- England
- 1952 - 21-year-old debutant Fred Trueman took three wickets, helping reduce India to 0 for 4 at the start of their second innings at Headingley.
- 1988 - England drew the first Test in their summer of four captains.
- South Africa
- 1964 - Charles Llewellyn, South Africa's first non-white Test player, dies.
- West Indies
- 1894 - Karl Nunes, who would lead West Indies in their first Test match, was born.