Len Hutton (23 June 1916 – 6 September 1990) was a Test cricketer who
played for Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Marked out as a
potential star from his teenage years, Hutton made his debut for
Yorkshire in 1934 and by 1937 was playing for England. He set a record
in 1938 for the highest individual innings in a Test match, scoring 364
runs against Australia, a milestone that stood for nearly 20 years.
During the Second World War, he received a serious arm injury that never
fully recovered. In 1946, he assumed a role as the mainstay of England's
batting; the team depended greatly on his success for the remainder of
his career. In 1952, he became the first professional cricketer of the
20th century to captain England in Tests; under his captaincy in 1953,
England won the Ashes for the first time in 19 years. As a batsman,
Hutton was cautious and built his style on a sound defence. He remains
statistically among the best batsmen to have played Test cricket, and
was knighted for his contributions to the game in 1956. He went on to be
a Test selector, a journalist and broadcaster, an engineering firm
director and, in 1990, Yorkshire's president.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Hutton>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1780:
American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army victory in the
Battle of Springfield effectively put an end to British ambitions in New
Jersey.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Springfield_(1780)>
1858:
Edgardo Mortara, a six-year-old Jewish boy, was seized by papal
authorities and taken to be raised as a Roman Catholic, sparking an
international controversy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortara_case>
1946:
Canada's largest onshore earthquake, measuring 7.3 Mw, struck
Vancouver Island, but only caused two casualties since there were no
heavily populated areas near its epicenter.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Vancouver_Island_earthquake>
1956:
Gamal Abdel Nasser became President of Egypt, a post he held
until his death in 1970.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser>
1991:
The first installment of the Sonic the Hedgehog video game
series was first released, transforming Sega into a leading game
company.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(1991_video_game)>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sexuality:
1. That which is characterized or distinguished by sex. […]
2. Sexual orientation.
3. Sexual identity, gender.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sexuality>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Very occasionally, if you really pay attention, life doesn’t
suck.
--Joss Whedon
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