December 16
From Hoopedia
- 1961 - Wilt Chamberlain (right) of the Philadelphia Warriors scores 50 points in a game against the Chicago Packers, starting a streak of seven games in which he totaled 50 or more. Chamberlain scored at least 50 points 118 times in his career; by comparison, Michael Jordan hit for 50 points 31 times.
- 1966 - Eighteen year NBA veteran Cliff Robinson is born in Buffalo, New York.
