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[7] [26] Prior to the merge, the league held the 1949 college draft on March 21, which was the last event held under the name BAA. [21] The NBA later adopted the BAA's history and statistics as its own but did not do the same for NBL records and statistics. [4] [5] [27]
The league later adopted the BAA's history and considers its founding on June 6, 1946, as its own. [4] [1] [5] In 1976, the NBA and the American Basketball Association (ABA) merged, adding four franchises to the NBA. The NBA's regular season runs from October to April, with each team playing 82 games.
This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1969. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related history of the British Isles .
The 1949–50 NBA season was the fourth season of the National Basketball Association.It was the first season after the merger of the 3-year-old BAA and 12-year-old NBL. [1] [2] The 1950 NBA playoffs ended with the Minneapolis Lakers winning the NBA Championship, beating the Syracuse Nationals in 6 games in the NBA Finals.
The history of Spanish–British relations is complicated by the political and religious heritages of the two countries. Neither the United Kingdom nor Spain have a unique constitutional ancestor; Britain was originally created by a union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland (and later joined by Ireland), whilst the Kingdom of Spain was initially created by a union of the crowns of Castile ...
4 April Home Championship: England ... 2 July 1950 FIFA World Cup Group 2: Spain ... England 4 – 1 Spain: London, England: Atyeo 12'
4 March Wendy Dagworthy, fashion designer; Ken Robinson, educationalist (died 2020) 5 March – Henry Marsh, neurosurgeon; 22 March – Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player (died 2012) 27 March – Terry Yorath, footballer and football manager; 30 March – Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor and comedian (died 2022) [38] 3 April – Sally Thomsett ...
This is a list of sovereign states in the 1950s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1950 and 31 December 1959. It contains 108 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty .