1989 Event Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker 1987 Event Los Angeles Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 36,000th NBA point 1982 Event Laker Airways collapse owing 270M pounds ($351M) 1977 Event Sir Freddie Laker begins cut-rate "Skytrain" service, London to NY 1969 Event Los Angeles Laker Jerry West scores 53 points 1958 Event New Zealand all out 47 vs. England at Lord's Laker 4-13, Lock 5-17 1956 Event England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series 1956 Event Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match 1956 Event Jim Laker takes 9-37 in Australia's 1st innings at Manchester 1956 Event Laker takes 10-88 for Surrey vs. Australians at the Oval 1950 Event Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial 1948 Event Jim Laker takes 7-103 in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs. WI Barbados 1948 Event W Indies vs. England, Test debut Walcott, Weekes and Jim Laker 1936 Birthday Wilt Chamberlain, born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, NBA great center, Los Angeles Laker, 5 time MVP 1922 Birthday Freddie Laker, CEO, Laker airlines 1922 Birthday James C "Jim" Laker, Bradford England, cricket off spinner
