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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 Pioneer-related places to visit in London.
The celebration of a pioneer, those who yearned for discovery, and those who remain an inspiration.
TOP 10 PIONEER RELATED SIGHTS IN LONDON:
MORE PIONEER SIGHTS:
11. Percy Lambert: Fastest Man @ Brompton Cemetary, Brompton, Kensington
12. Ernest Shackleton lived here @ Aberdeen House, 12 Westwood Hill, Sydenham, Lond
13. Dick Whittington lived here. @ College Street
14. Stuntman Blondins Niagara Villa @ Northfield Avenue, Northfields, London
15. Spratt's Dog Food Factory @ Morris Road, Poplar
16. Wynkyn de Worde, Fleet St Father @ Stationer's Hall, St Brides, London
17. Parachute Pioneer lived here @ Goldings, Clays Lane, Loughton
18. Sam the Cat @ Queen Anne Square
19. Londons 1st Fish and Chip shop @ 78/80 Cleveland Way, Bethnal Green
20. Freemans Started Here @ 131-143 Clapham Road, Clapham
21. The Assassination of Mr Thynne @ Pall Mall, London
22. The Rainbow Coffee House @ 16 Fleet Street
23. A Spy called The White Rabbit @ Queen Court, Guildford Street, Camden
24. Inventor of Holograms lived here @ 79 Queens Gate, Kensington, London
25. The First Human Cannonball @ The Royal Aquarium, Tothill Street, Westminster
26. Leyton-lad teaches Emperor @ 93 Trumpington Road, Leytonstone
27. Motoring pioneer lived here @ 16 Stafford Place
28. Fleming Museum & Penicillin @ St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London
29. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
30. 1st Motorcycle Engine made here @ 1a Lansdowne Road, Tottenham
31. The Man who knew everything @ 48 Welbeck Street, Westminster
32. The discovery of Penicillin @ St Mary's Hospital
33. Cartoonist Phil May lived here @ 20 Holland Park Road
34. AV Roe's Flying Machine @ 47 West Hill, Wandsworth
35. Doctor Barnardo @ 58 Solent House, Ben Jonson Road, Stepney
36. Sir Richard Burtons Bedouin Tomb @ St Mary Magdalen's RC Church, 61 Worple Way, Mor
37. London's First Traffic Island @ St James Street, Piccadilly, London
38. Time was created here @ 119 High Holborn
39. Spend a Penny @ Royal Exchange, London
40. Howard Carter's Birthplace @ Richmond Mansions, 252 Old Brompton Road
41. Gestetner's Former Home @ 124 Highbury New Park, Highbury
42. Virginia Woolf born here @ 22 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington
43. First Lady of Fleet Street @ 7 Chesterfield Gardens, Mayfair
44. William Tierney Clark lived here @ 7 Hammersmith Terrace, Hammersmith
45. Captain James Cook @ 88 Mile End Road, Mile End
46. D'Oyly Carte lived here @ 2 Dartmouth Park Road, Kentish Town
47. Weston's Music Hall @ 242-5 High Holborn
48. Andrex 2-ply invented here @ Paper Mill Place, St Andrews Road, Walthamstow
49. Sir Learie lived here @ 101 Lexham Gardens, Earls Court
50. Stockwell Bus Garage @ Lansdowne Road, Stockwell
51. Thomas Hodgkin lived here @ 35 Bedford Square, Bloomsbury
52. Thomas B Macaulay lived here @ 50 Great Ormond Street, London
53. A Blue Plaque for a Car Legend @ 14/15 Conduit Street, Mayfair
54. The Scott Family Lodgings @ 80 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London
55. Colour Mauve invented here @ 290 Cable Street, London
56. Jigsaws were invented here @ Russell Street, Covent Garden, London
57. Artist William Etty lived here @ 14 Villiers Street, Charing Cross
58. The World's First Ever Cashpoint @ 20 The Town, Enfield
59. Home of Guinness Book of Records @ 107 Fleet Street
60. The Freud's Lived Here @ Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens
61. Lloyds Law Courts Pedal Power @ 222 Strand, London
62. Curse of Tutankhamun @ 19 Collingham Gardens, Kensington
63. The First Great Magician? @ Flat 1 Ornan Court, Ornan Road, Belsize Park
64. Former St Mary's School @ Comunity Center, Walthamstow Village
65. First Birth Control Clinic @ 108 Whitfield Street, Bloomsbury
66. Nelson Mandela statue @ Parliament Square, Westminster
67. Hartley's Fireproof Obelisk @ Putney Heath, London
68. Coldplay Ancestor's Summer Time @ The Cedars, Camden Park Road, Chislehurst, Broml
69. Mary Macarthur lived here @ 42 Woodstock Road, Golders Green
70. The Harvard Chapel @ North Transept, Southwark Cathedral, London
71. Eadweard Muybridge lived here @ 30 High Street, Kingston upon Thames
72. First Aborigine in Europe @ St John's Churchyard, Eltham
73. Tompion and Graham Clockmakers @ 69 Fleet Street, London
74. The Savoy Theatre @ Savoy Street, Westminster
75. Thomas Crapper Flush House @ 12 Thornsett Road, Bromley, London
76. St Mary's Hospital @ Praed Street, Paddington
77. Explorer Stuart lived here @ 9 Campden Hill Square, London
78. Oliver Twist's Literary Home @ 48 Doughty Street, off Gray's Inn Road
79. Mendelssohn Composed Here @ 168 Denmark Hill, Camberwell
80. Microphone Inventor lived Here @ 94 Great Portland Street, Fitzrovia
81. UK's First Female Doctor @ 20 Upper Berkeley Street, Marylebone
82. Charles Darwin's Down House @ Luxted Road, Downe, Kent
83. Joseph Priestley lived here @ 113 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney
84. Joseph Banks lived here @ 32 Soho Square, London
85. George Bernard Shaw lived here @ 29 Fitzroy Square
86. The King of Scouting Lived here @ 9 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington
87. The Birdman of Winchmore Hill @ 96 Green Dragon Lane, Palmers Green
88. Sopwith Camel maker lived here @ 46 Green Street, Mayfair
89. Mr Morse and his special Code @ 141 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia
90. Home of the Speaking Clock @ Flowers Close, Brook Road, Dollis Hill
91. London's First Bridge @ River Thames, Vauxhall
92. Francis Galton Lived Here @ 42 Rutland Gate, Knightsbridge
93. Home to an Adventurer @ 56 Oakley Street, Chelsea
94. The Goring @ Beeston Place, Kensington
95. Blind pioneer Gilbert's house @ 5 Stanhope Place, Hyde Park
96. Edward Whymper's House @ 82 Waldegrave Road, Teddington
97. Joseph-Rene Bellot's Obelisk @ Riverside Walk, Greenwich, London
98. Bouncing Bomb inventor's house @ 241 New Cross Road, New Cross
99. First Plastic Invented Here @ Berkshire Road, Hackney Wick, London
100. The Aeronaut of Holloway @ Highgate Cemetary East, Swain's Lane
101. Concorde man born here. @ 499 Hale End Road, Highams Park, London
102. A Churchill Residence @ 12 Bolton Street, Piccadilly
103. Livingstone I Presume? @ 1 Savile Row
104. It's For You-Who @ Burlington House, Piccadilly
105. Robert Falcon Scott lived here @ 56 Oakley Street, Chelsea, London
106. Millicent Fawcett Statue @ Parliament Square, Westminster
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
