Sunderland's Proudest Day In Its History

On the 5th May 1973, Sunderland beat Leeds United 1-0, becoming the first Second Division side to lift the FA Cup since West Bromwich Albion in 1931.

Here’s what else happened on that day in history:

1. Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain (1494)

2. King Charles I surrenders in Scotland (1646)

3. Karl Marx, the socialist writer, was born (1818)

4. The Thirteenth Amendment was ratified, abolishing slavery in the U.S (1865)

5. 5th Olympic games open at Stockholm, Sweden (1912)

6. Amy Johnson, the 1st woman to fly solo from England to Australia, takes-off (1930)

7. Chanel No. 5 was first sold (1941)

8. U.S. sends the first American into space (1961)

9. Paul Simon, Chicago and Carol King performed at a benefit for U.S. Presidential candidate George
McGovern (1972)

Sunderland’s Proudest Day In Its History