1878: - The Lancashire Football Association was formed by 23 clubs following a meeting in the Volunteer Inn in Bromley Cross.
1891: - The Uruguayan club; Club Atlético Penarol was founded in Montevideo. Originally called the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club it was founded through the impetus of employers and workers of Montevideo’s Central Uruguay Railway which had operated in Uruguay since 1878. Of the 118 founding members, 72 were British, one was German, and 45 were Uruguayan.
1893: - FC Porto was founded, in the northern city of Porto, by the wine-salesman António Nicolau de Almeida’ who had his first contact with the game of football on one of his trips to England.
1920: - Tommy Miller transferred from Liverpool to Manchester United, after 8 years at Anfield. He only spent one season at Old Trafford before moving onto Heart of Midlothian.
1933: - Walter Bussey was signed by Blackpool from Stoke City. He also went onto play for Swansea Town and Exeter City.
1946: - Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Billy Wright won his first England cap.
1951: - Sammy Smyth moved to Stoke City from Wolverhampton Wanderers. He left Stoke in 1953 for Liverpool. In total he scored 68 goals in 172 League matches.
1955: - The FA Cup match between Carlisle United and Darlington became the first floodlit FA Cup match between two Football League clubs.
1966: - Tommy Walker was sacked as manager of Heart of Midlothian. While in charge of the club he guided the club to its first success in over 50 years as they twice won the League in 1958 and 1960 and also won the Scottish Cup in 1956 and the League Cup three times in 1955, 1960 and 1963.
1992: - The German striker, Rudi Voeller announced his retirement from international football.
1996: - Arsenal appointed the Frenchmen Arsène Wenger as their new manager.
1997: - Manchester United captain Roy Keane suffered knee ligament damage against Leeds United and was ruled out for the season.
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