English cricketer and sportscaster

David Gower

David Ivon Gower is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer who was captain of the England cricket team during the 1980s. Described as one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of his era, Gower played 117 Test matches and 114 One Day Internationals (ODI) scoring 8,231 and 3,170 runs, respectively. He was one of the most capped and high-scoring players for England during this period, and only Jack Hobbs made more runs against Australia than Gower's 3,269. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup.

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1957

April 1

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285 Roman emperor Diocletian names Maximian his co-emperor ("Augustus").
527 Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
1081 Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his troops spend three days extensively looting Constantinople, is formally crowned on April 4.
1572 In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.

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The world in 1957

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april 11 United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
april 24 Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
april 30 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery enters into force.
april 6 The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airways, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines".

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