Ray Lindwall was a key member of the Australian cricket team that toured
England in 1948. Lindwall (3 October 1921 – 23 June 1996) played as a
right-arm opening fast bowler and right-handed batsman in the lower
middle-order. The Australians, who went undefeated in their 34 matches,
were called The Invincibles. Lindwall and Keith Miller formed
Australia's first-choice fast-bowling duo, regarded as one of the best
of all time, and captain Don Bradman typically used them in short bursts
with the new ball. The pair subdued England's leading batsmen for much
of the summer. Lindwall was a capable batsman who made two Test
centuries during his career, and he featured in several rearguard
actions that boosted Australia's scores during the tour. He was one of
two leading wicket-takers in the Tests (with 27), and had the best
bowling average (19.62) and strike rate. Lindwall was chosen as one of
the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1951:
The First Battle of Maryang-san, widely regarded as one of the
Australian Army's greatest accomplishments during the Korean War, began.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Maryang-san>
1962:
Mercury-Atlas 8, the fifth United States manned space mission,
was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_8>
1991:
Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel
Prize in Literature.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadine_Gordimer>
2008:
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, establishing
the Troubled Asset Relief Program, commonly referred to as a bailout of
the U.S. financial system, was enacted.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
balconic:
(rare) Of or pertaining to balconies.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/balconic>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Christ himself, who preached the life of love, was yet as lonely
as any man that ever lived. Yet I could not say that he was mistaken
because he preached the life of love and fellowship, and lived and died
in loneliness; nor would I dare assert his way was wrong because a
billion men have since professed his way and never followed it.
--Thomas Wolfe
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Wolfe>