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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
24th February 1992 Comedian Benny Hill suffers his first heart attack, two months before his death.
24th February 1981 Prince Charles and Princess Diana get engaged.
24th February 1948 Minder and New Tricks actor Dennis Waterman was born in Clapham, London.
24th February 1939 Born today: George Bain, principal (London Business School)
24th February 1906 Kingsway Tramway opened from Angel, Islington to Aldwych.
24th February 1711 Handel's opera Rinaldo premieres at the Queen's Theatre.
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. Buster Edwards died here @ Greet Street, Southwark
12. Did Jack the Ripper live here? @ 3 Sion Square, Whitechapel, London
13. A barbers with a secret @ 156 Caledonian Road
14. John and Yoko's Nude Scene @ 38 Montagu Square, London
15. The Ship and Blue Ball @ 13 Boundary Street, Shoreditch, London
16. The London Cage, WW2 torture @ 7 Kensington Palace Gardens
17. Dick Turpin's Cave @ Wellington Hill, High Beech, Epping Forest
18. The Spaghetti House Siege @ 77 Knightsbridge, Knightsbridge
19. St Matthews Church @ Hereford Street, Whitechapel, London
20. The Battle of Waterloo 2 @ 81 Waterloo Road, Waterloo
21. Tony Blair lived here @ 1 Richmond Crescent, Islington
22. Foreign Anarchist Club @ 6 Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road
23. The Spaniard's Inn @ Spaniards Road, Hampstead
24. The Kray twins were born here @ 64 Stean Street, Hoxton
25. Green Jackets Bandstand bomb @ Bandstand, Regents Park
26. Poirot's London Pad @ Charterhouse Square
27. Balcombe Street Siege @ 21 Balcombe St, Marylebone, London
28. Hanged Ruth Ellis lived here @ 44 Egerton Gardens, Ealing, London
29. A Royal Wake-Up Call @ Buckingham Palace
30. Acid Murderer worked here @ 79 Gloucester Road, Kensington, London
31. The Kray Twins lived here @ 178 Vallance Road, Bethnal Green, London
32. The Calthorpe Arms @ 252 Grays Inn Road, City of London
33. Moll King's Houses of Ill Repute @ 106 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm
34. Sweeney Todd was born here @ 85 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London
35. London Sculpture Comes Home @ 8 Hart Street, City of London
36. The Clockwork Orange Underpass @ Trinity Road, Wandsworth, London
37. 1909 Tottenham Outrage Robbery @ Tottenham High Road, London
38. Albion House @ Albion House, New Oxford Street, London
39. The Oliver Twist @ 90 Church Road, Leyton, London
40. Adam Ant's Last Stand @ 22 Chalcot Road, London
41. Famous Drinkers to die for @ 127 Gloucester Road, Kensington
42. John Wilkes' House Riots @ 35 Grosvenor Square
43. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
44. Bow Street Magistrates Court @ Bow Street, Covent Garden, London
45. Holloway Prison @ Parkhurst Road, Islington
46. Lord Lucan's Home @ 72a Elizabeth Street
47. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's House @ 2 Devonshire Place, London
48. The Magdala @ 2a South Hill Park
49. The Garrick Arms @ 8 Charing Cross Road, London
50. The Cock Tavern Debauchery @ Bow Street, London
51. John Christies House of Horror @ Near Barton Mews, Ladbroke Grove, London
52. A Park once filled with Vice @ Whetstone Park, Camden
53. Lord Lucan's Murder House @ 46 Lower Belgrave Street, London
54. The Carpenters Arms @ 73 Cheshire Street, Bethnal Green
55. Brockley Jack @ 410 Brockley Road, Brockley
56. Oliver Cromwell's resting place @ 72 High Holborn, Holborn
57. World Cup was stolen from here @ Central Hall, Westminster
58. The Blind Beggar @ 337 Whitechapel Road
59. A Pub on the Wagon @ 66 Bayswater Road
60. Metropolis @ Metropolis, 70 Chiswick High Road, London
61. Pickles World Cup Find @ St Valery, Beulah Hill, Norwood
62. Brinks Mat Bullion @ 117 Wilton Way
63. The Markham Square Siege @ Markham Square, Chelsea
64. Created by an Almost-Bard @ 99 Buckingham Palace Road
65. Bouncers bounce back at KFC @ 37 Camden High Street
66. Prospect of Whitby @ 57 Wapping Wall
67. The Goat @ 3a Kensington High Street
68. Charlie Peace Arrested here @ 2 St John's Park, Blackheath
69. Hackney Mafia Shoe Shop @ 5 Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, London
70. Broadwater Farm @ Willan Road, Tottenham
71. The Tower of London @ Tower of London
72. Bomb Plotters Flat @ 386A Forest Road, Walthamstow
73. The Lion Public House @ Tapp Street
74. Parking Meter R.I.P. @ Warwick Street, Westminster
75. Writers Poison Umbrella Stabbing @ Waterloo Bridge, London
76. JG Ballard's Millenium People @ Chelsea Marina Harbour, Fulham, London
77. Electric Avenue @ Electric Avenue, Brixton, London
78. Wandsworth Prison @ Heathfield Road
79. Pirates Execution Dock @ Off Wapping High Street, Wapping, London
80. Sherlock's Speedy Sarnie @ 187 North Gower Street, Camden
81. The Grave Maurice @ 269 Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel
82. Robber Claude Duval Caught here @ The Marquis, 51-52 Chandos Place, Covent Garden
83. Elephant & Castle Subway @ Elephant & Castle Station
84. 21/7 Bomb Factory @ 58 Curtis House, Ladderswood Way, New Southgate,
85. Spend a Night as a Kray @ 28 Bow Street
86. Poor Lazarus Isaacs @ Tower Street, London
87. A Beatle gets Busted @ 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone
88. The Crown of villainy @ 43 Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London
89. The Ye Olde Mitre @ 1 Ely Court
90. Barry George's Flat @ 2b Crookham Road, Fulham, London
91. The Hand and Shears @ 1 Middle Street
92. First Whitechapel Murder @ Wentworth Street, Whitechapel
93. The Star Tavern @ 6 Belgrave Mews West
94. A more level-headed Nephew @ 26 Priory Gardens, Highgate
95. The Start of the 2011 Riots @ Ferry Lane, Tottenham
96. The Highbury Barn @ Highbury Hill, London
97. Captain Kidd Public House @ Off Wapping Rose Garden
98. Not a nice way to go @ London Bridge
99. Spring Heeled Jacks 1st Victim @ 1 Tredegar Road, Tower Hamlets, London
100. The Old Palace Yard @ Abingdon Street, Westminster
101. OAP's Fake Money Press @ Flat 3, 21 Bolton Road, Chiswick
102. The Clink @ Clink Street, London
103. Once a Gun Safe House @ 257 Caledonian Road
104. The Zizzi Penis Lop @ 73-75 The Strand, London
105. Home of Russian spy Kim Philby @ 18 Carlyle Square, Chelsea, London
106. Lucan, Cubitt and some Plumbers @ 14 Lower Belgrave Street
107. Francis Bacon's Drug Bust @ 80 Narrow Street, Limehouse
108. The Green Man @ Putney Heath
109. The Islington Gibbett @ Holloway Road, Islington
110. The Aubergine Robbery Mystery @ 11 Park Walk, London
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
