November 21st – Birthdays and Events
2019 - Elon Musk revealed Tesla’s first electric cyber truck with shatterproof windows. However, at the grand reveal, when the shatterproof windows were tested by being repeatedly hit by the design chief Franz von Holzhausen, the windows shattered.
November 20th – Birthdays and Events
2014 - The UK’s first bus powered entirely by human and food waste went into service between Bristol and Bath. The 40-seat ‘Bio-Bus’ runs on biomethane gas generated through the treatment of sewage and food waste.
November 19th – Birthdays and Events
1994 - Britain’s first National Lottery draw was shown live on BBC television with a jackpot of 7 million pounds.
November 18th – Birthdays and Events
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.
November 17th – Birthdays and Events
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.
November 16th – Birthdays and Events
1907 - Cunard Line’s RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, set sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York City.
November 15th – Birthdays and Events
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.
November 14th – Birthdays and Events
1973 - Bobby Moore made his 108th and final appearance for England against Italy which featured 108 caps, 90 of which were as captain.
November 13th – Birthdays and Events
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.