Week 12: England Loses the 1966 World Cup

Week 12: England Loses the 1966 World Cup

Author: Riley Knight March 18, 2026 Duration: 39:51
Half-Arsed History
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This week in history we’ve got monuments both finished and unfinished, we’ve got great escapes, we’ve got the birthdays of clockmakers, filmmakers, and musicmakers, and we’ve got the time that England lost the World Cup in 1966.


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