Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster

Nasser Hussain

Nasser Hussain is an English cricket commentator and former player who captained the England cricket team between 1999 and 2003, with his overall international career extending from 1990 to 2004. A pugnacious right-handed batsman, Hussain scored over 30,000 runs from more than 650 matches across all first-class and List-A cricket, including 62 centuries. His highest Test score of 207, scored in the first Test of the 1997 Ashes at Edgbaston, was described by Wisden as "touched by genius". He played 96 Test matches and 88 One Day International games in total.

Born

1968

March 28

Died

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1960s

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37 Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.
193 After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didius Julianus.
364 Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
1065 The Great German Pilgrimage, which had been under attack by Bedouin bandits for three days, is rescued by the Fatimid governor of Ramla.

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The world in 1968

When Nasser arrived

april 10 The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry, sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
april 11 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
april 11 A failed assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement, leaves Dutschke suffering from brain damage.
april 20 English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.

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Alexander Grothendieck 1928–2014 German-French mathematician and theorist (died 2014) Angelos Sikelianos 1884–1951 Greek poet and playwright (born 1884) Consalvo Sanesi 1911–1998 Italian racing driver (born 1911) Fra Bartolomeo 1472–1517 Italian painter (died 1517) Grace Hartigan 1922–2008 American painter and educator (died 2008) Mario Vargas Llosa 1936–2025 Peruvian novelist and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936) Melchior Ndadaye 1953– Burundian banker and politician, 4th President of Burundi (died 1993) Nathan Cayless 1978– Australian-New Zealand rugby league player and coach Terence MacSwiney 1879–1920 Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork (died 1920)

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Alejandra Ávalos 1968– Mexican artist Andy Flower 1968– South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach Barry Kooser 1968– American painter and animator Brandi Chastain 1968– American soccer player and sportscaster Carlos Baerga 1968– Puerto Rican baseball player and coach Christopher Brookmyre 1968– Scottish author Didier Deschamps 1968– French footballer and manager Dwayne Schintzius 1968–2012 American basketball player (born 1968) Elisabeth Murdoch 1968–2012 Australian businesswoman

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