This day in history

Host-nation England beat Germany 4-2 to win the World Cup final at Wembley Stadium. In extra-time, Geoff Hurst scored his third of three goals to win the game, handing England the Jules Rimet Trophy for the first time in the World Cup’s 36-year history. Hurst’s second goal later stirred considerable controversy when film footage suggested that it failed to cross the goal line after bouncing off the crossbar.

Britain, Greece and Turkey sign a peace deal to end the fighting in Cyprus.

In England, the parents of a missing London estate agent, Suzy Lamplugh, make an emotional appeal for her safe return. 

In America, notorious teamster leader, Jimmy Hoffa, goes missing from a car park in Detroit. Hoffa is never seen again and his body has never been found. 

Distillers Company agrees to pay more than £20 million in compensation to those born with birth defects as a result of their mothers taking the drug thalidomide during pregnancy. 

“In God We Trust” becomes America’s official motto.
 

Walt Disney releases his first cartoon in colour - Flowers and Trees. 

Uruguay beet Argentina 4 – 2 in Montevideo to win the first ever football World Cup.