ON THIS DAY
1718:
William Penn, founder of The Quakers, died in Pennsylvania.
Emily Bronte, English novelist, was born. One of three famous sisters, she wrote her single masterpiece Wuthering Heights under the name of Ellis Bell in 1846.
Henry Ford, father of the mass-produced car, was born in Dearborn, Michigan. He built his first car in his spare time in a shed behind his house in Detroit.
London Underground’s Central Line was opened by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) with a flat rate of tuppence for all destinations.
Uruguay won football’s first World Cup.
Ariel, a life of Shelley by Andre Maurois, was the first Penguin paperback book to be published, price sixpence.
Third Man Kim Philby turned up in Moscow after escaping arrest in Britain for spying.
England beat West Germany 4-2 in extra time – with a hat-trick from Geoff Hurst – to win the World Cup.
1818: 1863: 1900: 1930: 1935: 1963: 1966: 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.
Planning applications for new shops have fallen to an eight-year low amid continued growth of e-commerce, a new study shows.
Buddy Guy, blues guitarist, 82; Peter Bogdanovich, film director, 79; Sir Clive Sinclair,
THIS DAY LAST YEAR: BIRTHDAYS:
inventor, 78; Paul Anka, singer, 77; Frances de la Tour, actress, 74; Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and former governor of California, 71; Jean Reno, actor, 70; Harriet Harman, MP, 68; Kate Bush, singer, 60; Daley Thompson, former athlete, 60; Laurence Fishburne, actor, 57; Lisa Kudrow, actress, 55; Sean Moore, rock drummer (Manic Street Preachers), 50; Jason Robinson, former rugby player, 44.