- Australia
- 1926 - Fred Spofforth dies.
- England
- 1971 - In only his second Test match, Zaheer Abbas scored 274 against England at Edgbaston.
- 1993 - Shane Warne bowled the Ball of the Century to dismiss Mike Gatting during the first Test match of the 1993 Ashes series.
- New Zealand
- 1915 - New Zealand captain and father of Richard, Walter Hadlee is born.