1934 - The worst pit disaster in Britain for 21 years killed more than 260 miners in an explosion and fire at the Gresford Mine in Wales.

1984 - Police and miners clashed at a pit in Maltby, South Yorkshire, in one of the biggest pickets since the miners’ strike began.

1997 - Elton John started a six week run at No.1 in the UK singles chart with “Candle in the Wind ’97’ as a tribute to Princess Diana. It became the best-selling single of all time.

2022 - The State Funeral for Her Majesty The Queen took place at Westminster Abbey. The Queen's Coffin had been Lying-in-State since the evening of Wednesday 14th September.

2014 - A referendum was held in Scotland, with one single question on the ballot paper - "Should Scotland be an independent country?" The "No" side won, with 2,001,926 (55.3%) voting against independence and 1,617,989 (44.7%) voting in favour.

2001 - The opening of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge that spans the River Tyne between Gateshead’s Quays arts quarter on the south bank, and the Quayside of Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank.

1947 - John Cobb became the first man on land to exceed 400 mph, establishing a two-way record of 394.19 mph that stood for almost 17 years and it was the last Land Speed Record set by an internal combustion piston engined car.

1916 - First use of tanks in warfare, “Little Willies” at Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Battle of the Somme. A total of forty-nine tanks were set to be deployed at intervals along the British assaulting line.

1951 - Prime Minister Clement Attlee opened the largest oil refinery in Europe, at Fawley on Southampton Water when it was rebuilt and extended and is now the largest oil refinery in the United Kingdom.