2001 - The first Harry Potter film “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” premiered in Leicester Square, London introducing young stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.

2014 - One World Trade Center opened in New York City on the site of the former World Trade Center complex.

1982 - The first edition of ‘Countdown’ the British TV game show involving word and number puzzles.

1996 - The original cartoon series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles aired its final episode. Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird invented the TMNT in 1984 in comic book form. In total, 193 episodes aired between 1987 and 1996.

The Halloween holiday has its roots in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (a Gaelic word pronounced “SAH-win”), a pagan religious celebration to welcome the harvest at the end of summer, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts.

1979 - Barnes Wallis, British aeronautical engineer and inventor of the wartime dam busting 'bouncing bomb' died. The pilots of 617 squadron used Derwent Reservoir in Derbyshire to practice their low level flying.

2013 – The Lonely Planet Guide named Yorkshire as one of the top places in the world to visit. It put the area third in the top 10 world regions, behind destinations in India and Australia.

1959 - The first use of a car phone, with a call from Cheshire to London. A mere twenty five people had paid the astronomical sum of £200 each for one of the phones.

2006 - Amy Winehouse released her second and final studio album Back to Black. The album spawned five singles: "Rehab", "You Know I’m No Good", "Back to Black", "Tears Dry on Their Own" and ‘"Love Is a Losing Game" and won Best Pop Vocal Album at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.