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Events on Thursday 6 June 1946 2
1946Franchise foundedNed Irish founds the Knickerbockers as a charter member of the new Basketball Association of America at the Commodore Hotel meeting in New York.
1946 – presentNew York KnicksNBA franchise, 1946–presentThe New York Knickerbockers — one of the NBA's original franchises, founded in 1946. Three NBA championships (1970, 1973, 2026), decades of heartbreak in between, and a 53-year wait finally ended by Jalen Brunson and a new championship core.