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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
21st March 1968 Hill, Hawkins and Coghill's musical premieres in London
21st March 1963 David Hendon and Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London
21st March 1958 Actor Gary Oldman was born in New Cross, London.
21st March 1925 Born today: Peter Brook, London, director (1776)/TV writer
21st March 1888 Arthur Pinero's Sweet Lavender, premieres in London
21st March 1853 Alfred Cops, zookeeper at the Tower of London, died at the Tower of London 18 years after his menagerie closed.
21st March 1681 3rd Exclusion Parliament meets in London
Houndsditch Murder Scene
This is where Latvian murderers dargged their leader to in 1910.
Location: 59 Golding Street, Tower Hamlets, London, E1 1QH
Description: After the murder of two Sergeants in Houndsditch on 16th December 1910, the gang of Latvian revolutionaries dragged their wounded leader George Gardstein here - almost 3/4 mile away. An intense search followed, and a number of the gang or their associates were soon arrested.
The episode ended with the Sidney Street Siege on January 1911.
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The Siege of Sidney Street
This is where the Siege of Sidney Street took place.
2007-09-11
1978 Terror attack on El Al Bus », 3.7km
Houndsditch Murder Scene», 0km
Killer Podola Caught», 4.9km
Jill Dando's House», 6.8km
Wainewright the Poisoner», 3.2km
The Oliver Twist», 4.1km
Murder at Mr Smith's», 4.8km
The Percy Thompson murder», 6.4km
The Houndsditch Murders», 0.6km
The murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey», 4.3km
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