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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
17th July 1968 Beatle's animated film Yellow Submarine premieres in London
17th July 1965 Born today: Alex Winter, London England, actor (Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure)
17th July 1958 Peter Shaffer's Five Finger Exercise, premieres in London
17th July 1949 Born today: Mick Tucker, London, rock drummer (Sweet Harlesden)
17th July 1947 Born today: Camilla Parker-Bowles, London England, Prince Charles' wife.
17th July 1909 Born today: Hardy Amies, London England, royal dressmaker (Queen Elizabeth II)
17th July 1894 Born today: Mary Clare, London England, actress (Evil Mind, Young and Innocent)
17th July 1717 George Frideric Handel's The Water Music premiered when King George I requested a concert on a barge on the River Thames.
Top Crime-related places to visit in London.
Crime is one of the most intriguing and captivating themes in modern life, and London's history is full of real life escapades, robberies, murders and other nefarious criminal intent. Find out here exactly where they happened.
TOP 10 CRIME RELATED SIGHTS IN LONDON:
MORE CRIME SIGHTS:
11. Dick Turpin's Cave @ Wellington Hill, High Beech, Epping Forest
12. Wanstead's Stolen Cherry Pie @ Kingfisher Avenue, Wanstead
13. The Kray Twins lived here @ 178 Vallance Road, Bethnal Green, London
14. A barbers with a secret @ 156 Caledonian Road
15. The Spaghetti House Siege @ 77 Knightsbridge, Knightsbridge
16. Acid Murderer worked here @ 79 Gloucester Road, Kensington, London
17. The Oliver Twist @ 90 Church Road, Leyton, London
18. The Battle of Waterloo 2 @ 81 Waterloo Road, Waterloo
19. The Tyburn Tree @ Bayswater Road, London
20. The Kray twins were born here @ 64 Stean Street, Hoxton
21. The Clockwork Orange Underpass @ Trinity Road, Wandsworth, London
22. Moll King's Houses of Ill Repute @ 106 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm
23. The Ship and Blue Ball @ 13 Boundary Street, Shoreditch, London
24. Captain Kidd Hung Here @ Tilbury Point, Essex
25. The Lion Public House @ Tapp Street
26. Lord Lucan's Home @ 72a Elizabeth Street
27. Poirot's London Pad @ Charterhouse Square
28. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's House @ 2 Devonshire Place, London
29. The Carpenters Arms @ 73 Cheshire Street, Bethnal Green
30. Foreign Anarchist Club @ 6 Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road
31. Hanged Ruth Ellis lived here @ 44 Egerton Gardens, Ealing, London
32. The Calthorpe Arms @ 252 Grays Inn Road, City of London
33. The Zizzi Penis Lop @ 73-75 The Strand, London
34. Adam Ant's Last Stand @ 22 Chalcot Road, London
35. John Christies House of Horror @ Near Barton Mews, Ladbroke Grove, London
36. Pickles World Cup Find @ St Valery, Beulah Hill, Norwood
37. Balcombe Street Siege @ 21 Balcombe St, Marylebone, London
38. The London Cage, WW2 torture @ 7 Kensington Palace Gardens
39. 1909 Tottenham Outrage Robbery @ Tottenham High Road, London
40. The Garrick Arms @ 8 Charing Cross Road, London
41. Lord Lucan's Murder House @ 46 Lower Belgrave Street, London
42. Brinks Mat Bullion @ 117 Wilton Way
43. The Cock Tavern Debauchery @ Bow Street, London
44. Green Jackets Bandstand bomb @ Bandstand, Regents Park
45. The Aubergine Robbery Mystery @ 11 Park Walk, London
46. The Clink @ Clink Street, London
47. Sherlock's Speedy Sarnie @ 187 North Gower Street, Camden
48. A Park once filled with Vice @ Whetstone Park, Camden
49. The Blind Beggar @ 337 Whitechapel Road
50. Bow Street Magistrates Court @ Bow Street, Covent Garden, London
51. The Grave Maurice @ 269 Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel
52. Writers Poison Umbrella Stabbing @ Waterloo Bridge, London
53. Tony Blair lived here @ 1 Richmond Crescent, Islington
54. Catherine Wheel Alley @ Bishopsgate, Broadgate
55. Home of Russian spy Kim Philby @ 18 Carlyle Square, Chelsea, London
56. The Markham Square Siege @ Markham Square, Chelsea
57. Parking Meter R.I.P. @ Warwick Street, Westminster
58. The Tower of London @ Tower of London
59. Sweeney Todd was born here @ 85 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London
60. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
61. Broadwater Farm @ Willan Road, Tottenham
62. Spring Heeled Jacks 1st Victim @ 1 Tredegar Road, Tower Hamlets, London
63. The Devil and the Lady @ Bleeding Heart Yard, off Greville Street
64. JG Ballard's Millenium People @ Chelsea Marina Harbour, Fulham, London
65. Captain Kidd Public House @ Off Wapping Rose Garden
66. 21/7 Bomb Factory @ 58 Curtis House, Ladderswood Way, New Southgate,
67. Holloway Prison @ Parkhurst Road, Islington
68. The Jowell's scandal home @ Raveley Street, Kentish Town
69. The Highbury Barn @ Highbury Hill, London
70. Albion House @ Albion House, New Oxford Street, London
71. First Whitechapel Murder @ Wentworth Street, Whitechapel
72. Stone Newington 8 @ 359 Amhurst Road, Stoke Newington
73. The Spaniard's Inn @ Spaniards Road, Hampstead
74. Not a nice way to go @ London Bridge
75. Lenin Memorial @ Bevin Court, Cruickshank Street, London
76. Brockley Jack @ 410 Brockley Road, Brockley
77. John Wilkes' House Riots @ 35 Grosvenor Square
78. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
79. The Graff Diamonds Heist @ 6 - 7 New Bond Street
80. Barry George's Flat @ 2b Crookham Road, Fulham, London
81. Death of God's Banker @ Blackfriar's Bridge, London
82. The Start of the 2011 Riots @ Ferry Lane, Tottenham
83. Francis Bacon's Drug Bust @ 80 Narrow Street, Limehouse
84. Ripper's First Victim @ Durward Street, Whitechapel
85. Wandsworth Prison @ Heathfield Road
86. The Star Tavern @ 6 Belgrave Mews West
87. Ted Terry dealt a Red Card @ Unit 4/Retail Park/Fleming Rd, Chafford Hundred
88. Itsu: Litvinenko Poisoned @ 167 Piccadilly, London
89. Pirates Execution Dock @ Off Wapping High Street, Wapping, London
90. London Sculpture Comes Home @ 8 Hart Street, City of London
91. St Matthews Church @ Hereford Street, Whitechapel, London
92. Spend a Night as a Kray @ 28 Bow Street
93. Metropolis @ Metropolis, 70 Chiswick High Road, London
94. Once a Gun Safe House @ 257 Caledonian Road
95. Robber Claude Duval Caught here @ The Marquis, 51-52 Chandos Place, Covent Garden
96. OAP's Fake Money Press @ Flat 3, 21 Bolton Road, Chiswick
97. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
98. Bouncers bounce back at KFC @ 37 Camden High Street
99. Elephant & Castle Subway @ Elephant & Castle Station
100. A Royal Wake-Up Call @ Buckingham Palace
101. The Old Palace Yard @ Abingdon Street, Westminster
102. A Pub on the Wagon @ 66 Bayswater Road
103. The Green Man @ Putney Heath
104. Vere Street Coterie @ White Swan, Vere Street
105. Gunpowder Plot was foiled here @ Under House of Lords, Westminster
106. Lucan, Cubitt and some Plumbers @ 14 Lower Belgrave Street
107. World Cup was stolen from here @ Central Hall, Westminster
108. Home to a Murderer @ 23 Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill
109. Shot Prime Minister born here @ Audley Square, Westminster, London
110. The Islington Gibbett @ Holloway Road, Islington
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
