ON THIS DAY: 2013

1896: George Lohmann took eight wickets for seven runs as England bowled out South Africa for 30 at Port Elizabeth. The innings total remained the lowest in a Test match for almost 60 years.

1907: American jockey Johnny Longden was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. He went on to ride Count Fleet to victory in the US Triple Crown – the Kentucky Derby, the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness Stakes – in 1943. He had a 40-year riding career.

1984: Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won Olympic gold in Sarajevo for their dance interpretation of Ravel’s Bolero, with a perfect score.

South African Paralympic and Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was arrested on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend after she was shot dead at his home.