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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
20th July 1982 Bombs planted by Irish Republican Army explode in 2 London parks
20th July 1982 T Macauly and D Vosburghs musical Windy City, premieres in London
20th July 1960 Born today: Katie Rabbet, London England, Prince Andrew's former girlfriend
20th July 1956 Born today: Paul Cook, London, rock drummer (Sex Pistols)
20th July 1944 Pierre Vinot, French ambassador to London/writer, dies
20th July 1935 Born today: Ted Rogers, Kennington London, comedian (Aladdin, Cinderella)
20th July 1930 Born today: Sally Ann Howes, London England, actress (Dead of Night)
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. Blow Up Bridge @ Macclesfield Bridge, Regents Park, London
12. Exchange Alley @ Bank, London
13. 1867 Ice Skating Disaster @ Regent's Park Boating Lake, London
14. Sandhurst School @ Minard Road, Catford, London
15. The atom bomb was born here @ Southampton Row, London
16. The Battles of Brentford @ Syon Park, Brentford, Middlesex
17. Lepers, Beer, and Thespians @ 268-269 Tottenham Court Road
18. London's 9/11 Memorial @ Grosvenor Square, London
19. WT Stead lived here @ 5 Smith Square, Westminster, London
20. Scene of Great Tooley St Fire @ Cottons Wharf, Southwark, London
21. 21/7 Bomb Factory @ 58 Curtis House, Ladderswood Way, New Southgate,
22. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
23. Spanish Rooms Fire @ 18 Denmark Place, Tottenham Court Road
24. The Great Fire of London @ Pudding Lane
25. The Silvertown Explosion @ North Woolwich Road, London
26. The SS Montgomery Wreck @ Thames off Sheerness
27. Houses Collapsed into Hole @ Ridley Road, Bromley
28. The Chinese Bridge and Pagoda @ St James Park
29. Turner and Rushgrove House @ Rushgrove Street, Woolwich
30. Home of Titanic's Duff-Gordons @ 22 Lennox Gardens, Knighsbridge, London
31. Dr Johnson's Dictionary House @ 17 Gough Square, London
32. Thai Chilli Sauce Terror Cloud @ Thai Cottage, 34 D'arblay Street, Soho, London
33. Site of huge gunpowder explosion @ 43 Great Tower Street, London
34. All Hallows Church @ Byward Street, London
35. The Piccadilly Hotel's Tornado @ 12 Sherwood Street, Piccadilly, London
36. The Camden Markets @ Camden Lock Place
37. Thames Flood Barrier @ Unity Way, Woolwich
38. Holland House @ Holland Park, Holland Walk, Kensington
39. The Gherkin @ 30 St Mary Axe
40. Bomb Plotters Flat @ 386A Forest Road, Walthamstow
41. The Princess Alice Disaster @ Galleon's Reach, Plumstead
42. St Magnus the Martyr @ Lower Thames Street, London
43. Grenfell Tower @ Station Walk, North Kensington
44. The Cutty Sark @ 2 Greenwich Church Street, Greenwich, London
45. Edgware Gas Explosion @ Highview Gardens, Edgware, London
46. Vincent C. Richmond lived here @ 24 Silverdale Road, Highams Park
47. The Apollo Theatre @ Shaftesbury Avenue
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
