1993 – The oil tanker Braer ran aground at Garths Ness on the southern tip of the Shetland Islands in hurricane-force winds after losing all engine power due to fuel contamination.

1967 - Donald Campbell, 46 year old son of Sir Malcolm Campbell, died in his attempt to break his own world water speed record on Coniston Water in the Lake District.

2014 - Along the whole of Wales’ coastline dozens of roads were closed and the rail network was also badly affected as storm surges brought flooding chaos around Wales’ coast.

1982 - Erica Rowe became the first sports ‘streaker’ when she ran across the Twickenham ground at the England v Australia rugby match waving her bra in the air.

1999 - The Euro currency was introduced and adopted by 11 Member States - Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.

2017 - More than 1,300 cars were destroyed when the multi-storey car park at the Liverpool Echo Arena burst into flames during the final event of the Liverpool International Horse Show.

2022 - Brian May, Queen’s guitarist, was knighted by King Charles III. May, an accomplished astrophysicist, was awarded the honour for his services to music and charity work.

1940 - London suffered its most devastating air raid when Germans firebombed the city. Hundreds of fires caused by the exploding bombs engulfed areas of London, but fire fighters showed a valiant indifference to the bombs falling around them and saved much of the city from destruction.

1915 - The British Cabinet decides to institute compulsory military service by calling up single men (18-41) first, with later legislation extending it to married men and women, evolving into a system that prioritised singles but eventually covered most fit adults for the war effort.