Australian cricketer (died 1973)

Sid Barnes

Sidney George Barnes was an Australian cricketer and cricket writer, who played 13 Test matches between 1938 and 1948. Able to open the innings or bat down the order, Barnes was regarded as one of Australia's finest batsmen in the period immediately following World War II. He helped create an enduring record when scoring 234 in the second Test against England at Sydney in December 1946; exactly the same score as his captain, Don Bradman, in the process setting a world-record 405-run fifth wicket partnership. 05 over 19 innings in a career that, like those of most of his contemporaries, was interrupted by World War II.

Born

1916

June 5

Died

Living

Era

1910s

Country

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1916 Born

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830 Theodora is crowned Byzantine empress and marries then emperor Theophilos in the Hagia Sophia. She is credited with restoring Christian orthodoxy and icons.
1086 Tutush, brother of Seljuk sultan Malik Shah, defeats Suleiman ibn Qutalmish, the Turkish ruler of Anatolia in the battle of Ain Salm.
1257 Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
1284 Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles of Salerno.

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The world in 1916

When Sid arrived

april 18 World War I: During a mine warfare in high altitude on the Dolomites, the Italian troops conquer the Col di Lana held by the Austrian army.
april 24 Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
april 24 Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
april 25 Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.

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John Maynard Keynes 1883–1946 English economist and philosopher (born 1883) Abraham Sarmiento 1950–1977 Jr., Filipino journalist and activist (died 1977) Alifa Rifaat 1930– Egyptian author (died 1996) André Lacroix 1945– Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach Edmund of Langley 1341–1402 1st Duke of York, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1341) Ernest Augustus 1771– King of Hanover (died 1851) Jacques Demy 1931–1990 French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1990) Mary Kay Bergman 1961–1999 American voice actress (died 1999) Nicko McBrain 1952– English drummer and songwriter

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Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar 1916–1991 Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (born 1916) Bill Durnan 1916–1972 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1972) Billy Hitchcock 1916–2006 American baseball player, coach, manager (born 1916) C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (died 1962) 1916– Chick Hearn 1916–2002 American sportscaster (born 1916) Colin McCool 1916– Australian cricketer (died 1986) Deendayal Upadhyaya 1916– Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (died 1968) Dom Mintoff 1916–2012 Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1916) Don Tallon 1916–1984 Australian cricketer (died 1984)

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