The Adelaide leak was the revelation to the press of a dressing-room incident during the third cricket Test match of the "Bodyline" series of 1932–33 between England and Australia. During the course of play on 14 January 1933, the Australian Test captain Bill Woodfull was struck over the heart by a ball delivered by Harold Larwood (incident pictured). On his return to the dressing room, Woodfull was visited by the England manager Pelham Warner who enquired after Woodfull's health, but to Warner's embarrassment, the latter said he did not want to speak to him owing to England's Bodyline tactics. The matter became public knowledge when someone present leaked the exchange to the press; such leaks were practically unknown at the time. In the immediate aftermath, many people assumed Jack Fingleton, a full-time journalist, was responsible. Fingleton later wrote that Donald Bradman, Australia's star batsman, disclosed the story. Bradman always denied this, and continued to blame Fingleton. Woodfull's earlier public silence on the tactics had been interpreted as approval; the leak was significant in persuading the Australian public that Bodyline was unacceptable.
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1301:
The Árpád dynasty, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century, ended with the death of King Andrew III. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81rp%C3%A1d_dynasty
1761:
The Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the French- supplied and trained Maratha troops at the Third Battle of Panipat in Panipat, present-day Haryana, India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Panipat_(1761)
1814:
Sweden and Denmark–Norway signed the Treaty of Kiel, whereby Frederick VI of Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden in return for the Swedish holdings in Pomerania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Kiel
1973:
Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii was broadcast live via satellite, and set a record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_from_Hawaii_Via_Satellite
1975:
British teenage heiress Lesley Whittle was kidnapped by Donald Neilson and subsequently murdered during a failed ransom collection attempt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lesley_Whittle
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