The Australian cricketer Neil Harvey toured England in 1948 as a member of "The Invincibles" – so-called as they were undefeated in their 34 tour matches, an unprecedented feat. Aged 19, Harvey (pictured in 1953) was the youngest player of the touring party. An attacking left- handed middle-order batsman who was the youngest Australian to score a Test century, he struggled early in the tour. After being omitted from the first-choice team in the first half of the tour, Harvey's performances improved with his increasing familiarity with local conditions and he was called into the team for the Fourth Test at Headingley. Harvey scored 112 in a first innings counter-attack to keep Australia in contention, and hit the winning runs in the second innings. He retained his place for the Fifth Test, ending the series with 133 runs at a batting average of 66.50. Overall, Harvey was sixth on the tour team's run-scoring aggregates and seventh in the batting averages. Harvey was an acrobatic fielder, regarded as the best in the Australian team, and took several acclaimed catches throughout the tour. He took 17 catches for the tour and claimed a solitary wicket with his occasional off spin.
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708:
Pope Constantine was selected as one of the last popes of the Byzantine Papacy; he would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until Pope Paul VI in 1967. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Constantine
1410:
The Yongle Emperor launched the first of his military campaigns against the Mongols, resulting in the fall of the Mongol khan Bunyashiri. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongle_Emperor%27s_campaigns_against_the_Mongols
1911:
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City killed more than 140 sweatshop workers, many of whom could not escape because the doors to the stairwells and exits had been locked. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire
1931:
The Scottsboro Boys were arrested and charged with rape, leading to a legal case that eventually established legal principles in the United States that criminal defendants are entitled to effective assistance of counsel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottsboro_Boys
1949:
The Soviet Union began mass deportations of over 90,000 people from the Baltic states to Siberia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Priboi
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