1998 53rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship at Blackwolf Run GC, Kohler WI
1996 Muralitharan no-balled for throwing in ODI vs. WI at the Gabba
1995 ODI in Sharjah WI 7-333 in 50 overs beat Sri Lanka 329 all out
1995 Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win vs. WI
1995 Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs. WI at Sabina Park
1994 Brian Lara scores 375 for WI vs England to beat Sobers' record
1994 Lara scores 167 for WI vs. England at Georgetown
1992 David Boon's 14th Test Cricket century, 111 vs. WI at Brisbane
1992 Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown)
1991 Allan Border takes 5-68 vs. WI at Bourda (!), Georgetown
1991 Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109* vs. WI at Kingston
1990 Test Cricket debut of Saeed Anwar (Pak vs. WI), scores 0 and 0
1989 Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over India and WI on round-robin
1989 Dean Jones scores 216 vs. WI at the Adelaide Oval
1989 Boon completes 7th Test century, 149 vs. WI at SCG
1988 Merv Hughes takes 13 wickets vs. WI at the WACA but Australia lose
1988 Test Cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, WI vs. Pakistan, Georgetown
1988 Kiran More stumps five WI batsman at Madras, world Test record
1988 Narendra Hirwani takes 16-136 (8-61 and 8-75) vs. WI on Test debut
1988 Test debut of Phil Simmons, WI vs. India, Madras
1987 Test debut of Carl Hooper, WI vs. India at Bombay
1987 NZ beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket
1986 Sri Lanka all out 55 vs. WI in one-dayer Walsh 5-1 in 4 3 overs
1986 1st-class cricket debut of Andy Flower, ZCU Presidents XI vs. Young WI
1985 Australia beat WI by innings at SCG, Bob Holland 10 match wkts
1984 Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, vs. WI at the MCG
1984 Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide)
1984 Test Cricket debut of David Boon age 23 and Bob Holland age 38 (v WI)
1984 Border scores 100* vs. WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings
1983 Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs. WI
1983 George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies
1983 Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI vs. India Bombay
1983 Kapil Dev takes 9-83 vs. WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose
1981 One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Aust vs. WI
1981 Maurice Fernandes, cricket capt (WI in 1st Test win, 1930 vs. Eng), dies
1981 Sylvester Clarke knocks out spectator with brick, WI vs. Pakistan
1980 Imran Khan scores his 1st Test Cricket ton, 123 vs. WI Lahore
1979 1st day-night one-day cricket international, Australia vs. WI at SCG
1979 Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for WI vs. India at Kanpur
1979 Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (v WI)
1978 WI all set to lose cricket test vs. Aust at Kingston till riots end game
1978 George Paine, lefty cricket spinner (for England in WI 1935), dies
1978 1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI vs. Australia)
1976 Big win for WI at The Oval Michael Holding 14-149 for match
1976 Clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 mins, WI vs. Glamorgan
1976 England all out for 71 vs. WI at Old Trafford, Holding 14 5-7-17-5
1976 India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare
1976 Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs. WI Adelaide
1975 G S Chappell gets ton in each inn of 1st Test Cricket as capt vs. WI
1975 Test Cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding, WI vs. Australia Brisbane
1975 Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, vs. WI Cricket World Cup
1974 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, cricketer, WI left-handed batsman 1994-
1974 Tony Greig takes 8-86 vs. WI Port-of-Spain (later 5-70 in 2nd inn)
1973 1st one-day Cricket international for WI (v Eng) - lose by 1 wicket
1973 Frank Hayes scores 106 on Test Cricket debut vs. WI as England lose
1973 Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 vs. WI Georgetown
1973 WI vs. Australia at Kingston, 1st time since 1955 without Sobers
1972 KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac, WI suspends broadcasting
1972 Brad Radke, Eau Claire WI, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
1972 Vicki Goetze, Michicot WI, LPGA golfer, 1995 British Open-12th
1972 Vincent Valentine, WI cricket pace bowler (England 1933), dies
1972 Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs. WI
1972 Glenn Turner carries his bat for 223* vs. WI at Kingston
1972 Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI vs. NZ Kingston, 214 and 100
1972 Michael Kasprowicz, cricketer, Australian Test fast bowler vs. WI 1996
1971 Matthew Elliott, cricketer, Australian Test opening batsman vs. WI 1996
1971 Patterson Thompson, cricketer, WI Test fast bowler vs. New Zealand 1996
1971 Dominic Cork, cricketer, England all-rounder Hat-trick vs. WI 1995
1971 Gavaskar makes 220 in 2nd inning vs. WI after 124 in 1st
1971 J M Noreiga takes 9-95 WI vs. India at Port-of-Spain
1970 Sherwin Campbell, cricketer, WI opening batsman 1995
1970 Andy Bichel, cricketer, Australian pace bowler vs. WI 1997
1970 Philo Wallace, cricketer, WI ODI opening batsman 1991-92
1970 EAA Convention moves from Rockford Illinois to Oshkosh, Wi
1970 Cameron Cuffy, cricketer, St. Vincent and WI fast bowler 1994-
1969 Martha Richards, Hudson WI, LPGA golfer, 1995 Safeco Classic-21st
1969 Vasbert Conniel Drakes, cricketer, Barbados fast bowler, WI ODI 1995
1969 Ireland bowl out WI for 25 at Londonderry, win by 9 wkts
1969 John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut vs. WI at Lord's
1969 Brian Lara, cricketer, WI left-hand bat Smashed world records in 1994
1969 George Williams, born in Lacrosse WI, catcher for the Oakland A's
1969 Ottis Gibson, cricketer, Barbados fast bowler, WI 1995
1969 Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI vs. NZ
1969 Anna Acker-Macosko, Marshfield WI, LPGA golfer, 1995 Gold Coast Tour
1969 Bob Wickman, Green Bay WI, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees
1969 Rajindra Dhanraj, Trinidad cricket leg-spinner, WI 1994-95
1968 Narendra Hirwani, cricketer, Ind leggie 16 wickets vs. WI on debut 1988
1968 Junior Murray, cricketer, WI keeper, no relation to Derryck or David
1967 Freddie Martin, cricket WI batsman, (9 Tests 486 runs 1 century), dies
1967 Kenneth Charlie Griffith Benjamin, cricketer, WI like his namesake
1967 Steven C Stricker, Edgerton WI, PGA golfer, 1994 Northern Telecom-2nd
1966 Test Cricket debut of Bishen Singh Bedi, India vs. WI Calcutta, 2-92
1966 Patricia Neder, Wauykesha WI, team handball right wing, Olymp-92, 96
1966 Carl Hooper, cricketer, WI off-spin all-rounder
1966 Jerry Kelly, Madison WI, Nike golfer, 1993 NIKE Cleveland Open-2nd
1966 Jerry Patrick Kelly, Madison WI, PGA golfer, 1995 Greater Milw-34th
1966 WAEO (now WJFW) TV channel 12 in Rhinelander, WI (NBC) begins
1966 Test cricket debut of Derek Underwood, vs. WI Trent Bridge, wicketless
1966 Anderson Cummins, cricketer, in Packer's Valley Barbados and WI quickie
1966 Andrew Hudson, cricketer, South Africa, 163 on debut vs WI 1992
1965 Keith Arthurton, cricketer, Charlestown, Nevis WI lefty bat
1964 Winston Benjamin, cricketer, WI righty quick 1987-95
1964 Robert Haynes, cricketer, Jamaica and WI leggie, one-dayer but no Tests
1964 Milton Small, cricket pace bowler, WI vs. Australia 1984
1964 C R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (WI in 4 Tests, 6 wkts), dies
1963 David Williams, WI cricket wicket-keeper, 3 Tests 1992
1963 Roger Harper, cricketer, Guyana and WI off-spinner Extraordinary field
1962 Sherri Steinhauer, Madison WI, LPGA golfer, 1992 du Maurier Ltd
1962 Courtney Walsh, cricketer, WI pace bowler, hat-trick vs. Aust 1988
1962 Umrigar slams 172* vs. WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes
1962 Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India
1962 Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket vs. WI age 21 years 77 days
1961 Alan Wells, cricketer, England Test batsman vs. WI in one Test 1995
1961 Mike Watkinson, cricketer, England off-spinner all-rounder vs. WI 1995
1961 Australia beat WI 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever
1960 Zane Smith, Madison WI, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
1960 Gus Logie, cricketer, WI batsman 1983-91, great fielder
1960 Carlyle Best, cricketer, WI batsman late 80's
1960 Eldine Baptiste, cricketer, WI all-rounder early 80's
1960 Riot curtails third days play at Port-Of-Spain WI vs. England
1959 Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies
1959 O'Neil Gordon Collie Smith, WI cricket all-rounder, dies in car crash
1959 Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs. WI age 15 years 124 days
1959 Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi)
1959 Paul Terry, cricketer, in Germany Two Tests England vs. WI 1984
1958 Daniel Bruce Forsman, Rhinelander WI, PGA golfer, 1992 Buick Open
1958 Monte Lynch, cricketer, Surrey batsman, WI Rebel, England ODI player
1958 Malcolm Marshall, cricketer, WI quickie 1978-91, WI top wicket-taker
1958 Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, WI vs. Pakistan, Port-of-Spain
1957 Mark Johnson, Madison WI, NHL forward, Olympics gold 1980, Pitts, NJ
1957 Peter Loader takes a cricket hat-trick England vs. WI Headingley
1957 May and Cowdrey make 411 stand vs. WI Ramadhin bowls 98 overs
1957 Everton Mattis, cricketer, WI batsman early 80's
1957 Thelston Payne, cricket wicket-keeper, WI 1986
1957 Sandra Joyce Cagle Milwukee WI, playmate, Feb, 1980
1956 Alvin Greenidge, cricketer, WI opener, no relation to Gordon or Geoff
1956 Jeff Dujon, cricket wicket-keeper, WI 1981-91, their most successful
1956 NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win
1956 Desmond Haynes, cricket, WI opener-greatest batsman in 1-day history
1956 Wayne Daniel, cricketer, WI fast bowler 1976-84
1956 David Smith, cricketer, England lefty batsman in 2 Tests vs. WI 1986
1955 Atkinson and Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt WI vs. Australia
1955 Atkinson and Depeiaza take WI from 6-187 to 6-494 in day vs. Aust
1955 Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted
1955 Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI vs. Aust, Kingston
1954 Derick Parry, cricketer, WI off-spinner early 80's
1954 Martha Nause, Sheboygan WI, LPGA golfer, 1994 du Maurier Ltd Classic
1954 Imtiaz Ali, cricketer, brother of Inshan One Test WI vs. India 1976
1954 Michael Holding, cricket fast bowler, Whispering Death-Awesome for WI
1953 Larry Gomes, dependable WI cricket left-handed batsman, 1976-87
1953 Elquemedo Willett, cricketer, WI lefty spinner early 70's
1953 Gary Cosier, cricketer, Australian batsman 1975-78, 109 on debut vs. WI
1953 Agha Zahid, cricketer, open batting for Pak vs. WI 1975, scored 14 and 1
1952 Mark C Lee, Viroqua WI, Mjr USAF/astronaut, STS 30, 47, 64, 82,sk: 98
1952 Sew Shivnarine, cricketer, 3 Tests for WI 1978, later USA captain
1951 1st Christmas Day in Test Crickets, Aust vs. WI at Adelaide
1951 David Murray, cricketer, WI wicket-keeper
1951 John Childs, cricketer, England left-arm spinner, two Tests vs. WI 1988
1951 Collis King, cricketer, WI all-rounder late 70s
1951 Andy Roberts, cricketer, brilliant WI quickie with 202 wickets 74-84
1950 Tom Wopat, Lodi WI, actor, Durning Rage, Christmas Comes to Willow
1950 Jeff Hammond, cricketer, Australian fast bowler on 1973 WI tour
1950 Bernard Julien, cricketer, WI left-arm pace all-rounder mid-70's
1949 Inshan Ali, cricketer, big-spinning WI chinaman bowler 1971-77
1949 Uton Dowe, cricketer, WI pace bowler 1972-73 "Dowe shall not bowl"
1949 Lawrence Rowe, cricketer, prolific WI batsman, 302 vs. Eng 1974
1948 Norbert Phillip, cricketer, WI pace bowler late 70s
1948 Geoff Greenidge, cricketer, no relation to Gordon, WI opener 1972-74
1948 Raphick Jumadeen, cricketer, WI slow left-armer of the 70's
1948 H H H Johnson bowls WI to win vs. England 10-96 match on debut
1948 Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut Eng vs. WI, out for 140
1948 Jim Laker takes 7-103 in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs. WI Barbados
1947 Dhiraj Parsana, cricket pace bowler, Indian vs. WI 1978-79
1947 Nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42
1947 Pollamani Krishnamurthy, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, 1971 WI tour
1946 Albert Padmore, cricketer, WI off-spinner mid-70s
1946 Frank Hayes, cricketer, 106* England vs. WI on debut 1973
1946 Tony Howard, cricketer, WI off-spinner one Test vs. NZ 1972
1946 Leonard Baichan, cricketer, WI opener, 103 vs. Pakistan on debut 1975
1946 Desmond Lewis, WI cricket batsman/keeper, avg 86.33 in 3 Tests
1945 Steven Camacho, cricketer, WI batsman early seventies
1945 Joe Schermie, Madison Wi, bassist, 3 Dog Night-Joy to the World
1944 Grayson Shillingford, cricket bowler, WI 1969-71, 7 Tests 15 wickets
1944 Terry Jarvis, NZ cricket opener, 387 partnership w/Turner vs. WI 1972
1944 Irvine Shillingford, cricketer, cousin of Grayson, 4 Tests for WI
1944 Charlie Davis, cricketer, WI batsman in 15 Tests 1968-73
1943 John Shepherd, cricketer, WI all-rounder 1969-71, later in South Africa
1943 Michael Findlay, cricket wicket-keeper, WI early 70's
1943 Keith Boyce, cricketer, big-hitting WI all-rounder of 70's
1943 Daniel Charles Brandenstein, Watertown Wi, ast, STS 8, 51-G, 32, 49
1942 Hemant Kanitkar, cricketer, batted in two Tests India vs. WI 1974
1942 Roy Fredericks, cricketer, brilliant WI lefty opener 169 vs. Aust 1975
1942 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi
1942 Arthur Barrett, cricketer, WI leggie early 70's
1941 Robin Bynoe, cricketer, WI opening batsman in 4 Tests 1959-67
1940 Chris Balderstone, cricket batsman, England, belated faced WI in 1976
1940 Richard Edwards, cricketer, WI pace bowler 1968-69 Aust/NZ tour
1940 Bryan Davis, cricketer, bro of Charlie WI batsman vs. Australia 1965
1940 David Holford, cricketer, cousin of G S Sobers WI leg-spin all-rounder
1939 A K Sen Gupta, cricketer, Test India vs. WI 1959 without distinction
1939 Ron Headley, cricketer, son of George, 2 Tests WI vs. England 1973
1939 Lester King, cricketer, WI fast bowler, 2 Tests 1962-68, 9 wkts
1938 Charlie Griffith, cricketer, WI fast bowler, or did he chuck?,
1938 Tony White, cricketer, 2 Tests WI vs. Australia 1965
1938 Cyril Christiani, cricket wicket keep (WI 1935), dies of malaria at 24
1937 Harry Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper (v WI 1928), dies
1937 Sven Conrad Stayers, cricketer, WI fast bowler 1962
1936 Jack Noreiga, cricketer, 9-95 WI vs. India 1971
1936 Manohar Hardikar, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests India vs. WI 1958-59
1935 Sheikh Fazalur Rehman, cricketer, played 1 Test Pakistan vs. WI 1958
1935 Easton Dudley Ashton St. John McMorris, cricketer, WI batsman of 60's
1934 Reg Scarlett, WI cricket off-spinner, 3 Tests 1960
1934 Alfred Scott, WI cricket leg-spinner, son of O C, Test 0-140
1934 Ivor Mendonca, WI cricket wicket-keeper, 2 Tests 1962
1934 Ivan Madray, WI cricket leg-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 3 runs 0-108
1934 Roy Gilchrist, cricketer, volatile WI fast bowler of late 50s
1934 Willy Rodriguez, cricketer, occasional leg-spin bat for WI in 60's
1934 Hammond Furlonge, cricketer, WI batsman in 3 Tests 1955-56
1934 Bruce Pairaudeau, cricketer, WI opening bat in 13 Tests, 115 on debut
1933 Seymour Nurse, cricketer, prolific WI batsman, 258 vs. NZ 1969
1933 Tom Dewdney, cricket pace bowler, WI of 50's
1933 Cammie Smith, WI cricket opening batsman, 1960-62
1933 Ian Sinclair, cricketer, 2 Tests NZ vs. WI 1956, bowling average 120.00
1933 Collie Smith, cricketer, exciting WI all-rounder all too briefly
1932 Jaswick Taylor, cricketer, WI pace bowler 50s, 10 wkts in 3 Tests
1931 Bradman scores 152 Aust vs. WI, 154 minutes, 13 fours 2 fives
1931 Bradman scores 223 Australia vs. WI, 297 mins, 26 fours
1930 Tasmania all out 280, WI 2-139 at Hobart Crowd 2,500
1930 Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 mins WI vs. Tas (10x4, 1x6, 1x5)
1930 Don Bradman takes his 1st Test Cricket wicket (Ivan Barrow, WI, lbw)
1930 Joe Solomon, cricketer, WI batsman of 50's Cap fell on wkt vs. Aust
1930 Roy Marshall, cricket opener, prolific Hampshire only 4 Tests for WI
1930 4th Test Cricket WI vs. England ends in a draw after nine days
1930 England out for 849 vs. WI Kingston, Sandham out for 325
1929 Leslie Wight, cricketer, one Test WI vs. India 1953, scored 21
1929 Sonny Ramadhin, cricket spin bowler, great WI
1929 Lennox Butler, cricketer, 1 Test WI vs. Aust 1955, 16 and 2-151
1928 Gerry Alexander, cricket wicketkeeper, WI of 50s and 60s
1927 Eric St. Eval Atkinson, cricketer, bro of Denis WI pace bowler 1958-59
1927 Michael Frederick, cricketer, one Test WI vs. England 1954, scored 0 and 30
1927 George Thoms, cricketer, 1 Test Aust against WI 1952, scored 16 and 28
1926 Frank King, cricketer, WI fast bowler in 14 Tests in 50's, 29 wkts
1926 Denis Atkinson, cricketer, WI all-rounder, 219 vs. Australia 1955
1925 Richard Barber, cricketer, scored 12 and 5 in only Test NZ vs. WI 1956
1925 Ralph Legall, cricket wicket-keeper, WI vs. India 1954
1924 Roy Miller, cricketer, WI all-rounder in one Test 1953, 23 and 0-28
1924 Frank Worrell, cricketer, one of the three W's, inspiring WI captain
1924 Madhussudan Rege, cricketer, 15 runs in only Test India vs. WI 1948-49
1924 Norman Marshall, cricketer, brother of Roy, one Test for WI 1955
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 Jimmy Cameron, cricketer, brother of John WI batsman 1948-49
1922 Allan Rae, cricketer, prolific WI opening batsman 1948-53
1922 Clifford McWatt, cricketer, WI wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1954-55
1922 WHA-AM in Madison WI begins radio transmissions
1921 Lancelot Pierre, cricketer, 1 Test WI vs. England 1948, 0-28
1921 Jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer, WI batsman pre/post-war
1921 Andy Ganteaume, cricketer, WI batsman, 112 in only Test innings 1948
1920 Robert Christiani, cricketer, brother of Cyril WI batsman in 22 Tests
1919 Gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer, post-war WI all-rounder
1919 Liberace, West Allis WI, pianist, Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman
1919 K C Ibrahim, cricketer, batted in 4 Tests India vs. WI 1948-49
1919 Carole Landis, Fairchild WI, actress, One Million BC, Topper Returns
1917 Prior Jones, cricketer, WI pace bowler in 9 Tests 1948-52
1916 Esmond Kentish, cricketer, WI fast bowler in 2 Tests 1948 and 1954
1915 George Mudie, cricketer, WI all-rounder in one Test 1935, 5 and 3-40
1915 Dennis Brookes, cricketer, one Test England vs. WI 1948, scored 10 and 7
1914 E. A. V. "Foffie" Williams, cricketer, WI all-rounder 1939-48
1914 John Cameron, cricketer, brother of Jimmy WI v-capt 1939 England tour
1913 Dick Wessel, WI, actor, Dick Tracy vs Cueball, Beware of Blondie
1913 Dicky Fuller, cricketer, one Test WI vs. England 1935, 1, 0-12
1912 David Townsend, cricketer, 3 Tests Eng vs. WI 1935
1912 Ken Weekes, cricketer, WI batsman vs. England 1939, 137 at The Oval
1911 R. Nicholas Ray, born in Galesville WI, director, Rebel Without a Cause
1911 Norman Oldfield, cricketer, Engl batsman one Test vs. WI 1939, 80 and 19
1909 Manny Martindale, cricketer, fiery WI pace bowler of 30's
1909 George Headley, cricketer, in Panama All-time great WI batsman
1908 Don Ameche, Kenosha WI, actor, Cocoon, Trading Places
1904 Lionel Birkett, cricketer, WI vice-capt on Australian tour 1930-31
1901 Christine WI Wittewaall van Stoetwegen, Dutch MP, CDD
1900 Doris Deane, WI, entertainer
1893 Herman Griffith, cricketer, pioneering WI pace bowler
1893 Wilton St. Hill, WI cricketer, 3 Tests 1928-30
1892 John Litel, Albany WI, actor, Virginia City, My Hero
1890 Cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne, cricketer, pioneer WI Test player
1871 Henry Stephenson, British WI, actor, Conquest, Little Old, New York, Mr. Lucky
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