1997 Event MCI Center opens in Washington D.C., Wizards vs SuperSonics 1995 Event Key Arena opens, Seattle Supersonics beat Los Angeles Lakers 103-89 1979 Event 33rd NBA Championship: Sea Supersonics beat Washington Bullets, 4 games to 1 1978 Event 32nd NBA Championship: Washington Bullets beat Sea Supersonics, 4 games to 3 1975 Birthday James Cotton, NBA guard, Seattle Supersonics 1973 Birthday Eric Snow, NBA guard, Philadelphia 76ers, Seattle Supersonics 1972 Birthday Sherell Ford, NBA forward, Seattle Supersonics 1972 Birthday Jim McIlvaine, NBA center, Washington Bullets, Seattle Supersonics 1971 Birthday Vin Baker, NBA forward, Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks 1971 Birthday Aaron Williams, NBA center, Seattle Supersonics 1970 Birthday Stephen Howard, NBA forward, Seattle Supersonics 1969 Birthday Shawn Kemp, NBA forward, Cleveland Cavaliers, Seattle Supersonics 1968 Birthday Gary Payton, NBA guard, Seattle Supersonics 1967 Birthday Ervin Johnson, NBA center, Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks 1967 Birthday Greg Anthony, NBA guard, Vancouver Grizzlies, Seattle Supersonics 1966 Event NBA awards Seattle Supersonics a franchise for 1967-68 season 1966 Birthday Hersey Hawkins, NBA guard, Seattle Supersonics, Olympic-bronze-1988 1966 Birthday Vincent Askew, NBA guard and forward, Seattle Supersonics, Trailblazers 1964 Birthday Nate McMillan, NBA guard and forward, Seattle Supersonics 1963 Birthday David Wingate, NBA guard and forward, Seattle Supersonics 1963 Birthday Xavier McDaniel, NBA forward, Seattle SuperSonics 1963 Birthday Detlef Schrempf, Germany, NBA forward, Mavericks, Pacers, Supersonics 1962 Birthday Jerome Kersey, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors, Sea Supersonics 1961 Birthday Sam Perkins, NBA forward and center, Seattle Supersonics 1960 Birthday Dale Ellis, NBA guard and forward, Seattle Supersonics, Denver Nuggets 1959 Birthday Frank Brickowski, NBA forward and center, Seattle Supersonics 1959 Birthday Tom Chambers, NBA forward, center, Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns 1955 Birthday Jack Sikma, NBA center, Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks 1955 Birthday Lonnie Shelton, NBA forward, New York Knick, Seattle Supersonics 1954 Birthday David Thompson, NBA guard, Phoenix Suns, Seattle Supersonics
