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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
26th July 1973 Peter Shaffers Equus, premieres in London
26th July 1973 Underworld actress Kate Beckinsale born in London.
26th July 1966 England beat Portugal 2-1 at Wembley Stadium to reach the World Cup Final.
26th July 1950 Born today: Susan George, London England, actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo)
26th July 1895 Born today: Jerry Verno, London England, actor (River of Unrest, Sweeney Todd)
26th July 1895 Born today: Robert Graves, London England, writer/poet (I Claudius) [or 6/26]
26th July 1891 Henry James' American, premieres in London
26th July 1842 Born today: Alfred Marshall, London, economist
26th July 1802 Born today: Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician
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. Green Jackets Bandstand bomb @ Bandstand, Regents Park
12. Holland House @ Holland Park, Holland Walk, Kensington
13. The SS Montgomery Wreck @ Thames off Sheerness
14. London's 9/11 Memorial @ Grosvenor Square, London
15. Exchange Alley @ Bank, London
16. The Great Fire of London @ Pudding Lane
17. Houses Collapsed into Hole @ Ridley Road, Bromley
18. The Battles of Brentford @ Syon Park, Brentford, Middlesex
19. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
20. St Magnus the Martyr @ Lower Thames Street, London
21. Thames Flood Barrier @ Unity Way, Woolwich
22. The Cutty Sark @ 2 Greenwich Church Street, Greenwich, London
23. Dr Johnson's Dictionary House @ 17 Gough Square, London
24. The Camden Markets @ Camden Lock Place
25. First Bomb of World War 1 @ 31 Nevill Road, Hackney, London
26. Earls Court Big Wheel @ Earl's Court, London
27. 1867 Ice Skating Disaster @ Regent's Park Boating Lake, London
28. The Piccadilly Tornado @ 12 Sherwood Street, Piccadilly, London
29. The atom bomb was born here @ Southampton Row, London
30. Vincent C. Richmond lived here @ 24 Silverdale Road, Highams Park
31. The Gherkin @ 30 St Mary Axe
32. Blow Up Bridge @ Macclesfield Bridge, Regents Park, London
33. Edgware Gas Explosion @ Highview Gardens, Edgware, London
34. The Silvertown Explosion @ North Woolwich Road, London
35. Site of huge gunpowder explosion @ 43 Great Tower Street, London
36. Sandhurst School @ Minard Road, Catford, London
37. Lepers, Beer, and Thespians @ 268-269 Tottenham Court Road
38. Turner and Rushgrove House @ Rushgrove Street, Woolwich
39. The Princess Alice Disaster @ Galleon's Reach, Plumstead
40. Scene of Great Tooley St Fire @ Cottons Wharf, Southwark, London
41. 21/7 Bomb Factory @ 58 Curtis House, Ladderswood Way, New Southgate,
42. Thai Chilli Sauce Terror Cloud @ Thai Cottage, 34 D'arblay Street, Soho, London
43. The Piccadilly Hotel's Tornado @ 12 Sherwood Street, Piccadilly, London
44. Bomb Plotters Flat @ 386A Forest Road, Walthamstow
45. The Apollo Theatre @ Shaftesbury Avenue
46. Spanish Rooms Fire @ 18 Denmark Place, Tottenham Court Road
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
