Harbhajan Singh (born 1980) is an Indian cricketer. A specialist bowler, he has the second-highest number of Test wickets by an off spinner behind Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan. Harbhajan made his Test and One Day International debuts in early 1998. His career was initially beset by investigations into the legality of his bowling action and disciplinary incidents that raised the ire of cricket authorities. However in 2001, with leading leg spinner Anil Kumble injured, Harbhajan's career was resuscitated after Indian captain Sourav Ganguly called for his inclusion in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy team. In that series victory over Australia, Harbhajan established himself as the team's leading spinner by taking 32 wickets, becoming the first Indian bowler to take a hat trick in Test cricket. Throughout 2006 and into early 2007, Harbhajan's accumulation of wickets fell and his bowling average increased, and he was increasingly criticised for bowling defensively with less loop. In early 2008, he was given a ban by the International Cricket Council for racially vilifying Andrew Symonds. The ban was revoked upon appeal, but in April, Harbhajan was banned from the 2008 Indian Premier League and suspended from the ODI team by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for slapping Sreesanth after a match.

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1176:

Byzantine–Seljuk wars: The Seljuk Turks prevented the Byzantines from taking the interior of Anatolia at the Battle of Myriokephalon in Phrygia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Myriokephalon

1787:

The text of the United States Constitution was finalized at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution

1859:

Disgruntled with the legal and political structures of the United States, Joshua Norton distributed letters to various newspapers in San Francisco, proclaiming himself Emperor Norton. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton

1939:

World War II: The Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east, sixteen days after Nazi Germany's attack on that country from the west. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland_%281939%29

1978:

President Anwar Al Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel (pictured with U.S. President Jimmy Carter) signed the Camp David Accords after twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_David_Accords

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idiosyncrasy (n): 1. A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person. 2. A language or behaviour that is particular to an individual or group. 3. A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/idiosyncrasy

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