And the 40 years of hurt begins...
You know that England World Cup win that people keep going on about? You know, Bobby Moore and all that? Nobby Stiles dancing and stuff? "There's people on the pitch" et cetera. Yeah that one. Well that happened today in 1966. Since it's not possible to follow English football without being reminded every five seconds about England's last, and only, major win, there's really nothing we can say hear that you won't know about already. Hurst hat-trick, Greaves on the bench, a dubious goal, the Russian linesman you know it all. So we'll give you a fact you maybe didn't know. There were only two own goals in the competition, and both were scored by Bulgarians. And both were called Ivan (Davidov and Vutsov). Tell us you knew that, go on...
Also on this day, in 2006 Jimmy Saville was among the presenters for the final ever Top of the Pops, broadcast on BBC Two. A little-known singer named Elvis also made his first ever public appearance today in 1954, shocking the crowds with his swaying hips and wavy lips.
It’s Ilanga elimndandi kuwe, as the Zulus say, to British golf legend in waiting Justin Rose (28); Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger (61); Wuthering Heights songstress Kate Bush (50). This is also the day that Henry Ford, car maker and big shot industrialist was born in 1863. If he hadn’t died in 1947 he would have been celebrating his 145th birthday. But he did.
