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Bill McGill
1939 Sep, 16

Bill McGill

Bill McGill, American basketball player (d. 2014)
Bill "The Hill" McGill (September 16, 1939 – July 11, 2014) was an American basketball player best known for inventing the jump hook. McGill was the No. 1 overall pick of the 1962 NBA draft from the University of Utah, after leading the NCAA in scoring with 38.8 points per game in 1961–1962.

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Events on 1939

  • 3 Mar

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

    In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
  • 1 Apr

    Francisco Franco

    Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
  • 6 Sep

    Nazi Germany

    World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
  • 14 Dec

    Soviet Union

    Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
  • 24 Dec

    Pope Pius XII

    World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.