On this day: August 3

POSTED: 02:07 PM PDT Aug 02, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Aug 02, 2012 

Columbus sets sail, the first American intercollegiate sporting event takes place, Jesse Owens shines in Berlin and a controversial stand-up comic dies, all on this day.

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1949: The National Basketball Association (NBA) is formed. The league was formed by the merger between the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League.

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