Significant Days
1999
First ever Premier League game at the Stadium of Light: a 2-0 victory over Watford.
  Birthdays
1971 Roy Keane (manager 2006-08)
1891 Walter Tinsley (player 1912-13)
1904 Stan Ramsay (player 1925-28)
1917 Jackie Robinson (player 1946-49)
1924 Ken Oliver (player 1947-49)
1932 Norman Wood (player 1955)
1985 Roy O'Donovan (player 2007-10)
  In Memoriam
1991 Sam Morris (player 1929-32)