2000 Victor Serebriakoff, genius, designed IQ tests, dies at 86
1998 Pakistan tests underground nuclear weapons, sparking fears of a nuclear conflict with India
1998 India resumes underground nuclear tests after more than a 20 year gap
1996 Cyril Poole, cricket (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in 3 Tests), dies
1996 Tommy Mitchell, cricket (Derbyshire leg-spin, 5 Tests for Eng), dies
1993 Leslie Townsend, cricket all-rounder (Engld in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies
1993 Russian space agency tests a 82' wide space mirror
1991 Prior Jones, West Indian cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1948-52), dies
1990 Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies
1988 Shroud of Turin, revered by many Christians as Christ's burial cloth, is shown by carbon-dating tests to be a fake from the Middle Ages
1988 Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ's burial cloth
1986 Allan Border scores the 10,000th run in Tests (v India, Bombay)
1986 NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics
1985 Sandy Bell, South African cricket pace bowler (16 Tests), dies
1985 Jack Robertson, South Africa cricket spinner (3 Tests vs. Aust 1935-36), dies
1985 Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies
1983 George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies
1982 J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies
1981 Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricket (2 Tests for India, 29 runs and 0-13), dies
1980 Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests
1980 Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies
1979 Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies
1979 Ian Botham makes 1000 runs/100 wkts in Tests in his 21st match
1979 C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies
1976 U.S. and Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use
1976 Harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies
1976 Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs. WI Adelaide
1973 Zahid Fazal, Pakistani cricket batsman, occasional Tests since 1992
1973 Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies
1973 U.S. performs 3 nuclear tests at Rifle, Colorado
1973 Rahul Dravid, cricket batter, prolific Karnataka, Tests for India 96
1972 Saurav Ganguly, cricketer, centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996
1971 Edward van der Merwe, cricket keeper (South Africa in 2 Tests in 30's), dies
1971 Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies
1970 Probir Sen, cricket (20 catch and 11 stumpings, 14 Tests for Ind), dies
1968 Mark Burmester, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test all-rounder in 3 Tests 1992
1968 Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made
1967 Freddie Martin, cricket WI batsman, (9 Tests 486 runs 1 century), dies
1967 Roshan Jurangpathy, cricketer, 2 Tests for Sri Lanka 1985-86
1967 Stanley Coen, cricket (2 Tests for S Af, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies
1966 S J "Tip" Snooke, South Africa cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies
1965 Tim Munton, cricketer, England pace bowler in two Tests 1992
1965 Bill Hitch, England cricket fast-bowler (7 Tests 1911-21), dies
1965 Maninder Singh, cricketer, Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93
1965 Kaushik Amalean, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka 1986-88
1964 Robert Haynes, cricketer, Jamaica and WI leggie, one-dayer but no Tests
1964 Kosala Kuruppuarachchi, cricketer, bowls 2 Tests for Sri Lanka 86-87
1964 Graeme Labrooy, cricketer, Sri Lankan pace bowler in 9 Tests 1986-91
1964 Nadeem Abbasi, cricketer, three Tests for Pakistan vs. India 1989
1964 W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests vs. NZ 1930), dies
1964 C R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (WI in 4 Tests, 6 wkts), dies
1964 Rumesh Ratnayake, cricketer, Sri Lankan pacer in 23 Tests 1983-92
1963 David Williams, WI cricket wicket-keeper, 3 Tests 1992
1963 Mike Veletta, cricketer, West Aussie opening bat, 8 Tests for Aust
1963 Robert Bailey, cricketer, England batsman in four Tests 1988-90
1963 Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by U.S., UK, U.S.S.R.
1963 Jack Russell, superb England cricket wicket-keeper, 36 Tests 1988-94
1963 Naved Anjum, cricketer, Pakistani all-rounder, two Tests 1989-90
1963 Zakir Khan, cricketer, two Tests for Pakistan 1986-89
1963 David Capel, cricketer, England all-rounder in 15 Tests 1987-90
1963 Aamer Malik, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 13 Tests 1987-90
1962 Salim Jaffer, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 14 Tests 1986-91
1962 Philip Newport, cricketer, England pace bowler in 3 Tests 1988-91
1961 Soviet Union tests a 58 megaton hydrogen bomb
1961 Sanath Kaluperuma, cricketer, four Tests for Sri Lanka 1984-88
1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear tests at Kapustin Yar and Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1961 Neil Mallender, cricketer, England pace bowler in two Tests 1992
1961 Robbie Kerr, cricketer, Queensland opener 2 Tests for Australia 1985
1961 Norman Cowans, cricketer, England fast bowler in 19 Tests 1982-85
1961 Ranjit Madurasinghe, cricketer, 3 Tests for Sri Lanka 1988-92
1960 Dave Gilbert, cricketer, Aussie pace bowler in 9 Tests 1985-86
1960 Amal Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan wicket-keeper in 9 Tests 1983-88
1960 Gopal Sharma, Indian cricket off-spinner, 2 Tests 1984-85
1960 Vinodhan John, cricket pace bowler, Sri Lankan in 6 Tests 1983-84
1960 Martyn Moxon, cricketer, England batsman in ten Tests 1986-89
1960 Roger Wijesuriya, cricketer, bowling avg 294 in 4 Tests for Sri Lanka
1960 Tim Curtis, cricketer, England righty batsman in 5 Tests 1988-89
1959 Rashid Khan, cricketer, 4 Tests for Pakistan 1982-85
1959 Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies
1959 Salim Yousuf, cricketer, Pakistani wicket-keeper in 32 Tests 1986-90
1959 Intikhab Alam bowls Colin McDonald with 1st ball in Tests
1959 Bruce French, cricketer, England wicketkeeper in 16 Tests 1986-88
1959 Ali Shah, cricketer, Zimbabwe all-rounder in two Tests 1992
1959 Tahir Naqqash, cricketer, Pakistani pace-bowler in 15 Tests 1982-85
1959 Paul Terry, cricketer, in Germany Two Tests England vs. WI 1984
1959 Kirti Azad, cricketer, Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83
1958 Tim Robinson, cricketer, solid England opener in 29 Tests 1984-89
1958 Charles Macartney, cricket (35 Tests 1907-26, 2131 runs 45 wkts), dies
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1958 U.S.S.R. suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges U.S. and Britain to do same
1957 Yohan Gunasekera, cricketer, 2 Tests for Sri Lanka 1983
1957 Bill Athey, cricketer, England batsman in 23 Tests 1980-88
1957 Neal Radford, cricketer, Zambia England pace bowler in 3 Tests 1986-88
1957 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests)
1957 Ashok Malhotra, cricketer, Indian batsman in 7 Tests 1982-84
1956 Anura Ranasinghe, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman in 3 Tests 1982
1956 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests)
1956 U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1956 Nick Cook, cricketer, England lefty slow bowler in 15 Tests 1983-89
1956 U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1956 U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1956 Asoka De Silva, cricket leg-spinner, Sri Lanka in 10 Tests 1985-91
1956 T. A. Sekar, Indian cricket pace-bowler, 2 Tests 1982-83 little impact
1956 Ijaz Faqih, cricketer, Pakistan off-spin all-rounder in 5 Tests 80-88
1956 David Smith, cricketer, England lefty batsman in 2 Tests vs. WI 1986
1955 Susil Fernando, cricketer, 5 Tests for Sri Lanka 1983
1955 Ian Greig, cricketer, brother of Tony Two Tests for England 1982
1955 Liaqat Ali, cricket pace bowler, Pakistani in six Tests 1975-79
1955 Dr. Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine
1954 Suru Nayak, cricketer, two Tests for India vs. England 1982
1954 Allan Lamb, cricketer, Langebaanweg, Cape Prov, 79 Tests for England
1954 Jayantha Amerasinghe, cricketer, 2 Tests for Sri Lanka vs. NZ 1983
1953 Aftab Baloch, cricketer, Pakistani in 2 Tests, scored 428 for Sind 74
1952 Ajit De Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan lefty spinner in four Tests 1982
1952 Graham Yallop, cricketer, Australian capt in 7 Tests, won 1 lost 6
1952 Gary Troup, cricketer, NZ lefty pace bowler in 15 Tests 1976-86
1952 Mahes Goonatillake, cricketer, Sri Lankan keeper in their 1st 5 Tests
1952 Sew Shivnarine, cricketer, 3 Tests for WI 1978, later USA captain
1952 Nawab of Pataudi, cricket (play polo 3 Tests for Eng 3 for Ind), dies
1951 John Childs, cricketer, England left-arm spinner, two Tests vs. WI 1988
1951 Sridharan Jeganathan, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka vs. NZ 1983
1951 Mithra Wettimuny, cricketer, bro of Sidath 2 Tests for SL vs. NZ 1983
1951 David Ogilvie, cricketer, 5 Tests for Australia 1977-78
1951 U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1951 U.S. begins 126 nuclear tests at Nevada Test Site
1950 Graeme Beard, cricketer, NSW medium-pace all-rounder 3 Tests 1980
1950 Brian Rose, cricketer, England batsman in 9 Tests 1977-81
1950 Sam Staples, cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1927-28), dies
1950 Talat Ali, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman in ten Tests 1972-80
1950 Ehtesham-ud-din, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 5 Tests 1980-82
1950 Graham Barlow, cricketer, England batsman in 3 Tests 1976-77
1949 Wally Edwards, cricketer, three Tests Australia vs. England 1974
1949 Arthur Fielder, England cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies
1949 Lalith Kaluperuma, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka 1982
1949 John Lever, cricketer, England lefty quick in 21 Tests 1976-81
1948 Ashok Gandotra, cricketer, in Rio de Janiero Two Tests for India 1969
1948 Mike Hendrick, cricketer, England seam bowler in 30 Tests 1974-81
1948 Murray Parker, cricketer, brother of John Three Tests for NZ 1976
1948 Hanson Carter, cricket (28 Tests for Aust, caught 44 stumped 21), dies
1948 Bruce Francis, cricketer, Australian opener in 3 Tests 1972
1948 Ewart Astill, cricket all-rounder (9 Tests for England 1927-30), dies
1947 Tony Dell, cricketer, Australian left-arm quick, 2 Tests 1971 and 74
1947 Murray Webb, cricketer, NZ fast bowler in 3 Tests, 4 wkts at 117 75
1947 Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies
1947 David Colley, cricketer, NSW quickie, 3 Tests for Australia 1972
1947 Salah-ud-Din, cricketer, played 5 Tests for Pakistan 1965-69
1947 Sam Gannon, cricketer, Austr lefty quick, 3 Tests vs. India 1977-78
1947 Fred Barratt, cricket (5 wkts at 47 in 5 Tests for Eng 1929-30), dies
1946 Ramnath Parkar, cricket batsman, Indian in 2 Tests vs. England 1972-73
1946 Graham Roope, cricketer, England batsman in 21 Tests 1972-78
1946 Roger Tolchard, cricketer, Engl keeper played Tests as a batsman 1977
1946 Joe Humphries, cricket wicket keeper (3 Tests for England 1907-08), dies
1946 Aftab Gul, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman in six Tests 1969-71
1946 Mohammad Ilyas, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in ten Tests 1964-69
1946 Mohammad Nazir, Pakistani cricket off-spinner, 14 Tests 1969-83
1946 Graham Vivian, cricketer, son of Giff, 5 Tests for NZ 1965-72
1946 Desmond Lewis, WI cricket batsman/keeper, avg 86.33 in 3 Tests
1945 Barry Richards, extraordinary cricket batsman, 4 Tests for South Africa
1945 Ambar Roy, cricketer, nephew of Pankaj Batted in 4 Tests 1969-70
1945 Graeme Watson, cricketer, Australian opening batsman 5 Tests 1966-72
1945 Sudhir Naik, cricketer, Indian Test batsman in 2 Tests 1974
1944 David O'Sullivan, NZ cricket left-arm spinner, in 11 Tests 1973-76
1944 Grayson Shillingford, cricket bowler, WI 1969-71, 7 Tests 15 wickets
1944 Clive Hubert Lloyd, cricketer, "Supercat", 110 Tests 1966-85
1944 Arif Butt, cricketer, pace bowler for Pakistan in three Tests 1964-65
1944 Clive Radley, cricketer, England batsman in 8 Tests 1978
1944 Abdul Kadir, cricketer, Pakistani batsman-keeper in 4 Tests 1964-65
1944 Irvine Shillingford, cricketer, cousin of Grayson, 4 Tests for WI
1944 Salim Altaf, cricketer, Pakistan medium-pacer in 21 Tests 1967-78
1944 Geoff Arnold, cricketer, England medium-pacer in 34 Tests 1967-75
1944 Lee Irvine, cricketer, South African batsman, only Tests in 1970
1944 Charlie Davis, cricketer, WI batsman in 15 Tests 1968-73
1944 C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies
1943 Barry Milburn, cricketer, NZ wicket-keeper in three Tests 1969
1943 Naushad Ali, cricketer, Pakistani wicket-keeper in six Tests 1964-65
1943 Shafqat Rana, Pakistani cricket batsman, 5 Tests 1964-69
1942 Hemant Kanitkar, cricketer, batted in two Tests India vs. WI 1974
1942 Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricket left-arm spinner, 19 Tests 1964-73
1942 Richard Hutton, cricketer, son of Len, 5 Tests 1971
1942 U. N. Kulkarni, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68
1942 Laurie Mayne, cricketer, Australian pace bowler in 6 Tests 1965-70
1941 Milkha Singh, cricketer, bro of Kripal Singh India batsman in 4 Tests
1941 Brian Yuile, cricketer, NZ slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests
1941 Grahame Bilby, cricketer, two Tests NZ vs. England 1966
1941 Keith Thomson, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests NZ vs. India 1968
1941 Robin Bynoe, cricketer, WI opening batsman in 4 Tests 1959-67
1941 Ross Morgan, cricketer, NZ batsman in 20 Tests 1965-72
1941 Gary Bartlett, cricket pace bowler, NZ in 10 Tests in the 1960's
1940 Rex Sellers, Aust cricketer leg-spinner, bowled 5 overs in Tests
1940 Pat Trimborn, cricket pace bowler, South African in 4 Tests 1966-70
1940 Dennis Gamsy, cricketer, South African bat in 2 Tests vs. Australia 1970
1939 Afaq Hussain, cricketer, Pakistani off-spinner in 2 Tests 1961-64
1939 Roger Prideaux, cricketer, England batsman in 3 Tests 1968-69
1939 Haseeb Ahsan, Pakistani cricket off-spinner, 12 Tests 1958-62
1939 Ron Headley, cricketer, son of George, 2 Tests WI vs. England 1973
1939 Hanumant Singh, cricketer, 14 Tests for India-century on debut
1939 Lester King, cricketer, WI fast bowler, 2 Tests 1962-68, 9 wkts
1939 Antao D'Souza, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in six Tests 1959-62
1938 Bill Playle, cricketer, NZ batsman in 8 Tests without distinction
1938 Tony White, cricketer, 2 Tests WI vs. Australia 1965
1938 Richard Dumbrill, cricketer, South African all-rounder in 5 Tests 1965-67
1938 John Sparling, NZ cricket all-rounder, 11 Tests 1958-64
1938 Gordon Rorke, cricketer, Australian quickie, 4 Tests at end of 50's
1938 H V "Ranji" Hordern, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia 1910-12, dies
1938 Javed Burki, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1960-69
1938 1st U.S. law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses
1938 Mohammad Farooq, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 7 Tests 1960-65
1938 New York 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women
1938 Ijaz Butt, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman in 8 Tests 1958-60
1937 Saeed Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 41 Tests 1958-73
1937 Duncan Sharpe, cricketer, 3 Tests for Pakistan 1959-60
1937 John Ward, NZ cricket wicket-keeper, 8 Tests 1964-68
1937 Peter Lashley, cricketer, 4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66
1937 Ken Higgs, cricketer, effective England pace-bowler in 15 Tests 1965-68
1937 R Surendranath, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s
1936 Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use
1936 Barry Sinclair, cricketer, 21 Tests for NZ in the 60's, 3 centuries
1936 David Pithey, cricketer, bro of Tony, South Africa all-rounder in 8 Tests
1936 V Subramanya, cricketer, Indian batsman in nine Tests mid-60's
1936 M. A. "Kelly" Seymour, cricketer, South Africa off-spinner in 7 Tests 1963-70
1936 Khalid Wazir, cricketer, son of S Wazir Ali 2 Tests for Pakistan 1954
1936 Tommy Ward, South African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted
1936 Manohar Hardikar, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests India vs. WI 1958-59
1935 Fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler, 5 Tests 1964-65
1935 Prakash Bhandari, cricketer, 3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs
1935 Mohammad Munaf, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 4 Tests 1959-62
1935 Bob Barber, cricketer, dashing England lefty bat in 28 Tests 1960-68
1935 Tom Cartwright, England cricket medium pacer, 5 Tests 1964-65
1935 William Brockwell, cricket (Brit all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies
1935 V V Kumar, cricketer, useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests
1935 Bruce Bolton, cricketer, two Tests NZ vs. England 1959
1935 John Murray, cricketer, Eng 1961-67, 1st wk called Murray to play Tests
1935 Blood tests authorized as evidence in court cases (New York)
1935 Driving tests introduced in Great Britain
1934 Geoff Millman, cricketer, England wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1961-62
1934 Reg Scarlett, WI cricket off-spinner, 3 Tests 1960
1934 J E F "John" Beck, cricketer, lefty bat in 8 Tests for NZ 1953-56
1934 Chandu Borde, cricket batsman, 55 Tests for India 1959-67
1934 Ivor Mendonca, WI cricket wicket-keeper, 2 Tests 1962
1934 Munir Malik, Pakistani cricket pace bowler, 3 Tests 1959-62
1934 Ivan Madray, WI cricket leg-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 3 runs 0-108
1934 Hammond Furlonge, cricketer, WI batsman in 3 Tests 1955-56
1934 Martin Horton, cricketer, England off-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 1959
1934 Bruce Pairaudeau, cricketer, WI opening bat in 13 Tests, 115 on debut
1934 Driving tests introduced in Britain
1934 Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha
1933 Tony Pithey, cricketer, brother of David, South African batsman in 17 Tests
1933 Ian Sinclair, cricketer, 2 Tests NZ vs. WI 1956, bowling average 120.00
1933 Len Coldwell, cricket bowler, England medium-fast in 7 Tests 1962-64
1932 Colin Cowdrey, cricketer, in India England batsman, 1st to 100 Tests
1932 Madhav Apte, cricketer, bro of Arvind 7 Tests for India, 1 century
1932 Henry Howell, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies
1932 Henry Bromfield, cricketer, South Africa off-spinner in 9 Tests 1961-65
1932 Bob Blair, cricketer, NZ pace bowler in 19 Tests in 50s
1932 Mahmood Hussain, Pakistani cricket swing bowler, 68 wkts in 27 Tests
1932 Jaswick Taylor, cricketer, WI pace bowler 50s, 10 wkts in 3 Tests
1931 Noel McGregor, cricketer, batted in 25 Tests for NZ 1955-65
1931 Tommy Greenhough, cricketer, English leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1959-60
1931 Jim Parks, cricketer, England batsman-keeper in 46 Tests 1954-68
1931 Eddie Fuller, cricketer, South African fast bowler in 7 Tests 1952-58
1930 Alim-ud-Din, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1954-62
1930 J T Tyldesley, cricket (1661 runs in 31 Tests for Eng 1898-1909), dies
1930 J M Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact
1930 Ramnath Kenny, cricketer, batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's
1930 Roy McLean, cricketer, prolific South African batsman played 40 Tests
1930 Matt Poore, cricketer, NZ batsman in 14 tests 1953-56 average 15.43
1930 Roy Marshall, cricket opener, prolific Hampshire only 4 Tests for WI
1930 Shuja-ud-Din, cricketer, batted in 19 Tests for Pakistan 1954-62
1930 G R Sunderam, cricket pace bowler, 2 Tests India vs. NZ 1955-56
1930 C. D. Gopinath, cricketer, batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's
1929 Keith Andrew, cricketer, England wicket-keeper in 2 Tests 1954-63
1929 Peter Loader, cricketer, England quick in 13 Tests 1954-59, later WA
1929 Ventappa Muddiah, cricketer, Indian off-spinner in 2 Tests 1959-61
1929 Jack Flavell, cricketer, England pace bowler in 4 Tests 1961-64
1929 Sydney Gedye, cricketer, opening batsman in four Tests for NZ 1964
1928 Trevor Meale, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests NZ vs. England 1958
1928 Datta Gaekwad, cricketer, father of Anshuman, batted in 11 Tests 50's
1928 Ken Hough, cricketer, NZ pace bowler in two Tests vs. England 1959
1928 Jack Nel, cricketer, South African opening bat in 6 Tests 1949-57
1928 C V Gadkari, cricketer, Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55
1928 Ken Archer, cricketer, Australian batsman, 5 Tests early 50s
1928 Imtiaz Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistan wicket-keeper in 41 Tests 1952-62
1928 Khan Mohammad, cricketer, Paki fast-med bowler, 54 wkts in 13 Tests
1927 G S Ramchand, cricketer, valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India
1927 William Attewell, cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), dies
1927 Israr Ali, cricket pace bowler, Pakistani in 4 Tests 1952-59
1927 John Hayes, cricketer, NZ fast bowler in 15 Tests 1951-58
1926 Frank King, cricketer, WI fast bowler in 14 Tests in 50's, 29 wkts
1926 Zulfiqar Ahmed, Pakistani cricket pace bowler, 9 Tests 1952-56
1926 Gordon Leggat, cricketer, open batsman for NZ in 9 Tests 1953-56
1926 Doug Insole, cricketer, England batsman of the 50's, nine Tests
1925 Ghulam Guard, cricketer, lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959
1925 Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman, 18 Tests during 1950's
1925 Bill Parkhouse, cricketer, England batsman in 7 Tests 1950-59
1925 David Ironside, cricketer, South Africa swing bowler in 3 Tests vs. NZ 1953-54
1925 H G Kischenchand, cricketer, 5 Tests for India 1947-52
1925 Maqsood Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56
1924 Mohammed Ghazali, cricketer, Pak off-spinner wicketless in 2 Tests 54
1924 Russell Endean, cricketer, 28 Tests for South Africa, handled the ball 1956
1924 Don Kenyon, cricketer, England batsman in 8 Tests 1951-55
1924 Jack Board, cricket wicket-keeper (Eng in 6 Tests 1898-1906), dies
1923 Syd Callaway, cricket all-round (3 Tests for Australia 1891-95), dies
1923 Bruce Dooland, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner, 3 Tests mid-forties
1923 Kenneth Rickards, cricketer, WI batsman two Tests 104 runs
1923 John Holt, Jr., cricketer, WI batsman in 17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36 75
1923 John Watkins, cricketer, South African all-rounder in 15 Tests 49-57
1923 Lawrie Miller, NZ cricketer, opening bat in 13 Tests
1923 George Bean, cricketer, 92 runs in 3 Tests for Eng vs. Aust
1923 Don Taylor, cricketer, NZ 3 Tests, Auck stands w/Sutcliffe in Wisden
1922 Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer, off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's
1922 Anton Murray, cricketer, South African batsman in 10 Tests 1951-55
1922 Ebrahim Maka, Indian cricket wicketkeeper, 2 Tests 1952
1922 Clifford McWatt, cricketer, WI wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1954-55
1921 Frank Mooney, cricketer, dependable wicket-keeper for NZ in 13 Tests
1920 Robert Christiani, cricketer, brother of Cyril WI batsman in 22 Tests
1920 Anwar Hussain, cricketer, four Tests for Pakistan vs. India 1952-53
1920 Chandrasekhar Sarwate, cricketer, batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52
1920 Percy Mansell, cricketer, leg-spin all-rounder in 13 Tests for South Africa
1919 Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies
1919 Alex Moir, cricketer, New Zealand leg-spinner in 17 Tests 1950-59
1919 Guy Overton, cricketer, NZ pace bowler in 3 Tests on 1953-54 SA tour
1919 Henry Wood, England cricket wicket keeper (in 4 Tests 1888-92), dies
1919 Lindsay Tuckett, cricketer, son of Len, 9 Tests for South Africa 1947-49
1919 K C Ibrahim, cricketer, batted in 4 Tests India vs. WI 1948-49
1917 K M Rangnekar, cricketer, batted in 3 Tests India vs. Australia 1947-48
1917 Prior Jones, cricketer, WI pace bowler in 9 Tests 1948-52
1917 William Shalders, South Africa cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies
1917 Jack Robertson, cricketer, superb England batsman only played 11 Tests
1916 Mervyn Wallace, cricketer, 13 Tests for NZ, latterly as capt
1916 Esmond Kentish, cricketer, WI fast bowler in 2 Tests 1948 and 1954
1915 George Cresswell, cricketer, 3 Tests for NZ aged 35
1914 Denis Begbie, cricketer, South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50
1914 Billy Wade, cricket wicket-keeper, South African in 11 Tests 1938-50
1914 C S Nayudu, cricketer, brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie
1912 U.S. Army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane
1912 David Townsend, cricketer, 3 Tests Eng vs. WI 1935
1912 Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies
1911 Joe Hardstaff, Jr., cricketer, son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England
1911 A. W. "Dooley" Briscoe, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests for South Africa 30's
1910 Eric Tindall, cricketer, All Black rep who kept wicket in 5 Tests
1910 Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies
1910 Mahomed Nissar, cricketer, pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests
1910 Laurie Nash, cricketer, Tasmanian fast-bowler, 2 Tests for Australia
1910 1st stumping by a 12th man in Tests (N C Tufnell, SAf vs. Eng)
1909 Don Cleverley, cricketer, two Tests for NZ 1932 and 1946, took 0-130
1909 Eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler, 5 Tests for South Africa 1935-39
1909 Ronnie Grieveson, South Africa cricket keeper/batsman, 2 Tests vs. Eng 1939
1909 Albert Roberts, cricketer, NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37
1909 Orville Wright tests 1st U.S. Army airplane, flying 1h12m40s
1909 Charlie Walker, South Aust cricket wicket-keeper, toured but no Tests
1908 Gordon Weir, cricketer, NZ batsman in 11 Tests 1930-37
1908 Alf Gover, cricketer, bowled in 4 Tests for England/famous coach
1907 Syd Curnow, cricketer, South African batsman in 7 Tests 1930-32
1907 Harry Boyle, round-arm cricket bowler (12 of Aust's early Tests), dies
1907 Leo O'Brien, cricketer, Australian batsman in 5 Tests 1932-36
1906 Eric Dalton, cricketer, 2 centuries in 15 Tests for South Africa 1929-39
1906 A J "Sandy" Bell, South Africa cricket fast bowler, 16 Tests 1929-35
1906 Alexander Matheson, NZ cricket pace bowler, 2 Tests 1930-31
1904 Tim Wall, cricketer, 18 Tests for Australia 1928-34
1904 Ellis Achong, cricketer, West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests
1903 George Dickinson, cricketer, bowled for NZ in their 1st 3 Tests
1902 Stanley Coen, cricketer, South African batsman in two Tests 1927-28
1900 Roger Blunt, cricketer, NZ all-rounder in 9 Tests 1930-32
1898 Tom Lowry, cricketer, NZ batsman in seven Tests and their 1st Test capt
1898 Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground)
1897 Jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer, three Tests for South Africa 1927-29
1897 Alan Kippax, cricketer, 22 Tests for Australia 1924-34, brilliant bat
1896 Cyril Allcott, cricketer, NZ all-rounder in their early Tests
1894 Elwood Haynes successfully tests one of 1st U.S. autos at 6 MPH
1893 J M Blankenberg, cricketer, 60 wkts in 18 Tests for South Africa
1893 Wilton St. Hill, WI cricketer, 3 Tests 1928-30
1891 Fritz Feigl, Austria, chemist, spot tests
1891 J. W. Hearne, cricket leg-spinner, all-rounder for England in 24 Tests
1890 Horace Chapman, cricketer, leg-spin all-rounder for South Africa in 2 Tests
1886 Jack Crawford, cricketer, England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1905-08
1885 Louis Pasteur successfully tests an anti-rabies vaccine
1884 C "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer, 3 Tests for South Africa in Australia 1910-11
1884 Fred Morley, cricket lefty quick (16 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng), dies
1884 Rolland Beaumont, cricketer, South African batsman in 5 tests 1912-14
1883 England complete 1st innings victory in Tests vs. Aust MCG
1882 Harry Makepeace, cricketer, 4 Tests for England vs. Australia 1920-21
1882 Thomas Campbell, South African cricket wicketkeeper, 5 Tests 1909-12
1879 Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist, ph tests
1877 Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer, Yorks and Eng SLA, played Tests 1899-1930
1876 Ted Arnold, cricketer, England all-rounder in 10 Tests 1903-05
1875 Len Braund, cricketer, great England all-rounder in 23 Tests 1901-08
1875 N F Druce, cricketer, 5 Tests for England vs. Australia 1897-98
1874 Joseph Willoughby, cricketer, 2 Tests for South Africa 1895-96
1874 Albert Relf, cricketer, England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14
1873 Johnny Tyldesley, cricketer, brother of Ernest, 31 Tests for England
1870 Syd Gregory, cricketer, Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912
1868 Bill Lockwood, cricketer, England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1893-1902
1867 Jack Hearne, cricketer, cousin of George and Alec 12 Tests for Eng
1860 C T Studd, cricketer, brother of G B, five Tests for England
1859 G B Studd, cricketer, brother of C T, 4 Tests for England
1858 Billy Gunn, cricketer, Notts and England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99
1851 Lord Harris, cricketer, 4 Tests for England MCC big-wig
1787 John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton
1752 Benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod
1742 Willem KH Friso tests his mothers potatoes
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