1996 Zimbabwe and England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with Eng need 1 to win
1996 Tommy Mitchell, cricket (Derbyshire leg-spin, 5 Tests for Eng), dies
1994 Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 vs. Eng, MCG)
1990 Greenidge and Haynes make 298 opening stand (v Eng), their best
1985 Azharuddin scores 3rd Test century in 3rd Test Cricket (122 vs. Eng)
1981 Maurice Fernandes, cricket capt (WI in 1st Test win, 1930 vs. Eng), dies
1974 Lawrence Rowe completes 302 vs. Eng Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six
1973 1st one-day Cricket international for WI (v Eng) - lose by 1 wicket
1973 Garry Sobers scores 26th and last Test Cricket ton 150 vs. Eng Lord's
1973 Majid Khan and Mushtaq Mohammad both out for 99 in Test vs. Eng
1972 Bob Massie takes 16 wickets (8-84 and 8-53) on Test cricket debut vs. Eng
1971 Byron Dafoe, Sussex Eng, NHL goalie for the Los Angeles Kings
1970 Would have been start of Aust/Eng Test Cricket at MCG, washed out
1969 Graham Lloyd, cricketer, son of David, Lancashire batsman, Eng ODI 96
1969 Martin McCague, cricketer, in Ulster AIS product, Eng quickie 1993-94
1967 Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam make 190 stand for 9th wkt vs. Eng
1967 Isaac Deutscher, Polish/Eng historian (Stalin-biography), dies at 60
1965 Jon Evans, Nottimgham ENG, Australasia golfer
1964 Nancy N Witcher Astor, US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies
1963 Caroline Pierce, Cheshire Eng, golfer, 1995 JAL Big Apple Classic-2nd
1961 Test Cricket debut of William Morris Lawry, vs. Eng at Edgbaston, 57
1960 Nevil Shute [Norway], Eng/Aust author (Town like Alice), dies at 60
1955 1st prototype of hovercraft patented by British eng Christoper Cockerell
1954 Michael "Nicko" McBain, Eng hard rock drummer, Iron Maiden-Powerslave
1952 Nawab of Pataudi, cricket (play polo 3 Tests for Eng 3 for Ind), dies
1949 Maurice Gibb, Manchester Eng, rocker, Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever
1949 Lawrence Rowe, cricketer, prolific WI batsman, 302 vs. Eng 1974
1948 Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut Eng vs. WI, out for 140
1947 Bob Massie, cricketer, Aust swing bowler, 16 wkts on debut vs. Eng 1972
1947 Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies
1947 Fred Barratt, cricket (5 wkts at 47 in 5 Tests for Eng 1929-30), dies
1947 Aust vs. Eng at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Aust since 1882
1945 Davy Jones, born in Manchester, England, singer, Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville
1944 Joe Cocker, Sheffield Eng, rock vocalist, Little Help From My Friends
1943 Mick Jagger, Eng, rock vocalist, Rolling Stone
1942 Alan Price, Eng, rock keyboardist, Animals-House of the Rising Sun
1942 Tony Meehan, [Daniel Meehan], London Eng, rocker, Drifters, Vipers
1941 John Hampshire, cricketer, of Yorkshire Century on debut for Eng 1969
1939 Geoff Griffin, cricketer, South Africa quick, hat-trick and chuck vs. Eng 1960
1938 Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
1938 Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of Eng season, earliest to do so
1937 Rajinder Pal, cricketer, pace bowler in one Test India vs. Eng, 0-22
1936 Australia all out 58 vs. Eng Bradman out for a duck
1936 Peter Walker, cricket all-rounder, Glamorgan did little for Eng 1960
1935 Ken Eastwood, cricketer, opened for Aust vs. Eng SCG 1971
1935 John Murray, cricketer, Eng 1961-67, 1st wk called Murray to play Tests
1934 Maggie Smith, born in Ilford, England, actress, Death on Nile, Clash of Titans
1934 Bradman scores 149* Aust vs. Eng XI, 104 mins, 17 fours 4 sixes
1934 Ponsford and Bradman make 451 partnership in 316 minutes vs. Eng
1934 Millicent Martin, Romford Eng, actress, Alfie, Nothing but the Best
1933 B H Valentine scores 133 on Test Cricket debut, Eng vs. India at Bombay
1930 J T Tyldesley, cricket (1661 runs in 31 Tests for Eng 1898-1909), dies
1930 Bradman scores 236 Aust vs. Worcs, his 1st f-class innings in Eng
1924 Jack Board, cricket wicket-keeper (Eng in 6 Tests 1898-1906), dies
1923 George Bean, cricketer, 92 runs in 3 Tests for Eng vs. Aust
1921 Billy Gunn, cricket (score 392 runs for Eng including a century), dies
1920 Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket inn, vs. Eng at MCG
1919 Franc [Franklin E] Essed, Suriname agricultural eng, Oper Grasshopper
1913 Yuvraj of Patiala, cricketer, scored 24 and 60 in only Test India vs. Eng
1912 David Townsend, cricketer, 3 Tests Eng vs. WI 1935
1912 Robert Flemyng, Liverpool Eng, actor, Windom's Way, Young Winston
1911 George Pope, cricketer, Eng pace bowler, 1-49 and 0-36 in his only Test
1910 1st stumping by a 12th man in Tests (N C Tufnell, SAf vs. Eng)
1909 Ronnie Grieveson, South Africa cricket keeper/batsman, 2 Tests vs. Eng 1939
1908 Michael Redgrave, Bristol Eng, actor, Browning Version, Lady Vanishes
1908 Roger Hartigan scores century on Test debut vs. Eng Adelaide (116)
1899 Jack Hearne takes a hat-trick Eng vs. Australia at Headingley
1899 Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (Eng vs. SA Johannesburg)
1897 Cyril "Froggy" Francois, cricketer, South Africa all-rounder vs. Eng 1922-23
1894 Day Six 1T Aus vs. Eng Australia need 177 to win, all out 166
1894 Cricket day 5 1T Aus vs. Eng Eng 437 all out, Aus need 177 are 2-113
1894 Cricket day 4 1T Aus vs. Eng England following on 4-268, 7 in front
1894 Cricket day 3 1T Aus vs. Eng Eng 325 all out, 261 behind on 1st inn
1894 Cricket day 2 1st T Aus vs. Eng Aus 586 (Gregory 201) England 3-130
1894 Day One 1st Test Cricket Aus vs. Eng Aust 5-346 (Giffen 161, Gregory 85)
1892 Roy Park, cricketer, one Test Aust vs. Eng 1920, out 1st ball
1892 John MacBryan, cricketer, one Test Eng vs. South Africa 1924 DNBat, DNbowl
1892 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket Eng vs. SA (Cape Town)
1890 Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
1886 Andrew Ducat, cricketer, Test for Eng 1921, 3 and 2, Soccer intl
1885 Lili Green, [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer
1884 Fred Morley, cricket lefty quick (16 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng), dies
1879 Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor
1879 William Froude, British civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68
1877 Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer, Yorks and Eng SLA, played Tests 1899-1930
1877 Test Cricket debut of Fred "Demon" Spofforth, Aust vs. Eng MCG
1877 Bill Midwinter completes Test Crickets' 1st 5-wkt haul, 5-78 vs. Eng
1877 Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 vs. Eng
1875 Walter Lees, cricketer, Surrey pace bowler toured for Eng 1905-06
1874 Chang and Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62
1870 Harry Graham, cricketer, 107 on Test debut Aust vs. Eng 1893
1867 Fred Tate, cricketer, father of Maurice, 1 Test, Eng vs. Aus 1902
1867 Jack Hearne, cricketer, cousin of George and Alec 12 Tests for Eng
1858 Frank Hearne, cricketer, bro of George and Alec, Eng and South Africa
1856 Joseph John Thomson, Eng, physicist discovered electron, Nobel 1906
1829 Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker arrive in Boston to be exhibited
1826 George Parr, cricketer, legendary Notts batsman, 1st Eng touring capt
1824 Francis Turner Palgrave, Eng, poet, Golden Treasury, /prof, Oxford
1811 Chang and Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins
1785 Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer, Confessions of English Opium Eater
1605 Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor
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