2015 Event Sea incidents involving migrants continue at a steady pace in the Mediterranean, as Italian ships rescue 1,500 people from 5 separate vessels in less than 24 hours 1991 Death Prior Jones, West Indian cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1948-52), dies 1991 Event Silky Stallone, wins the Cane Pace at Yonkers Raceway 1988 Death Frank Pace, Jr., U.S. Secretary of Army 1950 - 1953, dies at 76 1985 Death Sandy Bell, South African cricket pace bowler (16 Tests), dies 1983 Death V N Swamy, Indian cricket pace bowler (without distinction), dies 1979 Death Doug Meintjes, South Africa cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies 1977 Death Reg Perks, England cricket pace bowler (1938-39), dies 1976 Birthday Mpumelo Mbangwa, cricketer, Zimbabwe pace bowler vs. Pakistan 1996 1976 Birthday Everton Matambanadzo, Zimbabwean cricket pace bowler, vs. Pakistan 1996 1976 Birthday Gary Brent, cricketer, Zimbabwe ODI pace bowler 1996 1975 Birthday Orlando Pace, tackle for the St. Louis Rams 1975 Birthday Ravindra Pushpakumara, Sri Lankan cricketer, Test pace bowler 1975 Birthday Chris Silverwood, cricketer, England Test pace bowler vs. Zimbabwe 1996 1975 Birthday Azhar Mahmood, cricket pace bowler, Pakistani ODI 1996 1975 Birthday Chaminda Vaas, brilliant Sri Lankan cricket pace bowler, 1994- 1974 Birthday Heath Streak, cricketer, Zimbabwean pace bowler 1993- 1974 Birthday Glen Chapple, cricketer, Lancashire and England A pace bowler 1973 Death Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies 1973 Birthday Dodda Ganesh, cricketer, Karnataka and India pace bowler 1997 1973 Birthday Ashfaq Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistan pace bowler 1993- 1972 Birthday Troy Corbett, cricket pace bowler, Victorian lefty since 1994-95 1972 Birthday Aaqib Javed, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler 1989- 1972 Death Vincent Valentine, WI cricket pace bowler (England 1933), dies 1972 Birthday Paras Mhambrey, Indian cricket pace bowler, Test vs. England 1996 1972 Birthday Bryan Strang, cricket pace bowler, brother of Paul Zimbabwe 1995- 1972 Birthday Simon Cook, cricketer, Victorian pace bowler joined NSW 1995-96 1971 Birthday Manjula Munasinghe, cricketer, Sri Lankan ODI pace bowler 1971 Birthday Ed Giddins, cricketer, promising Sussex pace bowler, England A 1995 1971 Birthday Martin Suji, cricketer, Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1971 Birthday Aamer Nazir, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler 1993- 1970 Birthday Steve Nikataras, cricketer, left-arm pace bowler for NSW 1996-97 1970 Birthday Andy Bichel, cricketer, Australian pace bowler vs. WI 1997 1970 Birthday Mark Ilott, cricketer, England left-arm pace bowler 1993- 1970 Birthday Brett Schultz, cricket pace bowler, South African Test 1970 Birthday Steven Jack, cricketer, South African pace bowler 1994-95 1970 Birthday John Rennie, cricketer, Zimbabwe pace bowler 1993 1970 Birthday Phil Alley, cricketer, NSW left-arm pace bowler 1970 Birthday Damien Fleming, Australia cricket pace bowler, hat-trick on Test debut 1970 Birthday Eric Gouka, cricketer, Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1970 Birthday Anthony Stuart, cricketer, Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997 1969 Birthday Peter Martin, cricketer, Lancashire and England pace bowler 1995 1969 Birthday Michael Owens, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand Test 1969 Birthday Javagal Srinath, cricketer, Indian right-arm pace bowler since 1991 1969 Birthday Vivek Razdan, cricket pace bowler, Indian Test 1989-90 1969 Birthday Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer, consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996- 1969 Birthday Alan Mullally, cricketer, England left-arm pace bowler 1996 1969 Birthday Simon Brown, cricketer, Durham pace bowler, England 1996 1969 Birthday Martin Bicknell, cricketer, England pace bowler 1993 1968 Birthday Andy Caddick, English cricket pace bowler, New Zealand 1993 1968 Birthday Atul Wassan, cricketer, Indian pace bowler 1989-90 1968 Birthday Salil Ankola, cricketer, Indian pace bowler one Test 1989 1968 Birthday Chris Pringle, New Zealand cricket pace bowler, since 1990 1966 Birthday Murphy Logo Su'a, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand left-arm of Samoan parents 1966 Birthday Meyrick Pringle, cricket pace bowler, South African 1966 Birthday Gary Martin, cricket pace bowler, Zimbabwe ODI 1966 Birthday Paul Reiffel, cricketer, Victorian and Australian pace bowler 1966 Birthday Tertius Bosch, cricketer, South African pace bowler 1992 1966 Birthday Phillip De Freitas, cricket pace bowler, in Dominica England 1986-95 1966 Birthday Danny Morrison, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand since 1987 1965 Birthday Willie Watson, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand 1965 Birthday Sanjeev Sharma, cricketer, Indian pace bowler 1988-89 1965 Birthday Angus Fraser, cricketer, England right-arm pace bowler 1989- 1965 Birthday Tim Munton, cricketer, England pace bowler in two Tests 1992 1965 Birthday Paul Jarvis, cricketer, England pace bowler 1988-93 1965 Birthday Edward Odumbe, cricketer, Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1965 Birthday Craig McDermott, cricket pace bowler, tireless Austr since 1984 1965 Birthday Craig Matthews, cricket pace bowler, South African Test 1964 Birthday Fanie De Villers, cricketer, great South African pace bowler 1993- 1964 Birthday Paul Taylor, cricketer, England left-arm pace bowler in one Test 1993 1964 Birthday Graeme Labrooy, cricketer, Sri Lankan pace bowler in 9 Tests 1986-91 1964 Birthday Rashid Patel, cricketer, Indian pace bowler, Lamba incident 1964 Birthday Milton Small, cricket pace bowler, WI vs. Australia 1984 1963 Birthday Bruce Reid, cricketer, brilliant left-arm Australia pace bowler 1985-92 1963 Birthday Eddo Brandes, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test pace bowler 1963 Birthday Roland Lefebvre, cricket pace bowler, Glamorgan and Holland 1963 Birthday Dirk Tazelaar, cricketer, Queensland and Surrey left-arm pace bowler 1962 Birthday Bharat Arun, cricketer, Indian pace bowler late-80's 1962 Birthday Salim Jaffer, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 14 Tests 1986-91 1962 Birthday Courtney Walsh, cricketer, WI pace bowler, hat-trick vs. Australia 1988 1962 Birthday Philip Newport, cricketer, England pace bowler in 3 Tests 1988-91 1962 Birthday Rajiv Kulkarni, cricketer, Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87 1962 Birthday Floris Jansen, cricketer, Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1961 Birthday Merv Hughes, cricketer, Australian pace bowler 1985-94 Extrovert 1961 Birthday Neil Mallender, cricketer, England pace bowler in two Tests 1992 1961 Birthday Joey Benjamin, cricket pace bowler, in St. Kitts England in 1994 1960 Birthday Dave Gilbert, cricketer, Aussie pace bowler in 9 Tests 1985-86 1960 Birthday Vinodhan John, cricket pace bowler, Sri Lankan in 6 Tests 1983-84 1960 Birthday Ravi Ratnayeke, cricketer, Sri Lankan pace bowler and opening batsman 1960 Birthday Jon Agnew, cricketer, England pace bowler late 80's 1959 Birthday Simon Davis, Victorian cricket pace bowler, Test vs. New Zealand 1986, no wkts 1959 Birthday Brett Bodine, born in Chemung, New York, auto racer, former NASCAR Winston Cup driver, current Sprint Cup, pace car driver, employed as Director of Cost and Research by NASCAR 1958 Birthday Tony Pigott, cricketer, England pace bowler in a Test vs. New Zealand 1984 1958 Birthday Yograj Singh, cricketer, Indian pace bowler early 80's 1958 Birthday Ole Mortensen, cricketer, pace bowler for Derbyshire and Denmark 1957 Birthday Paul-Jan Bakker, cricketer, Hampshire and Netherlands pace bowler 1957 Birthday Neal Radford, cricketer, Zambia England pace bowler in 3 Tests 1986-88 1956 Birthday Darrell Pace, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, archer, Gold and Silver Medals, 1976, 1984, 1988 Olympics 1956 Birthday Balwinder Singh Sandhu, cricketer, Sikh pace bowler 1983 World Cup 1955 Birthday Liaqat Ali, cricket pace bowler, Pakistani in six Tests 1975-79 1952 Birthday Joel Garner, cricketer, two-metre West Indian pace bowler 1977-87 1952 Birthday Gary Troup, cricketer, New Zealand lefty pace bowler in 15 Tests 1976-86 1950 Birthday Alan Hurst, cricketer, Australian pace bowler 1974-79 1950 Birthday Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer pace bowler, 1975-89 1950 Death Sam Staples, cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1927-28), dies 1950 Birthday Ehtesham-ud-din, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 5 Tests 1980-82 1950 Birthday Bernard Julien, cricketer, WI left-arm pace all-rounder mid-70's 1949 Birthday Uton Dowe, cricketer, WI pace bowler 1972-73 "Dowe shall not bowl" 1948 Birthday Sarfraz Nawaz, cricketer, successful Pakistani pace bowler 1969-84 1948 Birthday Norbert Phillip, cricketer, WI pace bowler late 70s 1948 Birthday Mike Selvey, cricketer, England pace bowler of late 70's 1947 Birthday Dhiraj Parsana, cricket pace bowler, Indian vs. WI 1978-79 1947 Birthday Alan Ward, England cricket pace bowler, 1969 - 1976 1946 Birthday Judy Pace, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Young Lawyers 1945 Birthday Vanburn Holder, cricketer, West Indian pace bowler of 70's 1945 Birthday Geoff Dymock, Australian cricket left-arm pace bowler, 1974-80 1944 Birthday Eric Freeman, Australian cricket pace bowler, late 60's 1944 Birthday Arif Butt, cricketer, pace bowler for Pakistan in three Tests 1964-65 1942 Birthday U. N. Kulkarni, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68 1942 Birthday Dave Brown, cricketer, Warwicks pace bowler, played 26X for England 1942 Birthday Laurie Mayne, cricketer, Australian pace bowler in 6 Tests 1965-70 1941 Birthday Jeff Jones, cricketer, England left-arm pace bowler in 60's 1941 Birthday Graham McKenzie, cricketer, prolific Australian pace bowler 1961-71 1941 Birthday Gary Bartlett, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand in 10 Tests in the 1960's 1941 Birthday Bob Cunis, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's 1940 Birthday Richard Edwards, cricketer, WI pace bowler 1968-69 Australia/New Zealand tour 1940 Birthday Pat Trimborn, cricket pace bowler, South African in 4 Tests 1966-70 1940 Birthday David Larter, cricketer, two-metre tall England pace bowler 1939 Birthday Ken Walter, South African cricket pace bowler, 1961-62 series vs. New Zealand 1939 Birthday Alan Connolly, cricketer, Australian pace bowler through 60s 1939 Birthday Neil Hawke, cricketer, Australia pace bowler and late-order bat in 60s 1939 Birthday R B Desai, cricketer, effective pace bowler for India in 60s 1939 Birthday Antao D'Souza, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in six Tests 1959-62 1938 Birthday Frank Misson, cricketer, Australian pace bowler 1960-61 1938 Birthday Mohammad Farooq, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 7 Tests 1960-65 1937 Birthday Rajinder Pal, cricketer, pace bowler in one Test India vs. Eng, 0-22 1937 Birthday R Surendranath, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s 1936 Birthday Harold "Dusty" Rhodes, England cricket pace bowler, 1959 1935 Birthday Fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler, 5 Tests 1964-65 1935 Birthday Mohammad Munaf, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 4 Tests 1959-62 1934 Birthday Sadashiv Patil, cricketer, pace bowler in Test India vs. New Zealand 1955-56 1934 Birthday Munir Malik, Pakistani cricket pace bowler, 3 Tests 1959-62 1933 Birthday Jim Pothecary, cricketer, South African pace bowler on 1960 England tour 1933 Birthday Tom Dewdney, cricket pace bowler, WI of 50's 1933 Birthday Pat Crawford, cricketer, Australian pace bowler 1956 1932 Birthday Bob Blair, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in 19 Tests in 50s 1932 Birthday Francis Cameron, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler took 61 wickets 1961-65 1932 Birthday Jaswick Taylor, cricketer, WI pace bowler 50s, 10 wkts in 3 Tests 1931 Birthday Neil Adcock, cricketer, South African pace bowler, 104 wkts 1953-62 1930 Birthday Alan Moss, cricket pace bowler, England during 50's 1930 Birthday Frank Tyson, cricketer, "Typhoon" England pace destroyer mid-50's 1930 Birthday Michael Melle, cricketer, South African pace bowler of early 1950's 1930 Birthday G R Sunderam, cricket pace bowler, 2 Tests India vs. New Zealand 1955-56 1929 Birthday Jack Flavell, cricketer, England pace bowler in 4 Tests 1961-64 1928 Birthday Ken Hough, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in two Tests vs. England 1959 1928 Event Babe Ruth hits home run number 42 and is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace 1927 Birthday Eric St. Eval Atkinson, cricketer, bro of Denis WI pace bowler 1958-59 1927 Birthday Israr Ali, cricket pace bowler, Pakistani in 4 Tests 1952-59 1926 Birthday Zulfiqar Ahmed, Pakistani cricket pace bowler, 9 Tests 1952-56 1925 Birthday D G "Dattu" Phadkar, cricketer, pace bowling all-rounder for India 1925 Birthday Ghulam Guard, cricketer, lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959 1924 Birthday Derek Shackleton, England cricket pace bowler, 50's 1923 Birthday Fred Ridgway, England cricket pace bowler, 1951-52 Indian tour 1923 Birthday Nirode Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler, 1949-52 1922 Birthday Bill Johnston, cricket pace bowler, mighty Australian lefty post-war 1920 Birthday Donald Beard, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in the 1950's 1919 Birthday Guy Overton, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in 3 Tests on 1953-54 SA tour 1918 Birthday Ranga Sohoni, Indian cricketer, pace bowler of late 40's avg 101 1917 Birthday Prior Jones, cricketer, WI pace bowler in 9 Tests 1948-52 1916 Birthday Alec Coxon, cricketer, England pace bowler in one Test, 2-90 and 1-82 1915 Birthday Fred Freer, cricketer, Australian pace bowler played one Test in 1946 1914 Birthday Ernie Toshack, cricket pace bowler, Aussie left-arm post-WWII 1913 Birthday Harold Butler, cricketer, England pace bowler late 40's 1912 Birthday Arthur Beaumont C. Langton, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler of 1930's 1912 Birthday Frank Pace, Jr., U.S. Secretary of Army, 1950 - 1953 1911 Birthday Norman Gordon, South Africa cricket pace bowler, against England 1938-39 1911 Birthday Bob Crisp, cricketer, South African pace bowler of 30's 1911 Birthday Geoff Chubb, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler vs. England 1951-52 aged 40 1909 Birthday Manny Martindale, cricketer, fiery WI pace bowler of 30's 1909 Birthday Eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler, 5 Tests for South Africa 1935-39 1909 Birthday Albert Roberts, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37 1909 Birthday John Cochrane, South African cricket pace bowler, one Test 1931 1906 Birthday Alexander Matheson, New Zealand cricket pace bowler, 2 Tests 1930-31 1905 Birthday Ian Cromb, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in the early 1930's 1902 Birthday Jack Newman, New Zealand cricket lefty pace bowler, 1932-33, later knighted 1898 Birthday Hal Hooker, cricketer, NSW pace bowler of 20's and 30's 1895 Birthday Matthew Henderson, cricketer, lefty pace bowler in New Zealand's 1st Test 1895 Birthday Maurice Tate, cricketer, great England pace bowler of 20's 1893 Birthday Herman Griffith, cricketer, pioneering WI pace bowler 1893 Birthday Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler, took 60 wickets for South Africa 1893 Birthday George Geary, cricketer, sturdy pace bowler for England 1924-34 1886 Birthday Joe Cox, cricketer, South African pace bowler in 1913-14 series vs. England 1876 Birthday Bert Hopkins, cricketer, Australian pace bowler of the 1900's 1875 Birthday Walter Lees, cricketer, Surrey pace bowler toured for England 1905-06 1869 Birthday Ernest Jones, cricket pace bowler, marvellous Australia at turn of century 1545 Birthday Antonio Pace, composer
