American lawyer and businessman (born 1942)

David Stern

David Joel Stern was an American lawyer and business executive who was the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1984 to 2014. He oversaw NBA basketball's growth into one of the world's most popular sports during the 1990s and 2000s. Stern is credited with developing and broadening the NBA's audience, especially internationally by setting up training camps, playing exhibition games, and recruiting more international players. In addition, with his guidance, the NBA opened 12 offices in cities outside the United States, and broadcast to over 200 territories in over 40 languages.

Born

1942

September 22

Died

2020

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1940s

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904 The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government.
1236 The Samogitians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the Battle of Saule.
1359 An Aragonese cavalry force defeats a superior Castilian cavalry force in the Battle of Araviana during the War of the Two Peters.
1499 The Treaty of Basel concludes the Swabian War.

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The world in 1942

When David arrived

april 15 World War II: The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
april 17 World War II: French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
april 18 World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
april 18 Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.

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Charles Brenton Huggins 1901–1997 Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901) Emmanuel Petit 1970– French footballer Erich von Stroheim 1885–1957 Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (born 1885) Gunnar Asplund 1885–1940 Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (born 1885) Ibragim Todashev 1985– Russian-American mixed martial artist (died 2013) Kim You-jung 1999– South Korean actress Michael Faraday 1791–1867 English physicist and chemist (born 1791) Mystikal 1970– American rapper and actor T. S. Sinnathuray 1930–2016 Judge of the High Court of Singapore (born 1930)

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Also born in 1942

Alvin Stardust 1942–2014 English singer and actor (born 1942) Andraé Crouch 1942–2015 American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (born 1942) Andrew Robinson 1942– American actor and director Bill Conti 1942– American composer and conductor Bob Hoskins 1942–2014 English actor (born 1942) Connie Hawkins 1942– American basketball player (died 2017) Danny Schechter 1942–2015 American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015) Dino Zoff 1942– Italian footballer Frankie Lymon 1942–1968 American singer-songwriter (born 1942)

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