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Football
1966: Birth of Eric Cantona, a French footballer, who went on to become one of Manchester United‘s greatest and most iconic players.
1996: New Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit made his first signing a significant one by securing the services of Juventus and Italy striker Gianluca Vialli, who had won the UEFA Champions League just two days earlier.
Cricket
1942: Birth of Ali Bacher, the godfather of South African cricket. He was a chunky No. 3 batsman who captained one of the finest Test teams in history.
Trending
2004: On this day in 2004, England were 35 for 2 chasing 282 against New Zealand and Nasser Hussain smashed consecutive fours to bring up his hundred, then spanked the winning runs through the covers as England made a daunting run-chase look easy.
2009: Deccan Chargers claimed the IPL title in Johannesburg after they beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six runs.
Boxing
1976: Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for Heavyweight boxing title in Munich.
Tennis
1899: Birth of Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times).
Do check out the rest of the ‘This day in history’ series.
