The Knicks are one of only two teams of the original National Basketball Association that is still located in its original city (the other being the Boston Celtics. The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League merged in 1949 to form the NBA.
... February 5 - Walter Gross[?], cabaretist (+ 1989)
February 7 - Ernst Ginsberg[?], actor and film director (+ 1964)
February 11 - Henry LaBouisse[?], head of UNICEF ...