- England
- 1916 - Leonard Hutton, opening batsman for England in 79 Test matches between 1937 and 1955 and the first professional captain of the team in modern times, is born at Pudsey in Yorkshire
- 1979 - West Indies win the 1979 Cricket World Cup, beating England in the final played at Lord's, London.
- West Indies
- 1928 - Played its first Test match, against England.
- 1980 - Ramnaresh Sarwan is born at Wakenaam Island, Guyana