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Pancho Palesse leaps with the basketball, 1945-1946 - Marquette University History Online - Marquette University e-Archives
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WION on Twitter: "#TodayInHistory | 1946: National Basketball Association (NBA) is founded in USA https://t.co/f4ZDFDfIjq" / Twitter
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