England were dismissed for 200 or under in eight of their ten Test innings during the disastrous 1985-86 tour1935 – Legendary US baseball player Babe Ruth’s first National League game, for Boston Braves, includes a homerun1940 – First televised baseball game, on WGN-TV (Chicago White Sox vs. Chicago Cubs exhibition)1940 – Birth of David Holford, the Barbadian batsman and spinner, and cousin of Gary Sobers1947 – Birth of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, legendary NBA center for Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers1963 – Birth of Salim Malik, the Pakistani cricket World Cup winner and Capt. who was given a life ban for match-fixing in 20001972 – Birth of women’s tennis star Conchita Martinez in Monzon, Spain1980 – Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis1986 – West Indies complete 5-0 home demolition of England during heydays of Caribbean cricket2004 – India defeats Pakistan 2-1 in Rawalpindi in the deciding third Test, in India’s first cricket tour of Pakistan in 14 years

Source: The Nation April 15, 2021 19:02 UTC