This Day in History: 1995-10-09

Sunny Akani (aka. Akani Songsermsawad) was born in Bangkok, Thailand. He became a professional snooker player in 2015 and had his real breakthrough in the UK Championship 2017 where he lost narrowly to Ronnie O’Sullivan in the 4th round after having beaten Fergal O’Brien, Michael Holt and Barry Hawkins on the way.