911

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31

1960

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1839

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1780

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27

1902

New York Police Arrest 294 at Worlds Fair

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22

1964

Estes, Simon (1938- )

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