Births on October 10

Lance Cairns

Born on October 10, 1949

Lance Cairns, New Zealand cricketer

Bernard Lance Cairns (born 10 October 1949) is a former all-rounder who played for the New Zealand cricket team, and is the father of New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns.

He was also known for the unusual bat he played with throughout much of his career. Known as "Excalibur", the shoulders of the bat were planed down to form a conical rather than rectangular shape.Cairns was a swing bowler with an unorthodox 'front on' action. He took 130 Test Match wickets and 89 ODI wickets. He took ten wickets in New Zealand's first ever win on English soil, at Headingley in 1983.

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Events on 1949

1 Apr

Communist Party of China
Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
20 Jul

1948 Arab-Israeli War
Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war.
1 Oct

Mao Zedong
The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.
2 Oct

Mao Zedong
The Soviet Union recognises the People's Republic of China, proclaimed the previous day by Mao Zedong.
14 Oct

People's Liberation Army
Chinese Civil War: Chinese Communist forces occupy Guangzhou.

Births on October 10

Lance Cairns

Born on October 10, 1949

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Events on 1949

Communist Party of China

1948 Arab-Israeli War

Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

People's Liberation Army