safc.com delves into the history books and finds out what happened on this day in years gone by…
1999 – Sunderland gained permission from the City Council to increase the capacity of the Stadium of Light.
1953 – England forward and future Sunderland manager, Billy Elliott, signed for Burnley for £26,000.
1923 – Birth of post WW2 goalkeeper Robert Robinson in Newbiggin, Northumberland.