played 58 Test matches for England between 1899 and 1930. In Tests, he
took 127 wickets and scored 2,325 runs. He holds the world records for
the most appearances made in first-class cricket (1,110 matches) and for
the most wickets taken (4,204). He completed the double of 1,000 runs
and 100 wickets in an English cricket season a record 16 times. Rhodes
played for Yorkshire and England into his fifties, and in his final Test
in 1930 was, at 52 years and 165 days, the oldest player who has
appeared in a Test match. Beginning his career for Yorkshire in 1898 as
a slow left arm bowler, Rhodes quickly established a reputation as one
of the best slow bowlers in the world. His batting steadily improved
until, by the First World War, he was also regarded as one of the
leading batsmen in England and had established an effective opening
partnership with Jack Hobbs. As a bowler, Rhodes was noted for his great
accuracy, variations in flight and, in his early days, sharp spin.
Following his retirement from playing cricket, he briefly coached at
Harrow School and was given honorary membership of the Marylebone
Cricket Club in 1949.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Rhodes>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1771:
The Battle of Alamance—the final battle of the War of the
Regulation, a rebellion in colonial North Carolina over issues of
taxation and local control—was fought.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alamance>
1811:
Peninsular War: An allied force of British, Spanish, and
Portuguese troops clashed with the French at the Battle of Albuera south
of Badajoz, Spain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Albuera>
1918:
The Sedition Act was passed in the United States, forbidding
Americans from using "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive
language" about the United States government, flag, or armed forces
during the ongoing World War I.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition_Act_of_1918>
1960:
American physicist Theodore Maiman operated the first working
laser (example pictured) at the Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu,
California.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser>
1975:
Based on the results of a referendum held about one month
earlier, Sikkim abolished its monarchy and was annexed by India,
becoming its 22nd state.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikkim>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hue and cry:
1. (historical) The public pursuit of a felon; accompanied by shouts to
warn others to give chase.
2. (by extension) A loud and persistent public clamour; especially one of
protest or making some demand.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hue_and_cry>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Acceptance is right. Kindness is right. Love is right. I pray,
right now, that we're moving into a kinder time when prejudice is
overcome by understanding; when narrow-mindedness, and narrow-minded
bigotry is overwhelmed by open-hearted empathy; when the pain of
judgmentalism is replaced by the purity of love.
--Janet Jackson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Janet_Jackson>
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