IT HAPPENED TODAY
1718: William Penn, founder of The Quakers, died in Pennsylvania.
1818: Emily Bronte, (above), English novelist, was born. One of the three famous sisters, she wrote her single masterpiece Wuthering Heights under the name of Ellis Bell in 1846.
1863: Henry Ford, father of the mass-produced car, was born in Dearborn, Michigan.
1900: London Underground’s Central Line was opened by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) with a flat rate of tuppence for all destinations.
1930: Uruguay won football’s first World Cup.
1963: Third Man Kim Philby (below) turned up in Moscow after escaping arrest in Britain for spying.
1966: England beat West Germany 4-2 in extra time - with a hat-trick from Geoff Hurst - to win the World Cup.
1973: The Thalidomide Case, taken up by the Sunday Times on behalf of the victims, ended after 11 years, with compensation of £20m.
1990: Ian Gow, Conservative MP for Eastbourne, was murdered by an IRA bomb at his home in the Sussex village of Hankham.
2011: The Queen’s granddaughter Zara Phillips married England rugby star Mike Tindall.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Planning applications for new shops have fallen to an eight-year low as growth of e-commerce rises, a study shows.
BIRTHDAYS: Sir Clive Sinclair, inventor, 78; Paul Anka, singer, 77; Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and former governor of California, 71; Jean Reno, actor, 70; Harriet Harman, MP, 68; Kate Bush, (above) singer, 60; Daley Thompson, former athlete, 60; Lisa Kudrow, actress, 55; Sean Moore, rock drummer (Manic Street Preachers), 50; Jason Robinson, former rugby player, 44.