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1923
Les Harrison organizes and plays for the semi-pro Rochester Seagrams sponsored by a local distillery.
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1930
Harrison operates and coaches the Rochester Seagrams.
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1940
Rochester Seagrams compete in the Chicago World Professional Basketball Tournament.
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1941
Rochester again is invited to the Chicago World Professional Basketball Tournament.
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1942
Rochester Seagrams become the Rochester Eber Seagrams.
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1943
Harrison renames team the Rochester Pros.
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1945
Harrison and his brother join the National Basketball League (NBL) as a sponsor.
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1945
Named the Royals after 15-year-old Richard Paeth wins essay contest to name team.
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1945
Bob Davies is signed by Les Harrison.
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1946
Harrison signs William "Dolly" King and William "Pop" Gates becoming one of the first to integrate basketball - a year before Jackie Robinson makes his Brooklyn Dodgers debut.
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1946
Royals sweep Sheboygan to win the NBL Championship.
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1947
Royals Win Division Title.
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1947
Davies named NBL MVP.
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1948
Royals repeat as division champions.
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1948
Harrison's Royals leave the NBL for the Basketball Athletic Association (BAA).
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1949
NBL merges with BAA to form the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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1951
Royals Crowned NBA Champions.
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1955
Royals move into the Rochester War Memorial.
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1955
Royals select Maurice Stokes 2nd overall.
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1955
Royals make Jack Twyman the 8th selection in Draft.
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1956
Maurice Stokes wins Rookie of the Year honors.
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1957
Team moves to Cincinnati and becomes the Cincinnati Royals.
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1957
Stokes breaks the NBA single-season record for most rebounds with 1,256.
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1958
Team becomes a public corporation.
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1958
Stokes suffers severe head injury.
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1960
Twyman becomes first NBA player to average over 30 points per game (31.2 ppg).
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1960
Royals make Oscar Robertson 1st pick in Draft.
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1961
Oscar Robertson wins NBA All-Star MVP.
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1962
Robertson becomes only player to average a triple-double for entire season.
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1966
Royals purchased by brothers Max and Jeremy Jacobs.
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1970
Royals Draft Nate "Tiny" Archibald.
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1970
Royals select Sam Lacey.
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1972
Team moves to Kansas City and becomes the Kansas City - Omaha Kings (since Royals was already used by the area's Major League Baseball team, franchise changes nickname but sticks with "royal" theme).
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1972
Archibald becomes only player to lead NBA in points and assists, averaging 34 and 11.4, respectively.
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1980
Royals founder Harrison enshrined in Hall of Fame.
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1983
Jack Twyman enshrined in Hall of Fame.
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Jun. 8, 1983
Kings purchased for approximately $10.5 million by a local business group responsible for bringing the Kings to Sacramento: Joseph Benvenuti, Frank and Gregg Lukenbill, Bob A. Cook, Frank McCormick and Stephen H. Cippa.
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Jan. 1985
Group petitioned NBA Board of Governors to move team to Sacramento, nine months later Kansas City Kings become Sacramento Kings.
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Oct. 25, 1985
L.A. Clippers defeat Kings 108-104 before a sold-out crowd of 10,333 at ARCO Arena in the first regular season professional basketball game played in Sacramento.
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1991
Kings trade rights to Billy Owens for Mitch Richmond and Les Jepsen.
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1991
Archibald enshrined in Hall of Fame.
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Apr. 6, 1992
Jim Thomas takes ownership of team.
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May 22, 1994
Kings reveal franchise's current primary logo, home and road uniforms and team colors.
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1995
Richmond voted MVP of All-Star Game.
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1998
Kings send Richmond and Otis Thorpe to Washington for Chris Webber.
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1998
Kings sign free agent Vlade Divac.
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Jan. 15, 1999
Maloofs purchase controlling interest, effective July 1, 1999.
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2002
Kings win Pacific Division title.
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2003
Kings win Pacific Division title.
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2004
Stokes enshrined in Hall of Fame.