England win World Cup

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Teenage Hague lights up conferenceOn this day in 1977, at the age of 16, William Hague made his first speech at the Conservative Party Conference and achieved national notoriety as the archetypal ‘Tory Boy’.

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Blue PeterBlue Peter, the world’s longest-running children’s television programme, was first broadcast on this day in 1958.

The England football team won the FIFA World Cup on this day in 1966, beating West Germany 4-2 after extra time. Read on...

World Cup Willie became a national icon

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