1999 Death Wilt Chamberlain, "Wilt ""The Stilt"" Chamberlain", basketball great/sometime actor, Record-smashing basketball player who scored over 70 points in several pro games, dies at 63 1991 Event Philadelphia '76ers retires Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey 1984 Event Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421) 1973 Event Wilt Chamberlain signs with ABA San Diego Conquistadors 1972 Event Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game 1972 Event Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points 1972 Event 1st NBA to score 30,000 points (Wilt Chamberlain in 940 games) 1972 Event Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns 1971 Birthday Byron Chamberlain, NFL/WLAF tight end Denver Broncos, Rhein Fire 1968 Event Philadelphia 76'ers trade Wilt Chamberlain to Los Angeles Lakers 1968 Event Wilt Chamberlain becomes 1st NBAer to score 25,000 points 1967 Event Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia 76ers scores 68 points vs Chicago 1967 Event Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses 1967 Event 76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds 1967 Event Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal 1966 Event Wilt Chamberlain breaks NBA career scoring record at 20,884 points 1965 Event Boston Celtic center Bill Russell misses all 14 shots in loss to Philadelphia Warriors led by Wilt Chamberlain 1963 Event Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 70 points vs. Syracuse 1963 Event Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 67 points vs Los Angeles 1962 Event Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 73 points vs New York Knicks 1962 Event Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 72 points vs Los Angeles Lakers 1962 Event Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4,000 pts in an NBA season 1962 Event Wilt Chamberlain scores incredible 100 points in an NBA game 1962 Event Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs. New York 1962 Event Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts 1962 Event Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs St. Louis 1962 Event Wilt Chamberlain of Warriors scores then NBA-record 73 pts vs Chicago 1961 Event Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 78 points vs LA 1961 Event Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs NY 1961 Event Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA - 78 1960 Event Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record) 1960 Event Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points 1956 Event Wilt Chamberlain's 1st collegiate basketball game (scores 52) 1940 Death Arthur Neville Chamberlain, British premier (1937-40), dies at 71 1940 Event Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister 1938 Event British premier Chamberlain arrives in Munich 1938 Event Treaty of Munich signed by Hitler, Mussolini, Daladier and Chamberlain 1938 Event British premier Neville Chamberlain flies to Munich 1938 Event British premier Neville Chamberlain leaves Munich 1938 Event British Prime Minister Chamberlain visits Hitler at Berchtesgarden 1938 Event U.K. Foreign Secretary Eden resigns, says Prime Minister Chamberlain appeased Germany 1937 Event Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister of England 1937 Death J Austen Chamberlain, English Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nobel), dies at 73 1936 Birthday Wilt Chamberlain, born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, NBA great center, Los Angeles Laker, 5 time MVP 1934 Birthday Richard Chamberlain, born in Beverly Hills, California, actor, Dr. Kildare 1927 Death Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist, dies at 71 1926 Birthday David Ogilvy, born in London, England, David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, judge, served as Lord Chamberlain 1926 Birthday Lord Chamberlain, Earl of Airilet 1925 Birthday Frank Chamberlain, CEO, Test and County Cricket Board 1920 Birthday Owen Chamberlain, physicist/co-discoverer, antiproton, Nobel-1959 1914 Death Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78 1914 Death Joshua Chamberlain, American Soldier 1875 Event "Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain 1869 Birthday Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister, C, 1937-40 1863 Birthday Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary, Nobel 1925 1855 Birthday Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist 1836 Birthday Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies 1828 Birthday Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Major General Union volunteers 1828 Birthday Joshua Chamberlain, American Soldier 1495 Death William Stanley, English lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy
