1826: John Wisden, the man who first published what is now known as 'The Cricketer's Bible' was born.

1951: Maureen Connolly won the US Open tennis title at the age of 16 years and 11 months.

1961: Aston Villa beat Rotherham in the second leg of the inaugural League Cup final to win 3-2 on aggregate.

1970: Austrian motor racing driver Jochen Rindt, who became the sport's only posthumous world champion, was killed when his Lotus swerved and hit a guard rail during practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

1971: Peter Gethin, driving a BRM, took the chequered flag in the closest world championship race in history, winning by 0.01 seconds from Ronnie Peterson at Monza. Just 0.61secs separated the first five cars to finish.

1998: Tottenham parted company with manager Christian Gross – the man who had arrived on the tube – after 10 turbulent months at White Hart Lane.

2006: Randy Lerner took full control of Aston Villa after taking his shareholding to 85.5 per cent.

2008: Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton banned for 12 matches, six of which were suspended, and fined £25,000 after pleading guilty to a Football Association charge of violent conduct relating to his attack on former Manchester City team-mate Ousmane Dabo.