Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
American basketball player
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| 2024 | Received UC Presidential Medal. |
| 2023 | Appeared as himself in season 7, episode 3 of the Showtime series Billions. |
| December 2023 | Hospitalized after falling and breaking his hip while attending a concert. |
| February 2023 | Spoke out about his atrial fibrillation diagnosis and partnered with Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer's 'No Time to Wait' campaign to raise awareness about the condition. |
| February 7 2023 | Attended the game where LeBron James broke his 38-year-long NBA career scoring record, and personally passed the game ball to James during the in-game ceremony. |
| 2022 | Made a cameo appearance as himself in the Netflix film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. |
| 2021 | Began publishing an online newsletter. |
| 2021 | Made a guest appearance as himself in a season 2 episode of Dave, which was named after him. |
| 2021 | Elected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. |
| 2021 | Began writing on Substack as a new platform for his writing and commentary. |
| June 2021 | Published an essay in Jacobin criticizing vaccine hesitancy and its impact on public health, specifically mentioning Kyrie Irving. |
| 2020 | Revealed he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer eleven years earlier. |
| 2020 | Served as executive producer and narrator of the History channel special 'Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution', for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. |
| September 24 2019 | Published 'Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage' with Anna Waterhouse |
| February 2019 | Appeared in season 12, episode 16 of The Big Bang Theory, titled 'The D&D Vortex'. |
| 2018 | Abdul-Jabbar resigned from the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee due to increasing personal obligations, as described by the United States Mint. |
| October 9 2018 | Published 'Mycroft and Sherlock' with Anna Waterhouse |
| September 2018 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was announced as one of the writers for the July 2019 revival of the television series Veronica Mars. |
| April 2018 | Competed in season 26 of Dancing with the Stars, partnering with professional dancer Lindsay Arnold during the all-athlete season. |
| 2017 | Published autobiography 'Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court' |
| 2017 | Published 'Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court' |
| 2017 | Spoke at a Ramadan event organized by the Israeli consul at the Israeli consulate in Los Angeles, emphasizing the importance of Muslim-Jewish relations and cross-cultural exchange. |
| 2017 | Appeared in the music video for Linkin Park's song 'Good Goodbye', playing a warlord in a dunk contest scenario. |
| January 2017 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was appointed to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee by United States Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, reflecting his interest in coin collecting and historical figures like Alexander Hamilton. |
| 2016 | Received Presidential Medal of Freedom and Sports Illustrated's Muhammad Ali Legacy Award. |
| 2016 | Published 'Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White' with Raymond Obstfeld |
| 2016 | Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. |
| 2016 | His only recognized rookie card was sold at auction for $501,900, becoming the most expensive basketball card at that time. |
| 2016 | Performed a tribute to his friend Muhammad Ali, alongside Chance the Rapper |
| 2015 | Published 'Streetball Crew Book Two: Stealing the Game' with Raymond Obstfeld |
| 2015 | Appeared in the HBO documentary 'Kareem: Minority of One' about his life. |
| September 2015 | Published 'Mycroft Holmes' with Anna Waterhouse |
| April 2015 | Admitted to hospital and underwent quadruple coronary bypass surgery at UCLA Medical Center on his 68th birthday after being diagnosed with cardiovascular disease. |
| January 25 2015 | Appeared on Meet the Press to discuss Islam and condemn violent extremism, emphasizing that Islam should not be blamed for the actions of extremists. |
| 2014 | Reprised his Airplane! role with Robert Hays in a parody commercial promoting Wisconsin tourism. |
| February 13 2014 | UCLA Bruins wore 'The Blueprint' Crazy 8 shoes against Colorado, with the shoes being sold online and at an Adidas store in New Orleans during NBA All-Star weekend starting February 14. |
| 2013 | Moved on from coaching after unsuccessfully seeking head coaching positions with UCLA and the Milwaukee Bucks. |
| 2013 | Published 'Streetball Crew Book One: Sasquatch in the Paint' with Raymond Obstfeld |
| 2013 | Participated in the ABC reality series Splash, a celebrity diving competition. |
| 2012 | Began a recurring role as himself on the NBC series Guys with Kids, which continued until 2013. |
| 2012 | Published 'What Color Is My World? The Lost History of African American Inventors' with Raymond Obstfeld |
| 2012 | Abdul-Jabbar traveled to Brazil as part of his cultural ambassador role, focusing on promoting education for local youth. |
| November 16 2012 | Statue unveiled in front of Staples Center in Los Angeles. |
| January 2012 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was appointed as a cultural ambassador for the United States by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, following in the footsteps of Louis Armstrong and continuing a tradition of African-American cultural representatives. |
| 2011 | Voiced himself in an episode of The Simpsons titled 'Love Is a Many Strangled Thing'. |
| 2011 | Awarded the Double Helix Medal for raising awareness for cancer research. |
| 2011 | Received an honorary degree from New York Institute of Technology. |
| 2011 | Concluded his six-season stint as a special assistant coach with the Lakers. |
| February 2011 | Initially announced via Twitter that his leukemia was gone, but later clarified that he was not completely cancer-free and his cancer was at an 'absolute minimum'. |
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