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Johnny Most
1993Jan, 3

Johnny Most

Johnny Most, American soldier and sportscaster (b. 1923)
John M. Most (June 15, 1923 – January 3, 1993) was an American sports announcer, known primarily as the raspy radio voice of the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association from 1953 to 1990.

Most's radio call during the final moments of Game 7 of the 1965 NBA Eastern Division Finals has been dubbed "the most famous radio call in basketball history" by the NBA. The call is now simply known as Havlicek stole the ball!

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Events on 1993

  • 28Feb

    Waco siege

    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four ATF agents and six Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
  • 27Mar

    Giulio Andreotti

    Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
  • 8Apr

    United Nations

    The Republic of Macedonia joins the United Nations.
  • 23Apr

    Ethiopia

    Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
  • 16Oct

    Kent

    Anti-Nazism riot breaks out in Welling in Kent, after police stop protesters approaching the British National Party headquarters.