TODAY: August 19

1953: England recaptured the Ashes at The Oval after a gap of 19 years. Denis Compton hit the decisive stroke to give Len Hutton’s team an eightwicket victory in the fifth and final Test, the only win after four drawn matches in the series. 1999: Nineteen-year-old Robbie Keane (left) became thethen most expensive teenager in British football, completing a £6million move from Wolves to Coventry. 2001: Ferrari ace Michael Schumacher was world champion for the fourth time, after winning the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest. 2008: An excellent day for Great Britain at the Olympics in Beijing brought gold for Victoria Pendleton and Chris Hoy in cycling, Christine Ohuruogu on the track and Paul Goodison in the Laser class sailing.