1982 Death Donald Dillaway, actor (Min and Bill, Platinum Blonde), dies at 78 1971 Birthday Min Tang, Hunan China, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Canberra AUS 1970 Birthday Min Patel, cricketer, in Mumbai England left-arm spinner vs. India 1996 1961 Event Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hours 10 min 1958 Event Gary Sobers 365* vs. Pak, 614 min, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara 1951 Event Emil Zatopek runs 15,000m in record 44 min, 54.6 sec 1923 Birthday Sara A. Lidman, Swedish author, Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi 1918 Event Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min 1894 Event G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 min 1885 Birthday Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min, 8 km/min 1876 Event Daniel O'Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hours 32 min 1872 Birthday Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian Foreign min, 1916-18 1730 Event Robert Walpole becomes England 1st prime minister (was: chief min)
