On This Day in London: The Shady Old Lady's Guide to London
It all happened here on our streets, but today is the anniversary of which key events from London's history:
7th October 1969 Glamour model Maria Whittaker was born in Hounslow, West London. (57 years ago this year)
7th October 1964 Stop! singer Sam Brown was born in Stratford, East London. (62 years ago this year)
7th October 1959 Music producer Simon Cowell was born in Lambeth, London. (67 years ago this year)
7th October 1943 English poet and author Marguerite Radclyffe Hall passed away in London. (83 years ago this year)
7th October 1941 Born today: Martin Murray, London England, rocker (Honeycombs) (85 years ago this year)
7th October 1919 1st London-Amsterdam airline service (Brit Aerial Transport and KLM) (107 years ago this year)
7th October 1914 Born today: Sarah Churchill, London, actress (All Over Town, Royal Wedding) (112 years ago this year)
7th October 1908 Born today: Richard Caldicot, London England, actor (Horse's Mouth) (118 years ago this year)
7th October 1806 Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgewood (220 years ago this year)
7th October 1780 Captain Cooks The Resolution and Discovery return to the Thames (without the late Cook). (246 years ago this year)
8th October 1985 Alain Boubil/Herbert Kretzner's Les Mis‚rables, premieres in London (41 years ago this year)
8th October 1970 Actress Anne-Marie Duff was born in Chiswick. (56 years ago this year)
8th October 1970 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan was born in Tooting. (56 years ago this year)
8th October 1965 Post Office Tower was officially opened as Englands tallest building. (61 years ago this year)
8th October 1942 Rainbow Bungle actor Stanley Bates was born in East Finchley. (84 years ago this year)
8th October 1929 Astronomer Royal, Sir Frank Dyson, opens the Mill Hill UCL Observatory. (97 years ago this year)
8th October 1906 Karl Nessler demonstrates 1st 'permanent wave' for hair, in London (120 years ago this year)
8th October 1875 Tennis player and olympic gold medallist Laurence Doherty was born in Wimbledon. (151 years ago this year)
9th October 1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera premieres in London. (40 years ago this year)
9th October 1966 John Lennon first met Yoko Ono in the Indica art gallery. (60 years ago this year)
9th October 1952 X-factor judge Sharon Osbourne, was born in Brixton. (74 years ago this year)
9th October 1944 The Who bass guitarist John Entwistle was born in Chiswick, London. (82 years ago this year)
9th October 1864 Maud Watson, first female Wimbledon tennis champion, was born in Harrow. (162 years ago this year)
9th October 1840 Pre-Raphaelite painter Simeon Solomon was born in London. (186 years ago this year)
9th October 1796 Artist Joseph Bonomi the Younger was born in London. (230 years ago this year)
10th October 1961 Born today: Martin Kemp, London, rock bassist (Spandau Ballet) (65 years ago this year)
10th October 1950 Arsenal hero Charlie George born in Islington. (76 years ago this year)
10th October 1933 Born today: Daniel Massey, London, actress (Vault of Horror) (93 years ago this year)
10th October 1930 Playwright Harold Pinter (Homecoming, Servant) was born in Clapton, London. (96 years ago this year)
10th October 1878 Murderer and burglar Charles Peace caught in Blackheath. (148 years ago this year)
11th October 2000 Reggie Kray's funeral cortege wends it's way through Bethnal Green. (26 years ago this year)
11th October 1967 Yoko Plus Me art exhibit opens in London (the me is John Lennon) (59 years ago this year)
11th October 1940 Centre Court at Wimbledon is hit by a german bomb during the blitz. (86 years ago this year)
11th October 1929 Sean O'Casey's Silver Tassle, premieres in London (97 years ago this year)
11th October 1872 Tragic suffragette Emily Davison was born in Blackheath. (154 years ago this year)
11th October 1841 The night Iguanadon-discoverer Gideon Mantell has a life-changing accident. (185 years ago this year)
11th October 1727 The Coronation of George II in Westminster Abbey. (299 years ago this year)
pinpointing the forgotten and lost history of London
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