February 3
From Hoopedia
- 1899 - Hall of Fame player Forrest "Red" DeBernardi is born in Nevada, Missouri.
- 1968 - Vlade Divac, one of the first European players to have an impact in the NBA, is born in Prijepolje, Serbia.
- 1977 - (Right) Edwin Henderson, the "Father of Black Basketball," and organizer of the 12th Street YMCA team that won the 1910 Black Basketball World Championship, passes away at the age of 93.
- 1980 - Boston Celtics rookie Larry Bird scores the first three-pointer in NBA All-Star Game history, hitting from the corner in the East’s 144-136 overtime victory at the Capital Centre.
- 1984 - Legendary coach John Wooden is inducted into the Indiana State University Athletic Hall of Fame.
