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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
15th November 1978 Harold Pinter's Betrayal, premieres in London
15th November 1960 Born today: Tilda Swinton, London England, actress (Orlando)
15th November 1930 Comedian Mike Winters (brother of Bernie) was born in Islington.
15th November 1923 Born today: Peter Hammond, London England, actor (Buccaneers)
15th November 1845 Opera Maritana is produced (London)
Top Disaster-related places to visit in London.
Events that caused great destruction or great loss of life don't come around very often. Every now and again someone or something wages a war on the city and it's inhabitants.
TOP 10 DISASTER RELATED SIGHTS IN LONDON:
MORE DISASTER SIGHTS:
11. Sandhurst School @ Minard Road, Catford, London
12. Thames Flood Barrier @ Unity Way, Woolwich
13. The Gherkin @ 30 St Mary Axe
14. The Piccadilly Tornado @ 12 Sherwood Street, Piccadilly, London
15. Turner and Rushgrove House @ Rushgrove Street, Woolwich
16. London's 9/11 Memorial @ Grosvenor Square, London
17. The Great Fire of London @ Pudding Lane
18. The Battles of Brentford @ Syon Park, Brentford, Middlesex
19. The Silvertown Explosion @ North Woolwich Road, London
20. 1867 Ice Skating Disaster @ Regent's Park Boating Lake, London
21. First Bomb of World War 1 @ 31 Nevill Road, Hackney, London
22. Earls Court Big Wheel @ Earl's Court, London
23. 21/7 Bomb Factory @ 58 Curtis House, Ladderswood Way, New Southgate,
24. Bomb Plotters Flat @ 386A Forest Road, Walthamstow
25. The Piccadilly Hotel's Tornado @ 12 Sherwood Street, Piccadilly, London
26. The atom bomb was born here @ Southampton Row, London
27. WT Stead lived here @ 5 Smith Square, Westminster, London
28. Scene of Great Tooley St Fire @ Cottons Wharf, Southwark, London
29. The SS Montgomery Wreck @ Thames off Sheerness
30. Grenfell Tower @ Station Walk, North Kensington
31. The Princess Alice Disaster @ Galleon's Reach, Plumstead
32. Green Jackets Bandstand bomb @ Bandstand, Regents Park
33. Home of Titanic's Duff-Gordons @ 22 Lennox Gardens, Knighsbridge, London
34. Thai Chilli Sauce Terror Cloud @ Thai Cottage, 34 D'arblay Street, Soho, London
35. The Camden Markets @ Camden Lock Place
36. Edgware Gas Explosion @ Highview Gardens, Edgware, London
37. Spanish Rooms Fire @ 18 Denmark Place, Tottenham Court Road
38. Dr Johnson's Dictionary House @ 17 Gough Square, London
39. Lepers, Beer, and Thespians @ 268-269 Tottenham Court Road
40. Site of huge gunpowder explosion @ 43 Great Tower Street, London
41. Exchange Alley @ Bank, London
42. The Apollo Theatre @ Shaftesbury Avenue
43. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
44. Holland House @ Holland Park, Holland Walk, Kensington
45. Blow Up Bridge @ Macclesfield Bridge, Regents Park, London
46. Vincent C. Richmond lived here @ 24 Silverdale Road, Highams Park
47. The Cutty Sark @ 2 Greenwich Church Street, Greenwich, London
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
