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1981 Mike Weaver beats Quick Tillis in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1978 Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies

1973 Shaun Pollock, cricketer, son of Peter South African Test quick 1995-

1970 Dean Headley, cricket, grandson of George, England ODI quick 1996

1964 Winston Benjamin, cricketer, WI righty quick 1987-95

1963 Azeem Hafeez, cricketer, fingerless Pakistani lefty quick

1959 Mike Quick, NFL wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles

1959 Michael Roy Whitney, cricket, great NSW and Aussie lefty quick 1981-92

1954 Justin Ross, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Sinatra, Chorus Line, Fan, Quick Change

1950 Leonard Pascoe, cricketer, dynamic Aussie quick 1977-82

1949 John Lever, cricketer, England lefty quick in 21 Tests 1976-81

1947 Tony Dell, cricketer, Australian left-arm quick, 2 Tests 1971 and 74

1947 Sam Gannon, cricketer, Austr lefty quick, 3 Tests vs. India 1977-78

1946 Diana Quick, born in London, England, actress, Brideshead, Big Sleep, Odd Job

1946 Asif Masood, cricketer, Pakistani quick with long and erratic run-up

1944 Mufasir-ul-Haq, cricketer, Pakistan left-arm quick, 1 Test

1939 Geoff Griffin, cricketer, South Africa quick, hat-trick and chuck vs. England 1960

1939 Elijah Beardsworth, world quick shaving champion, dies

1935 Ian Meckiff, cricketer, Austr quick 57-63, "threw"? his career away

1934 Sydney Burke, cricketer, South Africa quick, 11 wkts on Test debut vs. New Zealand 1961

1930 Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food

1929 Peter Loader, cricketer, England quick in 13 Tests 1954-59, later WA

1929 Alan Davidson, cricketer, mighty Australian lefty quick all-rounder

1920 Soccer team Quick '20 forms

1920 Soccer team Quick Boys forms

1917 Jack Plimsoll, cricketer, South Africa lefty quick, 3-143 in only Test 1947

1913 Ginty Lush, cricketer, NSW quick of the 30's who didn't play for Australia

1905 George Bissett, cricketer, successful South African quick in 1927-28

1902 Buster Nupen, cricketer, 1-eyed South African quick, great on matting

1893 Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)

1891 Ted McDonald, cricketer, great Australian quick of 20's

1887 Soccer team Be Quick forms in Hairs Groningen

1884 Fred Morley, cricket lefty quick (16 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng), dies

1883 Albert "Tibby" Cotter, cricketer, great Aussie quick of early century

1876 John Elicius Benedict B P Quick Carrington Dwyer, cricketer, Sussex

1874 Charles Edward Ives, Danbury, Connecticut, composer, Holiday Quick Step


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