Football
1941: Birthday of one of England and West Ham’s greatest ever players, Bobby Moore, who also captained the England team to glory in the 1966 World Cup.
Cricket
1917: Birthday of Vinoo Mankad, one of India’s greatest all-rounders.
1930: England’s Wilfred Rhodes finally retires from cricket, at the age of 52, and who played Test cricket for over 30 years.
1976:India chased down a then-world record 406 in a Test against the West Indies.
1983: Birthday of Dwayne Smith, West Indian batsman.
2004: Brian Lara sets a new world record by scoring 400* in a single innings, against England.
Boxing
1981: Joe Louis, one of the greatest Heavyweight boxers of all time, dies aged 66.
Do check out the rest of the ‘This day in history’ series.
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