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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 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. Mr Morse and his special Code @ 141 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia
12. Gestetner's Former Home @ 124 Highbury New Park, Highbury
13. Microphone Inventor lived Here @ 94 Great Portland Street, Fitzrovia
14. Joseph-Rene Bellot's Obelisk @ Riverside Walk, Greenwich, London
15. Curse of Tutankhamun @ 19 Collingham Gardens, Kensington
16. St Margarets and Captain Cook @ Abbey Road, Barking
17. A Blue Plaque for a Car Legend @ 14/15 Conduit Street, Mayfair
18. It's For You-Who @ Burlington House, Piccadilly
19. Oliver Twist's Literary Home @ 48 Doughty Street, off Gray's Inn Road
20. Robert Falcon Scott lived here @ 56 Oakley Street, Chelsea, London
21. Time was created here @ 119 High Holborn
22. Thomas Crapper Flush House @ 12 Thornsett Road, Bromley, London
23. Stuntman Blondins Niagara Villa @ Northfield Avenue, Northfields, London
24. Coldplay Ancestor's Summer Time @ The Cedars, Camden Park Road, Chislehurst, Broml
25. Bobby Moore lived here @ 4 Stradbroke Grove, Chigwell
26. UK's 1st Ten Pin Bowling Alley @ 158 Clapton Common, Stamford Hill
27. Sir Richard Burtons Bedouin Tomb @ St Mary Magdalen's RC Church, 61 Worple Way, Mor
28. Ernest Shackleton lived here @ Aberdeen House, 12 Westwood Hill, Sydenham, Lond
29. Spratt's Dog Food Factory @ Morris Road, Poplar
30. Scientist Rosalind Franklin @ Donovan Court, 107 Drayton Gardens, Chelsea
31. Freemans Started Here @ 131-143 Clapham Road, Clapham
32. St Mary's Hospital @ Praed Street, Paddington
33. Bouncing Bomb inventor's house @ 241 New Cross Road, New Cross
34. Home of Guinness Book of Records @ 107 Fleet Street
35. Robert Cocking's Fall to Earth @ St Margaret's Church, Lee Terrace, Lewisham
36. St Barnabas Preaching Riots @ St Barnabas Street, Pimlico
37. Dick Whittington lived here. @ College Street
38. Colour Mauve invented here @ 290 Cable Street, London
39. The Assassination of Mr Thynne @ Pall Mall, London
40. Sir Learie lived here @ 101 Lexham Gardens, Earls Court
41. The Scott Family Lodgings @ 80 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London
42. Cartoonist Phil May lived here @ 20 Holland Park Road
43. Former St Mary's School @ Comunity Center, Walthamstow Village
44. The 1st one way Street @ Albermarle Street
45. Mendelssohn Composed Here @ 168 Denmark Hill, Camberwell
46. William Tierney Clark lived here @ 7 Hammersmith Terrace, Hammersmith
47. Home of the Speaking Clock @ Flowers Close, Brook Road, Dollis Hill
48. Thomas Hodgkin lived here @ 35 Bedford Square, Bloomsbury
49. Blind pioneer Gilbert's house @ 5 Stanhope Place, Hyde Park
50. The Rainbow Coffee House @ 16 Fleet Street
51. The Man who knew everything @ 48 Welbeck Street, Westminster
52. Jigsaws were invented here @ Russell Street, Covent Garden, London
53. Andrex 2-ply invented here @ Paper Mill Place, St Andrews Road, Walthamstow
54. A Spy called The White Rabbit @ Queen Court, Guildford Street, Camden
55. D'Oyly Carte lived here @ 2 Dartmouth Park Road, Kentish Town
56. Nelson Mandela statue @ Parliament Square, Westminster
57. Home to an Adventurer @ 56 Oakley Street, Chelsea
58. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
59. The Freud's Lived Here @ Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens
60. The First Great Magician? @ Flat 1 Ornan Court, Ornan Road, Belsize Park
61. Virginia Woolf born here @ 22 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington
62. Spend a Penny @ Royal Exchange, London
63. Explorer Stuart lived here @ 9 Campden Hill Square, London
64. Parachute Pioneer lived here @ Goldings, Clays Lane, Loughton
65. The First Human Cannonball @ The Royal Aquarium, Tothill Street, Westminster
66. First Plastic Invented Here @ Berkshire Road, Hackney Wick, London
67. The discovery of Penicillin @ St Mary's Hospital
68. Weston's Music Hall @ 242-5 High Holborn
69. Percy Lambert: Fastest Man @ Brompton Cemetary, Brompton, Kensington
70. Motoring pioneer lived here @ 16 Stafford Place
71. Tompion and Graham Clockmakers @ 69 Fleet Street, London
72. Londons 1st Fish and Chip shop @ 78/80 Cleveland Way, Bethnal Green
73. 1st Motorcycle Engine made here @ 1a Lansdowne Road, Tottenham
74. Thomas B Macaulay lived here @ 50 Great Ormond Street, London
75. Stockwell Bus Garage @ Lansdowne Road, Stockwell
76. The World's First Ever Cashpoint @ 20 The Town, Enfield
77. Doctor Barnardo @ 58 Solent House, Ben Jonson Road, Stepney
78. Millicent Fawcett Statue @ Parliament Square, Westminster
79. Eadweard Muybridge lived here @ 30 High Street, Kingston upon Thames
80. Fleming Museum & Penicillin @ St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London
81. First Birth Control Clinic @ 108 Whitfield Street, Bloomsbury
82. A Churchill Residence @ 12 Bolton Street, Piccadilly
83. The King of Scouting Lived here @ 9 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington
84. Clement Attlee's House @ 17 Monkham's Avenue, Woodford Green
85. Lloyds Law Courts Pedal Power @ 222 Strand, London
86. Captain James Cook @ 88 Mile End Road, Mile End
87. Leyton-lad teaches Emperor @ 93 Trumpington Road, Leytonstone
88. Sopwith Camel maker lived here @ 46 Green Street, Mayfair
89. Sam the Cat @ Queen Anne Square
90. Francis Galton Lived Here @ 42 Rutland Gate, Knightsbridge
91. George Bernard Shaw lived here @ 29 Fitzroy Square
92. UK's First Female Doctor @ 20 Upper Berkeley Street, Marylebone
93. Charles Darwin's Down House @ Luxted Road, Downe, Kent
94. First Aborigine in Europe @ St John's Churchyard, Eltham
95. London's First Bridge @ River Thames, Vauxhall
96. Joseph Banks lived here @ 32 Soho Square, London
97. Mary Macarthur lived here @ 42 Woodstock Road, Golders Green
98. Wynkyn de Worde, Fleet St Father @ Stationer's Hall, St Brides, London
99. The Savoy Theatre @ Savoy Street, Westminster
100. AV Roe's Flying Machine @ 47 West Hill, Wandsworth
101. The Goring @ Beeston Place, Kensington
102. First Lady of Fleet Street @ 7 Chesterfield Gardens, Mayfair
103. The Birdman of Winchmore Hill @ 96 Green Dragon Lane, Palmers Green
104. Joseph Priestley lived here @ 113 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney
105. Livingstone I Presume? @ 1 Savile Row
106. Edward Whymper's House @ 82 Waldegrave Road, Teddington
107. The Aeronaut of Holloway @ Highgate Cemetary East, Swain's Lane
108. Concorde man born here. @ 499 Hale End Road, Highams Park, London
109. Artist William Etty lived here @ 14 Villiers Street, Charing Cross
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