1424 – Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews
1756 – British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta, India
1866 – Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed
1875 – 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes
1903 – Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders
1925 – Record 73,000 pay to watch Chicago Bears beat NY Giants 19-7
1956 – Soviet gymnast Viktor Chukarin follows his parallel bars gold medal with the individual all-round title and teams gold at the Melbourne Olympics
1957 – Gardnar Mulloy becomes oldest American to win a Davis Cup tennis match at age 44 years, 14 days; teams with Vic Seixas to give US a match-clinching, 3-0 lead over the Philippines in the Inter Zone 1st round in Adelaide, Australia
1973 – NL votes to move San Diego Padres to Washington, D.C. (doesn’t happen)
2017 – Britain’s top Brexit negotiator David Davis admits there has been “no systematic impact assessment” on effects of Brexit