| 24/12/2016 | French professional basketball player Pape Badiane, who played 23 times for the men's French national basketball team between 2007 and 2008, dies in a traffic accident at 36. He played his last years in the third French division, after a career that included stops in the NCAA with Cleveland State (2000–2003) and a return to France where he played in Pro A with Roanne, Le Mans and Poitiers. He was a member of the French national team in Eurobasket 2007 and he also played in Euroleague as a member of Roanne. He won the French title with Roanne in 2007. He has also won the French Cup in 2009, the Semaine des As in 2007 and 2009 and he was selected three times in the French All Star Game (2006, 2007, 2009). | | 24/12/2015 | Constantine Karamanlis, AEK’s former athlete, captain, and for a short time coach, who along with other teammates won the first Championship Basketball Greece the period 1957-1958 with “Enosi”, dies. In 2008, he was a founding member of S.P.A.K.E. (Hellenic Association of Veteran Basketball Players), Chairman since 2010 and Honorary President for life by the General Assembly of 19/4/2010. | | 24/12/1999 | William Jay Bowerman dies at the age of 88. He was an American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike. Over his career, he trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-Americans, 12 American record-holders, 22 NCAA champions and 16 sub-4 minute milers. | | 24/12/1981 | Bob McAdoo, one of the best scoring forwards, signs with the LA Lakers | | 24/12/1965 | Margaret Curtis dies. She and her sister Harriot created the Curtis Cup, an annual tournament where women golfers represent their countries | | 24/12/1922 | London Colosseum opens | | 24/12/1889 | Daniel Stover and William Hance patent the bicycle with a back pedal brake, known as “security brake”. The bicycle has been invented in 1817 by Baron von Drais, having two wheels of the same size. It was made of wood and didn’t have pedals. In 1839, Scotchman Kirkpatrick MacMillan uses pedals and in 1860 a new bicycle, having a huge front wheel, will make its appearance by Pierre Michaux. In 1871, with the advancements in metallurgy, British John Lawson will manufacture the chain and the cog-wheels |
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