August 12
From Hoopedia
- 1950 - Six-time ABA and NBA All-Star George McGinnis is born in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- 1950 - Long-range bomber Antoine Walker is born in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1959 - Lynette Woodard, four-time All-American and the first woman to play for the Harlem Globetrotters, is born in Wichita, Kansas.
- 1969 - The Boston Celtics are sold for $6 million--the most money ever paid for a professional basketball team up to that time.
