2004 Death Bob Bemer, Pioneering geek, ", helped to develop the ASCII character set, COBOL and the ESC sequence, ", dies at 84 1959 Birthday Asantha De Mel, cricketer, pioneering Sri Lankan Test opening bowler 1952 Birthday Roy Dias, cricketer, pioneering Sri Lankan Test batsman 1906 Event U.S. inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion," a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio and broadcasting 1896 Birthday Teddy Hoad, cricketer, pioneering West Indian Test batsman 1893 Birthday Herman Griffith, cricketer, pioneering WI pace bowler 1888 Birthday George Challenor, cricketer, pioneering West Indian batsman 1884 Birthday Herbert Hordern, cricketer, pioneering leggie for Australia 1869 Birthday John Heisman, pioneering football coach/trophy namesake 1854 Birthday Tom Felix Horan, cricketer, Ireland Pioneering Australia all-rounder 1847 Birthday A N Hornby, cricketer, pioneering England Test batsman 1842 Birthday Alfred Shaw, cricketer, pioneering England Test bowler
