Julius Erving becomes the third player to score 30,000 points in his pro career ...

1987 — Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76ers becomes the third player to score 30,000 points in his pro career. Erving scores 38 points to join Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

On April 16, 1983, Steve Garvey set the National League record by playing in his 1,118th consecutive game to pass Billy Williams. He finished with 1,207 consecutive games, a record that still stands.