1976 Event ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets and Spurs) merges into NBA 1976 Event 9th and final ABA championship: New York Nets beat Denv Nuggets, 4 games to 2 1976 Event 9th ABA All-Star Game: Denver 144 beats ABA 138 at Denver 1975 Event 8th ABA Championship: Kentucky Colonels beat Ind Pacers, 4 games to 1 1975 Event 8th ABA All-Star Game: East 151 beats West 124 at San Antonio 1974 Event 7th ABA championship: New York Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1 1974 Event 7th ABA All-Star Game: East 128 beats West 112 at Virginia 1973 Event Wilt Chamberlain signs with ABA San Diego Conquistadors 1973 Event ABA Virginia Squires trade Julius Erving to New York Nets 1973 Event All women board of directors takes control of ABA's Kentucky Colonels 1973 Event 6th ABA championship: Indiana Pacers beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3 1973 Event 6th ABA All-Star Game: West 123 beats East 111 at Utah 1972 Event 5th ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat New York Nets, 4 games to 2 1972 Event Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game 1972 Event 5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville 1971 Event 4th ABA Championship: Utah Stars beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3 1971 Event 4th ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 122 at Carolina 1970 Event 3rd ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat LA Stars, 4 games to 2 1970 Event 3rd ABA All-Star Game: West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana 1969 Birthday Ben Iroha, born in Aba, Nigeria, professional soccer player, played for the Nigerian national team, head coach, Nigeria's Dolphins FC 1969 Event 2nd ABA championship: Oakland Oaks beat Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 1 1969 Event 2nd ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville 1968 Event Nigerian troops conquer Aba Biafra 1968 Event New Jersey Americans moved to Comack and become New York Nets (ABA) 1968 Event 1st ABA championship: Pitts Pipers beat NO Buccaneers, 4 games to 3 1968 Event 1st ABA basketball championship began 1968 Event Anaheim's Les Salvage scores 10, 3-pt baskets in ABA game vs Denver 1968 Event 1st ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 120 at Indiana 1967 Event New Jersey Americans (later NY/New Jersey Nets) play 1st ABA game 1950 Birthday Julius Erving, ABA/NBA forward, Virg Squirers, New York Nets, Philadelphia 76ers 1950 Birthday Julius Irving, born in Roosevelt, New York, basketball, helped legitimize the now-defunct American Basketball Association (ABA), inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame 1948 Birthday Artis Gilmore, ABA all star, Kentucky Colonels 1944 Birthday Rick Barry, ABA/NBA forward, New York Nets, Golden State Warriors 1943 Birthday Billy Cunningham, NBA/ABA, Philadelphia 76ers, Carolina Cougers 1942 Birthday Connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA, Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968 1940 Birthday Dave DeBusschere, Detroit, NBA foward, New York Knick, last ABA commissioner 1935 Death Otto "Aba Daba" Berman, U.S. gangster, murdered 1934 Birthday Gary Davidson, U.S. sports league founder, ABA, WHA, WFL 1834 Birthday Francis Channing Barlow, U.S. lawyer/General-Major/co-founder, ABA
