On this day

1718: William Penn, founder of The Quakers, died in Pennsylvania.

1818: Emily Bronte, 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 massproduced car, was born in Dearborn, Michigan. He built his first car in his spare time in a shed behind his house in Detroit.

1900: London Underground’s Central Line was opened by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII). 1930: Uruguay won football’s first World Cup.

1963: Third Man Kim Philby turned up in Moscow after escaping arrest in Britain for spying. 1966: England beat West Germany 4-2 in extra time to win the World Cup.