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2004 Bob Bemer, Pioneering geek, ", helped to develop the ASCII character set, COBOL and the ESC sequence, ", dies at 84

1959 Asantha De Mel, cricketer, pioneering Sri Lankan Test opening bowler

1952 Roy Dias, cricketer, pioneering Sri Lankan Test batsman

1906 U.S. inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion," a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio and broadcasting

1896 Teddy Hoad, cricketer, pioneering West Indian Test batsman

1893 Herman Griffith, cricketer, pioneering WI pace bowler

1888 George Challenor, cricketer, pioneering West Indian batsman

1884 Herbert Hordern, cricketer, pioneering leggie for Australia

1869 John Heisman, pioneering football coach/trophy namesake

1854 Tom Felix Horan, cricketer, Ireland Pioneering Australia all-rounder

1847 A N Hornby, cricketer, pioneering England Test batsman

1842 Alfred Shaw, cricketer, pioneering England Test bowler


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