habit of wiping expensive video tape for reuse, but in 2019 a collector unearths 11 seconds of the performance and a longer 92 seconds is found later in the year. 23 June – The Beatles go on top of the British singles charts for the tenth time with "Paperback Writer". 29 June – Barclays introduces the Barclaycard, the first British credit card. July–September 3 July – 31 arrests are made after a protest against the Vietnam War outside the United States Embassy in London in Grosvenor Square by around 4,000 people turns violent. 11 July – British Motor Corporation and Jaguar Cars announce plans to merge as British Motor Holdings. 11 July – Scotsman Angus Barbieri ends a 382-day fast; during the fast, he consumed only water, vitamins, salts, yeast, and a small amount of milk and sugar, and lost . 12 July – Zambia threatens to leave the Commonwealth because of British peace overtures to Rhodesia. 14 July – Gwynfor Evans is elected as the Member of Parliament for Carmarthen, the first ever Plaid Cymru MP, after his victory at a by-election, overturning the previous Labour majority with an 18% swing. 15 July – West Indian-born Asquith Xavier is appointed as a guard at Euston railway station after the opposition of the local staff committee is overturned, ending a colour bar in Euston Station that is rumoured to have been in place for the last 12 years. 16 July – Prime Minister Harold Wilson flies to Moscow to try to start peace negotiations over the Vietnam War. The Soviet Government rejects his ideas. 20 July – Start of six-month wage and price freeze. 26 July – Lord Gardiner issues the Practice Statement in the House of Lords stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous precedent. 30 July England beats West Germany 4–2 to win the 1966 World Cup at Wembley. Geoff Hurst scores a hat-trick, and Martin Peters scores the other English goal, in a game which attracts an all-time record UK television audience of more than 32 million. An AEC Routemaster bus on route 7 in London catches fire near Marble Arch, but all the passengers and crew escape without injury. 1 August Everton F.C. sign Blackpool's World Cup winning midfield player Alan Ball, Jr. for a national record fee of £110,000. The Colonial Office merges with the Commonwealth Relations Office to form