TODAY: September 5

1826: John Wisden, the man who first published what is now known as ‘The Cricketer’s Bible’, was born in Brighton. He died in 1884.

1951: Maureen Connolly (right) won the US Open tennis title at the age of 16.

1961: Aston Villa beat Rotherham in the second leg of the inaugural League Cup final to win 3-2 on aggregate.

1970: Austrian Formula One motor racing driver Jochen Rindt – who became the sport’s only posthumous world champion – was killed when his Lotus swerved and hit a guard rail during practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. 1971: Peter Gethin, driving a BRM, took the chequered flag in the closest Formula One world championship race in history, winning by 0.01 seconds from Ronnie Peterson at Monza. Just 0.61secs separated the first five cars to finish.