Jos Buttler, English cricketer
Joseph Charles Buttler (born 8 September 1990) is an English cricketer who is the current vice-captain of the England One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) teams and plays for the England Test team. He is considered one of the best white-ball batsmen in the world. In domestic cricket he represents Lancashire, having previously played for Somerset, and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues, including for Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.
Buttler made his T20I debut in 2011, his ODI debut 2012, and his Test debut in 2014. He was part of the England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup, and made the run out during the Super Over which sealed victory in the final.Buttler plays as a right-handed wicket-keeper-batsman. He is England's second-most-capped T20I player behind Eoin Morgan. Along with Adil Rashid he holds the world record for highest seventh-wicket stand in ODIs: 177 against New Zealand during their 2015 tour of England. Along with Dawid Malan he holds the world record for highest second-wicket stand in T20Is: 167* against South Africa during England's 2020 tour. He jointly holds the England ODI record for most ducks with 13. He is England's second-highest run-scorer in T20Is behind Morgan, holds the England T20I record for most half-centuries with 16, and is one of only four Englishmen to score a T20I century. As a wicket-keeper he holds the England ODI records for most catches (181), stumpings (32) and dismissals overall (213), as well as the England T20I records for most catches (37), stumpings (10) and dismissals overall (47).
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- 2Aug
Gulf War
Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War. - 8Aug
Gulf War
Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward. - 23Aug
Gulf War
Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War. - 28Aug
Kuwait
Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province. - 28Nov
Margaret Thatcher
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and the prime ministry, and is succeeded as both by John Major.