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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
19th September 1978 Actor Ramin Karimloo, Phantom & Love Never Dies London, born in Tehran.
19th September 1972 Diplomat at the Israeli embassy killed by a letter bomb.
19th September 1946 Born today: John Coghlan, London, rock drummer (Status Quo)
19th September 1945 Nazi propagandist William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw) sentenced to death.
19th September 1867 Illustrator Arthur Rackham was born in Lewisham.
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. The Carpenters Arms @ 73 Cheshire Street, Bethnal Green
12. The Tyburn Tree @ Bayswater Road, London
13. The Kray twins were born here @ 64 Stean Street, Hoxton
14. Dick Turpin's Cave @ Wellington Hill, High Beech, Epping Forest
15. Dr Crippen's Murder Home @ 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Holloway, London
16. Did Jack the Ripper live here? @ 3 Sion Square, Whitechapel, London
17. A barbers with a secret @ 156 Caledonian Road
18. Wilfred Brambles arrest was here @ 1 Shepherd's Bush Green, London
19. The Kray Twins lived here @ 178 Vallance Road, Bethnal Green, London
20. The London Cage, WW2 torture @ 7 Kensington Palace Gardens
21. Moll King's Houses of Ill Repute @ 106 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm
22. Captain Kidd Hung Here @ Tilbury Point, Essex
23. The Calthorpe Arms @ 252 Grays Inn Road, City of London
24. The Clink @ Clink Street, London
25. The Lion Public House @ Tapp Street
26. Francis Bacon's Drug Bust @ 80 Narrow Street, Limehouse
27. 1909 Tottenham Outrage Robbery @ Tottenham High Road, London
28. A Beatle gets Busted @ 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone
29. Brinks Mat Bullion @ 117 Wilton Way
30. Catherine Wheel Alley @ Bishopsgate, Broadgate
31. Sweeney Todd was born here @ 85 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London
32. Poirot's London Pad @ Charterhouse Square
33. The Ship and Blue Ball @ 13 Boundary Street, Shoreditch, London
34. The Spaghetti House Siege @ 77 Knightsbridge, Knightsbridge
35. Lord Lucan's Home @ 72a Elizabeth Street
36. Foreign Anarchist Club @ 6 Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road
37. River Police Boatyard @ Nr Wapping Rose Garden
38. Brockley Jack @ 410 Brockley Road, Brockley
39. The Blind Beggar @ 337 Whitechapel Road
40. The Aubergine Robbery Mystery @ 11 Park Walk, London
41. John Wilkes' House Riots @ 35 Grosvenor Square
42. Balcombe Street Siege @ 21 Balcombe St, Marylebone, London
43. The Battle of Waterloo 2 @ 81 Waterloo Road, Waterloo
44. Writers Poison Umbrella Stabbing @ Waterloo Bridge, London
45. Pickles World Cup Find @ St Valery, Beulah Hill, Norwood
46. First Whitechapel Murder @ Wentworth Street, Whitechapel
47. The Cock Tavern Debauchery @ Bow Street, London
48. The Grave Maurice @ 269 Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel
49. The Oliver Twist @ 90 Church Road, Leyton, London
50. Holloway Prison @ Parkhurst Road, Islington
51. Ripper's First Victim @ Durward Street, Whitechapel
52. The Magdala @ 2a South Hill Park
53. The Markham Square Siege @ Markham Square, Chelsea
54. Poor Lazarus Isaacs @ Tower Street, London
55. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's House @ 2 Devonshire Place, London
56. Broadwater Farm @ Willan Road, Tottenham
57. St Matthews Church @ Hereford Street, Whitechapel, London
58. Lenin Memorial @ Bevin Court, Cruickshank Street, London
59. Death of God's Banker @ Blackfriar's Bridge, London
60. The Clockwork Orange Underpass @ Trinity Road, Wandsworth, London
61. Bow Street Magistrates Court @ Bow Street, Covent Garden, London
62. Captain Kidd Public House @ Off Wapping Rose Garden
63. Itsu: Litvinenko Poisoned @ 167 Piccadilly, London
64. The Spaniard's Inn @ Spaniards Road, Hampstead
65. Famous Drinkers to die for @ 127 Gloucester Road, Kensington
66. The Tower of London @ Tower of London
67. John Christies House of Horror @ Near Barton Mews, Ladbroke Grove, London
68. Adam Ant's Last Stand @ 22 Chalcot Road, London
69. Prospect of Whitby @ 57 Wapping Wall
70. Tony Blair lived here @ 1 Richmond Crescent, Islington
71. World's 1st Drink Driving Arrest @ 165 Bond Street
72. Green Jackets Bandstand bomb @ Bandstand, Regents Park
73. Created by an Almost-Bard @ 99 Buckingham Palace Road
74. Wandsworth Prison @ Heathfield Road
75. A Royal Wake-Up Call @ Buckingham Palace
76. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
77. Robber Claude Duval Caught here @ The Marquis, 51-52 Chandos Place, Covent Garden
78. Hanged Ruth Ellis lived here @ 44 Egerton Gardens, Ealing, London
79. The Goat @ 3a Kensington High Street
80. Albion House @ Albion House, New Oxford Street, London
81. Spend a Night as a Kray @ 28 Bow Street
82. The Garrick Arms @ 8 Charing Cross Road, London
83. Vere Street Coterie @ White Swan, Vere Street
84. The Zizzi Penis Lop @ 73-75 The Strand, London
85. Home of Russian spy Kim Philby @ 18 Carlyle Square, Chelsea, London
86. The Green Man @ Putney Heath
87. The Highbury Barn @ Highbury Hill, London
88. The Start of the 2011 Riots @ Ferry Lane, Tottenham
89. Not a nice way to go @ London Bridge
90. Shot Prime Minister born here @ Audley Square, Westminster, London
91. The Devil and the Lady @ Bleeding Heart Yard, off Greville Street
92. The Star Tavern @ 6 Belgrave Mews West
93. JG Ballard's Millenium People @ Chelsea Marina Harbour, Fulham, London
94. Town of Ramsgate @ 62 Wapping High Street
95. A Pub on the Wagon @ 66 Bayswater Road
96. Dr Crippen Lived Here @ 34-37 Store Street, Bloomsbury
97. Sherlock's Speedy Sarnie @ 187 North Gower Street, Camden
98. The Islington Gibbett @ Holloway Road, Islington
99. Pirates Execution Dock @ Off Wapping High Street, Wapping, London
100. Gunpowder Plot was foiled here @ Under House of Lords, Westminster
101. Bouncers bounce back at KFC @ 37 Camden High Street
102. Home to a Murderer @ 23 Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill
103. Parking Meter R.I.P. @ Warwick Street, Westminster
104. World Cup was stolen from here @ Central Hall, Westminster
105. Botched Anti-Terror Police Raid @ 46 Lansdown Road, Forest Gate, London
106. Once a Gun Safe House @ 257 Caledonian Road
107. Elephant & Castle Subway @ Elephant & Castle Station
108. A Park once filled with Vice @ Whetstone Park, Camden
109. King's Bench Debtors Prison @ Borough, Southwark, London
110. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
