Eric Upashantha bowls against England in the third Test at Old Trafford in June 2002. Photo by Patrick Eagar[/caption]
1946 - Jack Johnson, first black heavyweight champion, dies in car accident
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First black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson loses life in a car accident in 1946[/caption]
1972 - Birth of Sri Lankan seamer Eric Upashantha. He made his Test debut in 1999 against India
1989 - Birth of David Miller. In 2017, he set the record for the fastest T20I century - off 35 balls - during a match against Bangladesh in Potchefstroom
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The 17-year-old Arantxa Sanchez Vicario wins French Open in 1989 becoming the first Spaniard to win a Grand Slam title[/caption]
1989 - Spain’s 17-year-old Arantxa Sanchez beats Steffi Graf in the French Open final. She also became the first Spaniard to win a Grand Slam title
2018 - Scotland beat the world’s No. 1-ranked team, England, by six runs in a big-scoring thriller in Edinburgh. Scotland’s 371, which featured a barnstorming 140 not out from Calum MacLeod, set a record for the highest ODI total by an Associate
2018 - Bangladesh won the Women’s T20 Asia Cup, beating six-time champions India in a thrilling three-wicket win in the final, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia