1994 - Britain’s first National Lottery draw was shown live on BBC television with a jackpot of 7 million pounds.

1987 - The worst fire in the history of the London Underground killed 30 people. The blaze began in the machinery below a wooden escalator in King’s Cross Underground station and soon filled the tunnels with dense, choking smoke and intense heat.

1887 - The birth of Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English soldier who was a painstaking planner, which contributed to his most successful battle in North Africa when he broke through Rommel’s lines during the Second World War.

1907 - Cunard Line’s RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, set sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York City.

2001 - Microsoft entered the video game market with the launch of its first game console, the Xbox. Much of the first Xbox’s success came down to the game it was launched alongside, Halo.

1973 - Bobby Moore made his 108th and final appearance for England against Italy which featured 108 caps, 90 of which were as captain.

1940 - Disney’s animated feature “Fantasia” was released to movie theaters in the US. Over 1,000 artists and technicians were used in the making of Fantasia, which features more than 500 animated characters.

2015 - Storm Abigail, the first storm to be officially named by the Met Office, was upgraded to amber, with winds forecast of up to 90mph in the Western Isles of Scotland.

1918 – At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ended. In 1919, Britain introduced a two minute silence at 11:00 a.m. to remember those who died in World War I.