Jonathan Agnew (born 4 April 1960) is an English cricket broadcaster and former professional cricketer, nicknamed "Aggers". Agnew had a successful first-class career as a fast bowler for Leicestershire from 1979 to 1990, returning briefly in 1992. He won three Testcaps in the mid-1980s for England, and played in three One Day Internationals, his entire international career lasting just under a year. In county cricket, Agnew's most successful seasons came toward the end of his career. He was the second and third leading wicket-taker in 1987 and 1988 respectively, achieving 100 wickets in a season in the former. Overall, he took 666 first-class wickets at an average of 29.25. He was named one of the five Cricketers of the Year by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 1988. While still a player, Agnew began a career in cricket journalism and commentary. Since his retirement as a player, he has become a leading voice of cricket on radio, as the BBC radio cricket correspondent and on Test Match Special. In 1991, he was part of an on-air incident, known as the "leg over", which was blamed for a two-mile traffic jam caused by drivers laughing; BBC 5 Live listeners voted it "the greatest sporting commentary ever" in 2005. (Full article...)
1949 – Twelve nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty, creating NATO, an organization that constitutes a system of collective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
The Pinwheel Galaxy is a face-on spiral galaxy located 21 million light-years away in the constellationUrsa Major. It was first discovered by Pierre Méchain on March 27, 1781, and communicated to Charles Messier, who verified its position for inclusion in the Messier Catalogue as one of its final entries. This image, released on February 28, 2006, is composed of 51 individual exposures, as well as some extra ground-based photos. At the time of its release, it was the largest and most detailed image of a galaxy by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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