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 More Historical Events »