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** 5 July: [[Thames Ironworks F.C.]] is relaunched as [[West Ham United F.C.]]
** 5 July: [[Thames Ironworks F.C.]] is relaunched as [[West Ham United F.C.]]
** 30 July: The [[Central London Railway]], core of the modern-day [[Central line (London Underground)]], opens.
** 30 July: The [[Central London Railway]], core of the modern-day [[Central line (London Underground)]], opens.
** 18 October: The [[Passmore Edwards Museum]] is opened in [[West Ham]];<ref>{{cite news|title=To-Day|newspaper=The Standard|location=London|date=18 October 1900|page=3}}</ref> it closes in 1994.8
** 18 October: The [[Passmore Edwards Museum]] is opened in [[West Ham]];<ref>{{cite news|title=To-Day|newspaper=The Standard|location=London|date=18 October 1900|page=3}}</ref> it closes in 1994.
** 1 November: [[London Government Act 1899]] comes into effect, dividing the [[County of London]] into 28 [[Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London|metropolitan boroughs]]:{{sfn|Britannica|1910|p=[[:s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/London|951]]}} [[Metropolitan Borough of Battersea|Battersea]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey|Bermondsey]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green|Bethnal Green]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell|Camberwell]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea|Chelsea]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Deptford|Deptford]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury|Finsbury]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Fulham|Fulham]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich|Greenwich]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith|Hammersmith]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney|Hackney]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead|Hampstead]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Holborn|Holborn]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Islington|Islington]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Kensington|Kensington]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham|Lewisham]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Paddington|Paddington]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Poplar|Poplar]], [[Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone|St Marylebone]], [[Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras|St Pancras]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch|Shoreditch]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Southwark|Southwark]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Stepney|Stepney]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington|Stoke Newington]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Westminster|Westminster]], and [[Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich|Woolwich]] (including [[North Woolwich]]).{{sfn|Donald|1907}} Westminster has been confirmed in its [[city status in the United Kingdom]] by [[letters patent]] on 27 October.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27242|page=6613|date=1900-10-30}}</ref>
** 1 November: [[London Government Act 1899]] comes into effect, dividing the [[County of London]] into 28 [[Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London|metropolitan boroughs]]:{{sfn|Britannica|1910|p=[[:s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/London|951]]}} [[Metropolitan Borough of Battersea|Battersea]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey|Bermondsey]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green|Bethnal Green]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell|Camberwell]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea|Chelsea]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Deptford|Deptford]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury|Finsbury]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Fulham|Fulham]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich|Greenwich]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith|Hammersmith]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney|Hackney]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead|Hampstead]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Holborn|Holborn]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Islington|Islington]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Kensington|Kensington]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham|Lewisham]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Paddington|Paddington]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Poplar|Poplar]], [[Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone|St Marylebone]], [[Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras|St Pancras]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch|Shoreditch]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Southwark|Southwark]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Stepney|Stepney]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington|Stoke Newington]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Westminster|Westminster]], and [[Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich|Woolwich]] (including [[North Woolwich]]).{{sfn|Donald|1907}} Westminster has been confirmed in its [[city status in the United Kingdom]] by [[letters patent]] on 27 October.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27242|page=6613|date=1900-10-30}}</ref>
** [[Prince Henry's Room]] at 17 [[Fleet Street]] is the first historic building to be acquired by the [[London County Council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/about-us/buildings-we-manage/Pages/prince-henrys-room.aspx#|title=Prince Henry's Room|publisher=City of London|access-date=2016-06-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401031412/http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/about-us/buildings-we-manage/Pages/prince-henrys-room.aspx|archive-date=2016-04-01}} Ownership subsequently passes to the [[City of London Corporation]].</ref>
** [[Prince Henry's Room]] at 17 [[Fleet Street]] is the first historic building to be acquired by the [[London County Council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/about-us/buildings-we-manage/Pages/prince-henrys-room.aspx#|title=Prince Henry's Room|publisher=City of London|access-date=2016-06-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401031412/http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/about-us/buildings-we-manage/Pages/prince-henrys-room.aspx|archive-date=2016-04-01}} Ownership subsequently passes to the [[City of London Corporation]].</ref>
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** 20 May: The new [[Kew Bridge]] is opened by [[Edward VII|King Edward VII]].
** 20 May: The new [[Kew Bridge]] is opened by [[Edward VII|King Edward VII]].
** By June: The [[Roman Catholic]] [[Westminster Cathedral]] is opened.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Westminster |volume= 28 | pages = 549–551; see page 549 |short= 1}}</ref>
** By June: The [[Roman Catholic]] [[Westminster Cathedral]] is opened.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Westminster |volume= 28 | pages = 549–551; see page 549 |short= 1}}</ref>
** June–August, London's wettest summer and year is recorded at [[Kew Gardens]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=London's wettest summer and wettest year – 1903|first=Julian C.|last=Mayes|journal=Weather|volume=59|issue=10|year=2004|pages=274–8|publisher=[[Royal Meteorological Society]]|location=London|doi=10.1256/wea.110.04|bibcode=2004Wthr...59..274M |s2cid=120907727 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
** June–August: London's wettest summer and year is recorded at [[Kew Gardens]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=London's wettest summer and wettest year – 1903|first=Julian C.|last=Mayes|journal=Weather|volume=59|issue=10|year=2004|pages=274–8|publisher=[[Royal Meteorological Society]]|location=London|doi=10.1256/wea.110.04|bibcode=2004Wthr...59..274M |s2cid=120907727 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
** 18 June: An explosion at [[Royal Arsenal]], [[Woolwich]] kills 16 people.<ref>''[[The Daily News (UK)|The Daily News]]'' (London) 19 June 1903.</ref>
** 18 June: An explosion at [[Royal Arsenal]], [[Woolwich]] kills 16 people.<ref>''[[The Daily News (UK)|The Daily News]]'' (London) 19 June 1903.</ref>
** 23–27 June: The [[Royal Agricultural Society of England]] holds its annual show at its [[Park Royal]] ground for the first time. Although this is intended to be a permanent site, the RAS sells it after 3 years.
** 23–27 June: The [[Royal Agricultural Society of England]] holds its annual show at its [[Park Royal]] ground for the first time. Although this is intended to be a permanent site, the RAS sells it after 3 years.
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** October: The first [[Ideal Home Exhibition]] is held at [[Olympia (London)|Olympia]] sponsored by the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' newspaper.
** October: The first [[Ideal Home Exhibition]] is held at [[Olympia (London)|Olympia]] sponsored by the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' newspaper.
** November: Horace, Eustace and [[Oswald Short]] found [[Short Brothers]] in [[Battersea]], making it the first aircraft manufacturing company in England.
** November: Horace, Eustace and [[Oswald Short]] found [[Short Brothers]] in [[Battersea]], making it the first aircraft manufacturing company in England.
** [[Walter Sickert]] paints the series of [[problem picture]]s ''[[The Camden Town murder]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author-link=Waldemar Januszczak|last=Januszczak|first=Waldemar|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article2785444.ece|title=Walter Sickert – murderous monster or sly self-promoter?|work=[[The Times]]|location=London|date=2007-11-04|access-date=2011-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616053100/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article2785444.ece|archive-date=2011-06-16|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Walter Sickert]] paints the series of [[problem picture]]s ''[[The Camden Town murder]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author-link=Waldemar Januszczak|last=Januszczak|first=Waldemar|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article2785444.ece|title=Walter Sickert – murderous monster or sly self-promoter?|work=[[The Times]]|location=London|date=2007-11-04|access-date=2011-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616053100/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article2785444.ece|archive-date=2011-06-16|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** The first illuminated advertising sign at [[Piccadilly Circus]] is for [[Perrier]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols31-2/pt2/pp85-100#h3-0006|title=The rebuilding of Piccadilly Circus and the Regent Street Quadrant|work=Survey of London|volume=31–32|issue=2|pages=85–100|via=British History Online|publisher=London County Council|access-date=2015-03-25}}</ref>
** The first illuminated advertising sign at [[Piccadilly Circus]] is for [[Perrier]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols31-2/pt2/pp85-100#h3-0006|title=The rebuilding of Piccadilly Circus and the Regent Street Quadrant|work=Survey of London|volume=31–32|issue=2|pages=85–100|via=British History Online|publisher=London County Council|access-date=2015-03-25}}</ref>
* 1909
* 1909
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** 14 September:
*** The owners of [[J. Lyons and Co.]] open the [[Strand Palace Hotel]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Strand Palace Hotel|newspaper=Westminster Gazette|date=17 September 1909|page=7}}</ref> and their first Corner House restaurant on [[Coventry Street]] in the same year.
*** The owners of [[J. Lyons and Co.]] open the [[Strand Palace Hotel]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Strand Palace Hotel|newspaper=Westminster Gazette|date=17 September 1909|page=7}}</ref> and their first Corner House restaurant on [[Coventry Street]] in the same year.
*** [[Trams in London]] are brought into the City for the first time when the Lord Mayor of London, [[George Wyatt Truscott]], ceremonially drives the first tram over [[Blackfriars Bridge]], which has been widened to accommodate the tramway.<ref>{{cite book|author=Marshall, Prince (1972)|title=Wheels of London|year=1972 |publisher=The Sunday Times Magazine|page=20|isbn=0-7230-0068-9}}</ref>
*** [[Trams in London]] are brought into the City for the first time when the Lord Mayor of London, [[George Wyatt Truscott]], ceremonially drives the first tram over [[Blackfriars Bridge]], which has been widened to accommodate the tramway.<ref name=WoL/>
** 2 October: The first match is played at the [[Rugby Football Union]]'s [[Twickenham Stadium]], [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]] v. [[Richmond F.C.|Richmond]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Today in History|newspaper=Metro|location=London|date=2023-10-02|page=2}}</ref>
** 2 October: The first match is played at the [[Rugby Football Union]]'s [[Twickenham Stadium]], [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]] v. [[Richmond F.C.|Richmond]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Today in History|newspaper=Metro|location=London|date=2023-10-02|page=2}}</ref>
** 1 December: The [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway]] publicly inaugurates London's first suburban surface [[railway electrification system]] on its South London line, known as the "Elevated Electric".<ref>{{cite book|last=Turner|first=John Howard|title=The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, '''III''': Completion and Maturity|year=1979|publisher=Batsford|location=London|isbn=978-0-7134-1389-2}}</ref>
** 1 December: The [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway]] publicly inaugurates London's first suburban surface [[railway electrification system]] on its South London line, known as the "Elevated Electric".<ref>{{cite book|last=Turner|first=John Howard|title=The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, '''III''': Completion and Maturity|year=1979|publisher=Batsford|location=London|isbn=978-0-7134-1389-2}}</ref>
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** September: The [[London Co-operative Society]], a [[consumers' co-operative]], is established by merger of the [[Stratford, London|Stratford]] and [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]] Co-operative Societies.
** September: The [[London Co-operative Society]], a [[consumers' co-operative]], is established by merger of the [[Stratford, London|Stratford]] and [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]] Co-operative Societies.
** 11 November: [[The Cenotaph, Whitehall]], designed by [[Edwin Lutyens]], is unveiled as a permanent memorial to commemorate the dead of [[World War I]]; and [[The Unknown Warrior]] is buried in [[Westminster Abbey]].
** 11 November: [[The Cenotaph, Whitehall]], designed by [[Edwin Lutyens]], is unveiled as a permanent memorial to commemorate the dead of [[World War I]]; and [[The Unknown Warrior]] is buried in [[Westminster Abbey]].
** 14 December: [[1920 Golders Green Handley Page O/400 crash]]: two airline passengers and both crew killed after take-off from [[Cricklewood Aerodrome]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Times|title=Four Killed in Air Crash. Disaster Near Cricklewood, Burning Aeroplane in a Garden|location=London|date=15 December 1920|page=12|issue=45924}}</ref>
** The [[Woolwich foot tunnel]] is used by about 28,000 pedestrians on average.{{sfn|Britannica|1922}}
** [[Devonshire House]] in [[Piccadilly]] is demolished.
** [[Devonshire House]] in [[Piccadilly]] is demolished.
** The [[London School of Journalism]] is founded.
** The [[London School of Journalism]] is founded.
** The [[Woolwich foot tunnel]] is used by about 28,000 pedestrians on average.{{sfn|Britannica|1922}}
* 1921
* 1921
** 17 March: Dr [[Marie Stopes]] opens the UK's first [[birth control]] clinic in [[Holloway, London|Holloway]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
** 17 March: Dr [[Marie Stopes]] opens the UK's first [[birth control]] clinic in [[Holloway, London|Holloway]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
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** 8 July: The [[Port of London Authority]] opens [[King George V Dock, London|King George V Dock]], the last of London's upstream enclosed docks to be constructed.<ref name=CEH/>
** 8 July: The [[Port of London Authority]] opens [[King George V Dock, London|King George V Dock]], the last of London's upstream enclosed docks to be constructed.<ref name=CEH/>
** 1 September: The [[Poplar Rates Rebellion]] takes place, led by [[George Lansbury]]. The [[Borough council]] in [[Poplar, London|Poplar]] withholds collection of part of its [[Rates (tax)|rates]], which leads to 6 weeks’ imprisonment for 30 councillors, including 7 women, and hasty passage of The London Authorities (Financial Provision) Act through [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] to equalise tax burdens between rich and poor boroughs.<ref>{{cite book|first=Noreen|last=Branson|title=Poplarism, 1919–1925: George Lansbury and the councillors' revolt|publisher=Lawrence and Wishart|year=1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Janine|last=Booth|title=Guilty and Proud of it – Poplar's Rebel Councillors and Guardians 1919–1925|publisher=Merlin Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-85036-694-5}}</ref>
** 1 September: The [[Poplar Rates Rebellion]] takes place, led by [[George Lansbury]]. The [[Borough council]] in [[Poplar, London|Poplar]] withholds collection of part of its [[Rates (tax)|rates]], which leads to 6 weeks’ imprisonment for 30 councillors, including 7 women, and hasty passage of The London Authorities (Financial Provision) Act through [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] to equalise tax burdens between rich and poor boroughs.<ref>{{cite book|first=Noreen|last=Branson|title=Poplarism, 1919–1925: George Lansbury and the councillors' revolt|publisher=Lawrence and Wishart|year=1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Janine|last=Booth|title=Guilty and Proud of it – Poplar's Rebel Councillors and Guardians 1919–1925|publisher=Merlin Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-85036-694-5}}</ref>
** 9 September: [[Charlie Chaplin]] visits London, where he was probably born in 1889, and is met by thousands of people.
** 9 September: [[Charlie Chaplin]] visits London, where he was probably born in 1889, and is met by thousands.
** The [[London County Council]] begins the construction of a large estate of [[Public housing in the United Kingdom|public housing]] in [[Bellingham, London|Bellingham]]. It is followed by the nearby [[Downham Estate]] from 1924.<ref name=LS/>
** The [[London County Council]] begins the construction of a large estate of [[Public housing in the United Kingdom|public housing]] in [[Bellingham, London|Bellingham]]. It is followed by the nearby [[Downham Estate]] from 1924.<ref name=LS/>
** The total length of tramways in Greater London is 350 miles.{{sfn|Britannica|1922}}
** The total length of tramways in Greater London is 350 miles.{{sfn|Britannica|1922}}
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* 1924
* 1924
** 1 February: The [[1924 City of London by-election]] is held.
** 1 February: The [[1924 City of London by-election]] is held.
** 2 February: A substantially rewritten version of [[Roi Cooper Megrue]] and [[Walter C. Hackett]]'s 1914 [[farce]] ''[[It Pays to Advertise (play)|It Pays to Advertise]]'' in a new production by [[actor-manager]] [[Tom Walls]] opens at the [[Aldwych Theatre]]. It runs until 10 July 1925 for a total of 598 performances,<ref>{{cite news|title=New Play at the Aldwych|newspaper=[[The Times]]|location=London|date=2 February 1924|page=8}}; {{cite news|title=Mr. Ralph Lynn|newspaper=The Times|date=10 August 1962|page=11}}; {{cite news|title=The Theatres|newspaper=The Times|date=25 June 1925|page=12}}</ref> and it is the first of a sequence of 12 "[[Aldwych farce]]s".
** 2 February: A substantially rewritten version of [[Roi Cooper Megrue]] and [[Walter C. Hackett]]'s 1914 [[farce]] ''[[It Pays to Advertise (play)|It Pays to Advertise]]'' in a new production by [[actor-manager]] [[Tom Walls]] opens at the [[Aldwych Theatre]]. It runs until 10 July 1925 for a total of 598 performances,<ref>{{cite news|title=New Play at the Aldwych|newspaper=[[The Times]]|location=London|date=2 February 1924|page=8}}; {{cite news|title=Mr. Ralph Lynn|newspaper=The Times|date=10 August 1962|page=11}}; {{cite news|title=The Theatres|newspaper=The Times|date=25 June 1925|page=12}}</ref> and is the first of a sequence of 12 "[[Aldwych farce]]s".
** March: [[Leonard Woolf|Leonard]] and [[Virginia Woolf]] move themselves and the [[Hogarth Press]] back to a house in [[Bloomsbury]] at 52 [[Tavistock Square]].
** March: [[Leonard Woolf|Leonard]] and [[Virginia Woolf]] move themselves and the [[Hogarth Press]] back to a house in [[Bloomsbury]] at 52 [[Tavistock Square]].
** 31 March: The last of 1,702 new [[steam locomotive]]s is built at [[Stratford Works]], a [[GER Class L77]]<ref>{{cite web|title=British Railway Steam Locomotive|work=RailUK|url=http://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteam.php?row_id=21189|access-date=2016-08-07}}</ref> for suburban services from Liverpool Street station. This is the last full-size locomotive built in London.
** 31 March: The last of 1,702 new [[steam locomotive]]s is built at [[Stratford Works]], a [[GER Class L77]]<ref>{{cite web|title=British Railway Steam Locomotive|work=RailUK|url=http://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteam.php?row_id=21189|access-date=2016-08-07}}</ref> for suburban services from Liverpool Street station. This is the last full-size locomotive built in London.
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** 7 October: The death of Anglo-Irish businessman and philanthropist [[Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh]] takes place at [[Grosvenor Place]]. He leaves [[Kenwood House]] on [[Hampstead Heath]] to the nation as a museum for his art collection, the "Iveagh Bequest", and the surrounding estate is added to the Heath to preserve it from housing development, opening to the public in 1928.
** 7 October: The death of Anglo-Irish businessman and philanthropist [[Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh]] takes place at [[Grosvenor Place]]. He leaves [[Kenwood House]] on [[Hampstead Heath]] to the nation as a museum for his art collection, the "Iveagh Bequest", and the surrounding estate is added to the Heath to preserve it from housing development, opening to the public in 1928.
** 3 December: The [[London Post Office Railway|Post Office Railway]], a private Tube line for carrying mail, opens.
** 3 December: The [[London Post Office Railway|Post Office Railway]], a private Tube line for carrying mail, opens.
** 21 December ("Slippery Wednesday"): 1,600 people are hospitalised in London when they hurt themselves on the icy streets.<ref>{{cite news|title=Londoners' Great Skid in the Freak Frost|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|location=London|date=1927-12-22|page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Paul|last=Simons|title=When London woke up to 'Slippery Wednesday'|work=[[The Times]]|date=2017-12-21|accessdate=2022-12-23|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/when-london-woke-up-to-slippery-wednesday-zrj8wg7dh|location=London}}</ref>
** 21 December ("Slippery Wednesday"): 1,600 people are hospitalised in London when they hurt themselves on the icy streets.<ref>{{cite news|title=Londoners' Great Skid in the Freak Frost|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|location=London|date=1927-12-22|page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Paul|last=Simons|title=When London woke up to 'Slippery Wednesday'|work=[[The Times]]|date=2017-12-21|accessdate=2022-12-23|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/when-london-woke-up-to-slippery-wednesday-zrj8wg7dh|location=London}}</ref> There is a [[White Christmas (weather)|White Christmas]].
* 1928
* 1928
** 6–7 January: The [[1928 Thames flood]] strikes, and 14 people drown. On 7 January, the [[moat]] at the [[Tower of London]], which was drained in 1843 and planted with grass, is completely refilled by a [[storm surge]], and the basement of the [[Tate Britain|Tate Gallery]] floods.
** 6–7 January: The [[1928 Thames flood]], caused by a [[storm surge]] meeting a high river level due to [[snowmelt]], occurs, and 14 people drown. On 7 January, the [[moat]] at the [[Tower of London]], which was drained in 1843 and planted with grass, is completely refilled, and the basement of the [[Tate Britain|Tate Gallery]] floods.
** March: The [[Science Museum, London|Science Museum]] opens in its own building in [[Exhibition Road]].<ref name="SciMus Survey">{{cite book|chapter=Science Museum|title=Survey of London, vol. '''38''', South Kensington Museums Area|editor=Sheppard, F. H. W.|publisher=London County Council|year=1975|pages=248–256|chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol38/pp248-256|access-date=2016-05-24}}</ref>
** March: The [[Science Museum, London|Science Museum]] opens in its own building in [[Exhibition Road]].<ref name="SciMus Survey">{{cite book|chapter=Science Museum|title=Survey of London, vol. '''38''', South Kensington Museums Area|editor=Sheppard, F. H. W.|publisher=London County Council|year=1975|pages=248–256|chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol38/pp248-256|access-date=2016-05-24}}</ref>
** 28 April–5 March 1929: Three members of the same family in [[South Croydon]] die from [[arsenic poisoning]]; no-one is ever arrested in connection with the incident.<ref>{{cite book|title=The South Croydon Poisonings|first=Jeannette|last=Hensby|year=2021}}</ref>
** 3 September: [[Alexander Fleming]] accidentally rediscovers the [[antibiotic]] [[Penicillin]] at [[St Mary's Hospital, London|St Mary's Hospital, Paddington]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.rsc.org/pdf/pressoffice/2003/penicillin.pdf|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|location=London|title=Culture shock will highlight penicillin discovery|date=2003-09-02|access-date=2011-11-30}}</ref>
** 3 September: [[Alexander Fleming]] accidentally rediscovers the [[antibiotic]] [[Penicillin]] at [[St Mary's Hospital, London|St Mary's Hospital, Paddington]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.rsc.org/pdf/pressoffice/2003/penicillin.pdf|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|location=London|title=Culture shock will highlight penicillin discovery|date=2003-09-02|access-date=2011-11-30}}</ref>
** October: The [[Firestone tyre factory (London)|Firestone Tyre Factory]], designed by [[Wallis, Gilbert and Partners]] in [[Art Deco]] style, opens on the '[[Golden Mile (Brentford)|Golden Mile]]' of the [[Great West Road, London, England|Great West Road]].
** October: The [[Firestone tyre factory (London)|Firestone Tyre Factory]], designed by [[Wallis, Gilbert and Partners]] in [[Art Deco]] style, opens on the '[[Golden Mile (Brentford)|Golden Mile]]' of the [[Great West Road, London, England|Great West Road]].
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** 16 May: The [[London United Tramways]] introduce the first [[trolleybuses in London]] between [[Twickenham]] and [[Teddington]].
** 16 May: The [[London United Tramways]] introduce the first [[trolleybuses in London]] between [[Twickenham]] and [[Teddington]].
** 23 May: The [[Zoological Society of London]] opens [[Whipsnade Zoo]] in Bedfordshire.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
** 23 May: The [[Zoological Society of London]] opens [[Whipsnade Zoo]] in Bedfordshire.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
** 19 July: [[Sudbury Town tube station|Sudbury Town station]] on the [[London Underground]] [[Piccadilly line]] opens as rebuilt by [[Charles Holden]], making it the first of his iconic modern designs for the network.<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Lawrence|title=Bright Underground Spaces: the London Tube station architecture of Charles Holden|location=Harrow Weald|publisher=Capital Transport|year=2008|isbn=978-1-85414-320-4}}</ref>
** 19 July: [[Sudbury Town tube station|Sudbury Town station]] on the [[London Underground]]'s [[Piccadilly line]] opens as rebuilt by [[Charles Holden]], making it the first of his iconic modern designs for the network.<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Lawrence|title=Bright Underground Spaces: the London Tube station architecture of Charles Holden|location=Harrow Weald|publisher=Capital Transport|year=2008|isbn=978-1-85414-320-4}}</ref>
** 7 September
** 7 September
*** The [[Round Table Conferences (India)#Second Round Table Conference (September 1931 – December 1931)|Second round Table Conference]] on the constitutional future of India opens in London with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] representing the [[Indian National Congress]].
*** The [[Round Table Conferences (India)#Second Round Table Conference (September 1931 – December 1931)|Second round Table Conference]] on the constitutional future of India opens in London with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] representing the [[Indian National Congress]].
*** The [[Gala Bingo Club, Tooting|Gala Cinema, Tooting]] opens with a spectacular interior.
*** The [[Granada, Tooting|Granada Cinema, Tooting]] opens with a spectacular interior.
** October: The first vehicle, a light truck, comes off the [[Ford Dagenham]] production line.
** October: The first vehicle, a light truck, comes off the [[Ford Dagenham]] production line.
** 12 November: The [[Abbey Road Studios]] are opened by Sir [[Edward Elgar]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
** 12 November: The [[Abbey Road Studios]] are opened by Sir [[Edward Elgar]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
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** 9 January: [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Down and Out in Paris and London]]'' is published.
** 9 January: [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Down and Out in Paris and London]]'' is published.
** 10 January: [[Eric Coates]]' orchestral ''[[London Suite (Coates)|London Suite]]'' is premiered, with its sequel, ''[[London Again Suite]]'', premiering in 1936.
** 10 January: [[Eric Coates]]' orchestral ''[[London Suite (Coates)|London Suite]]'' is premiered, with its sequel, ''[[London Again Suite]]'', premiering in 1936.
** 13 March: Another of [[Charles Holden]]'s masterpieces, [[Southgate tube station|Southgate station]] on the [[Piccadilly line]], opens to the public.
** 1 July: The [[London Passenger Transport Board]] begins operation, taking over operation of all buses, trams and Underground railways in the Greater London area, with [[Lord Ashfield]] as [[Chairperson|chairman]] and [[Frank Pick]] as vice-chairman and chief executive officer.
** 1 July: The [[London Passenger Transport Board]] begins operation, taking over operation of all buses, trams and Underground railways in the Greater London area, with [[Lord Ashfield]] as [[Chairperson|chairman]] and [[Frank Pick]] as vice-chairman and chief executive officer.
** 3 July: [[Chiswick Bridge]], [[Twickenham Bridge]], and [[Hampton Court Bridge]] over the Thames are officially opened.
** 3 July: [[Chiswick Bridge]], [[Twickenham Bridge]], and [[Hampton Court Bridge]] over the Thames are officially opened.
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*** [[Senate House (University of London)]], designed by [[Charles Holden]], is completed.
*** [[Senate House (University of London)]], designed by [[Charles Holden]], is completed.
*** Formation of the [[Euston Road School]], a private School of Drawing and Painting originally established in [[Fitzroy Street, London|Fitzroy Street]] by [[William Coldstream]], [[Claude Rogers (artist)|Claude Rogers]] and [[Victor Pasmore]]; it gives name to the group of [[Naturalism (art)|naturalist artists]] associated with it.<ref>{{cite web|title=Euston Road School|url=http://www.artbiogs.co.uk/2/schools/euston-road-school|work=Artist Biographies|date=2011-04-28|access-date=2012-04-10}}</ref>
*** Formation of the [[Euston Road School]], a private School of Drawing and Painting originally established in [[Fitzroy Street, London|Fitzroy Street]] by [[William Coldstream]], [[Claude Rogers (artist)|Claude Rogers]] and [[Victor Pasmore]]; it gives name to the group of [[Naturalism (art)|naturalist artists]] associated with it.<ref>{{cite web|title=Euston Road School|url=http://www.artbiogs.co.uk/2/schools/euston-road-school|work=Artist Biographies|date=2011-04-28|access-date=2012-04-10}}</ref>
** October–December: [[Croydon typhoid outbreak of 1937]]: 341 cases of [[typhoid fever]], of which 43 cases are fatal, resulting from a polluted well in [[Addington, London|Addington]].
** October–December: [[Croydon typhoid outbreak of 1937]]: 341 cases of [[typhoid fever]], of which 43 are fatal, resulting from a polluted well in [[Addington, London|Addington]].
** 16 December: The [[Musical play|musical]] ''[[Me and My Girl]]'' opens in the [[West End theatre|West End]] [[Victoria Palace Theatre]]; the dance number "[[The Lambeth Walk]]" becomes popular.<ref>{{cite news|title=Peace and 'The Lambeth Walk'|newspaper=The Times|location=London|date=1938-10-18|page=15}}</ref>
** 16 December: The [[Musical play|musical]] ''[[Me and My Girl]]'' opens in the [[West End theatre|West End]] [[Victoria Palace Theatre]]; the dance number "[[The Lambeth Walk]]" becomes popular.<ref>{{cite news|title=Peace and 'The Lambeth Walk'|newspaper=The Times|location=London|date=1938-10-18|page=15}}</ref>
** December: The [[Hawker Hurricane]] enters service with the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) as its first [[monoplane]] [[Fighter (aircraft)|fighter aircraft]] with [[No. 111 Squadron RAF|No. 111 Squadron]] at [[RAF Northolt|Northolt]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Crosby|first=Francis|title=The Complete Guide to Fighters & Bombers of the World: An Illustrated History of the World's Greatest Military Aircraft, From the Pioneering Days of Air Fighting in World War I Through the Jet Fighters and Stealth Bombers of the Present Day|location=London|publisher=Anness Publishing|year=2006|isbn=978-1-84476-917-9|page=21}}.</ref>
** December: The [[Hawker Hurricane]] enters service with the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) as its first [[monoplane]] [[Fighter (aircraft)|fighter aircraft]] with [[No. 111 Squadron RAF|No. 111 Squadron]] at [[RAF Northolt|Northolt]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Crosby|first=Francis|title=The Complete Guide to Fighters & Bombers of the World: An Illustrated History of the World's Greatest Military Aircraft, From the Pioneering Days of Air Fighting in World War I Through the Jet Fighters and Stealth Bombers of the Present Day|location=London|publisher=Anness Publishing|year=2006|isbn=978-1-84476-917-9|page=21}}.</ref>
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** July: The [[AEC Regent III RT|RT type]] bus enters public service in London.<ref name=WoL>{{cite book|title=Wheels of London|last=Marshall|first=Prince|publisher=The Sunday Times Magazine|location=London|year=1972|isbn=0-7230-0068-9}}</ref>
** July: The [[AEC Regent III RT|RT type]] bus enters public service in London.<ref name=WoL>{{cite book|title=Wheels of London|last=Marshall|first=Prince|publisher=The Sunday Times Magazine|location=London|year=1972|isbn=0-7230-0068-9}}</ref>
** 20 August: [[Parliament Hill Lido]] opens.
** 20 August: [[Parliament Hill Lido]] opens.
** 30 September: The Prime Minister [[Neville Chamberlain]] returns to the UK from [[Munich]] at [[Heston Aerodrome]] memorably waving the resolution signed the day earlier with Germany. He then later gives his famous ''[[Peace for our time]]'' speech from [[Downing Street]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/><ref>{{cite book|first=Nigel|last=Rees|author-link=Nigel Rees|title=Sayings of the Century|location=London|publisher=Unwin Paperbacks|year=1987|isbn=0-04-440080-2}}</ref> [[George VI]] and [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]] appear with Chamberlain on the balcony of [[Buckingham Palace]] to celebrate the agreement.
** 30 September: The Prime Minister [[Neville Chamberlain]] returns to the UK from [[Munich]] at [[Heston Aerodrome]] memorably waving the resolution signed the day earlier with Germany. He later gives his famous ''[[Peace for our time]]'' speech from [[Downing Street]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/><ref>{{cite book|first=Nigel|last=Rees|author-link=Nigel Rees|title=Sayings of the Century|location=London|publisher=Unwin Paperbacks|year=1987|isbn=0-04-440080-2}}</ref> [[George VI]] and [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]] appear with Chamberlain on the balcony of [[Buckingham Palace]] to celebrate the agreement.
** 2 December: First [[Kindertransport]] from [[Berlin]] arrives at [[Liverpool Street station]].
** 2 December: First [[Kindertransport]] from [[Berlin]] arrives at [[Liverpool Street station]].
* 1939
* 1939
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** 24 August: The first air raid of the war strikes London.
** 24 August: The first air raid of the war strikes London.
** 7 September: [[The Blitz]] begins with "Black Saturday" bombing of the city by the [[Luftwaffe]], the first of 57 consecutive nights of [[strategic bombing]].<ref name=bbc-worldwars /><ref name=NYT-OnThisDay>{{citation|work=The New York Times|url=http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/on-this-day/|title=On This Day|access-date=2016-08-06}}</ref>
** 7 September: [[The Blitz]] begins with "Black Saturday" bombing of the city by the [[Luftwaffe]], the first of 57 consecutive nights of [[strategic bombing]].<ref name=bbc-worldwars /><ref name=NYT-OnThisDay>{{citation|work=The New York Times|url=http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/on-this-day/|title=On This Day|access-date=2016-08-06}}</ref>
** 10 September: South Hallsville School bombing in [[Canning Town]]: at least 77 people are injured and perhaps 4 times as many people are killed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Second World War Bombing Raid South Hallsville School|work=East End History|first=Malcolm|last=Oakley|date=2014-03-01|url=https://www.eastlondonhistory.co.uk/second-world-war-bombing-raid-south-hallsville-school/|access-date=2021-04-20}}</ref>
** 10 September: South Hallsville School (evacuation centre) bombing in [[Canning Town]]: at least 77 people, and perhaps 4 times as many, are killed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Second World War Bombing Raid South Hallsville School|work=East End History|first=Malcolm|last=Oakley|date=2014-03-01|url=https://www.eastlondonhistory.co.uk/second-world-war-bombing-raid-south-hallsville-school/|access-date=2021-04-20}}</ref>
** 13 September: Bombing damages [[Buckingham Palace]] and destroys the chapel, but the [[George VI|King]] and [[Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother|Queen]] survive without injury and inspect the damage.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/sep/13/queen-mother-biography-shawcross-luftwaffe |work= The Guardian |title= How the Luftwaffe bombed the palace, in the Queen Mother's own words |author= Davies, Caroline |date= 12 September 2009 |access-date= 30 January 2023 |archive-date= 17 April 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210417091423/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/sep/13/queen-mother-biography-shawcross-luftwaffe |url-status= live }}</ref>
** 13 September: Bombing damages [[Buckingham Palace]] and destroys the chapel, but the [[George VI|King]] and [[Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother|Queen]] survive without injury and inspect the damage.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/sep/13/queen-mother-biography-shawcross-luftwaffe |work= The Guardian |title= How the Luftwaffe bombed the palace, in the Queen Mother's own words |author= Davies, Caroline |date= 12 September 2009 |access-date= 30 January 2023 |archive-date= 17 April 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210417091423/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/sep/13/queen-mother-biography-shawcross-luftwaffe |url-status= live }}</ref>
** 15 September: [[Battle of Britain Day]], the climax of the [[Battle of Britain]], in which the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) resists a mass bombing attack by the Luftwaffe in the skies over London and south east England. [[Pilot officer]] [[Ray Holmes]] uses his [[Hawker Hurricane]] to ram a [[Dornier Do 17]] bomber, causing it to crash on [[London Victoria station|Victoria station]].
** 15 September: [[Battle of Britain Day]], the climax of the [[Battle of Britain]], in which the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) resists a mass bombing attack by the Luftwaffe in the skies over London and south east England. [[Pilot officer]] [[Ray Holmes]] uses his [[Hawker Hurricane]] to ram a [[Dornier Do 17]] bomber, causing it to crash on [[London Victoria station|Victoria station]].
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** 16–17 April: Serious bomb damage to railway routes across the Thames, the [[Metropolitan line]], the north transept of [[St Paul's Cathedral]] and [[Chelsea Old Church]]; and [[Lord Stamp]] is among those killed.
** 16–17 April: Serious bomb damage to railway routes across the Thames, the [[Metropolitan line]], the north transept of [[St Paul's Cathedral]] and [[Chelsea Old Church]]; and [[Lord Stamp]] is among those killed.
** 18 April: Heaviest [[The Blitz|air-raid]] of the year on London.<ref name=CBH/>
** 18 April: Heaviest [[The Blitz|air-raid]] of the year on London.<ref name=CBH/>
** 10–12 May: Bombing guts many notable buildings in London, including the [[Palace of Westminster#Commons Chamber|Commons Chamber]] of the [[Palace of Westminster|Houses of Parliament]], which causes its debates to be relocated to the Lords Chamber; the Queen's Hall, which causes [[The Proms]] to be relocated to the [[Royal Albert Hall]]; and the [[Great Synagogue of London]], [[St Clement Danes]] and [[St Mary-le-Bow]]. [[Westminster Abbey]]'s roof is badly damaged.<ref name=BHWA/> The intensive period of [[The Blitz]] now ends, leaving around 25,000 people dead in London.
** 10–12 May: Bombing guts many notable buildings in London, including the [[Palace of Westminster#Commons Chamber|Commons Chamber]] of the [[Palace of Westminster|Houses of Parliament]], which causes its debates to be relocated to the Lords Chamber; the Queen's Hall, which causes [[The Proms]] to be relocated to the [[Royal Albert Hall]]; and the [[Great Synagogue of London]], [[St Clement Danes]] and [[St Mary-le-Bow]]. [[Westminster Abbey]]'s roof is badly damaged<ref name=BHWA/> and 250,000 books are lost in a fire at the [[British Museum]]. The intensive period of [[The Blitz]] now ends, leaving around 25,000 people dead in London.
** 17–21 May: [[Rudolf Hess]] is detained in the [[Tower of London]], making him the last official [[Prisoner of war|state prisoner]] to be held here.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rudolf Hess in the Tower of London|date=2017-07-16|access-date=2022-02-05|url=https://yeomanwarders.com/rudolf-hess-in-the-tower-of-london/|website=yeomanwarders.com}}</ref>
** 17–21 May: [[Rudolf Hess]] is detained in the [[Tower of London]], making him the last official [[Prisoner of war|state prisoner]] to be held here.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rudolf Hess in the Tower of London|date=2017-07-16|access-date=2022-02-05|url=https://yeomanwarders.com/rudolf-hess-in-the-tower-of-london/|website=yeomanwarders.com}}</ref>
** Spring: [[Noël Coward]] composes the song "[[London Pride (song)|London Pride]]".
** Spring: [[Noël Coward]] composes the song "[[London Pride (song)|London Pride]]".
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** August: [[John Christie (murderer)|John Christie]] begins his [[serial killing]]s at 10 Rillington Place, [[Notting Hill]].
** August: [[John Christie (murderer)|John Christie]] begins his [[serial killing]]s at 10 Rillington Place, [[Notting Hill]].
* 1944
* 1944
** 21–22 January: ''[[Operation Steinbock]]'' (the "Baby [[Blitzkrieg|Blitz]]"), a [[nocturnal]] ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' bombing offensive chiefly targeted at the Greater London area (continues until May), starts, but on this attack, few aircraft reach the target area.<ref>{{cite book|last=Beale|first=Nick|title=Kampfflieger: Bombers of the Luftwaffe, vol. 4: Summer 1943 – May 1945|location=Burgess Hill|publisher=Classic Publications|year=2005|isbn=978-1-903223-50-5|page=315}}</ref>
** 21–22 January: ''[[Operation Steinbock]]'' (the "Baby [[Blitzkrieg|Blitz]]"), a [[nocturnal]] ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' bombing offensive chiefly targeted at the Greater London area (continues until May), starts, but on the first attack, few aircraft reach the target area.<ref>{{cite book|last=Beale|first=Nick|title=Kampfflieger: Bombers of the Luftwaffe, vol. 4: Summer 1943 – May 1945|location=Burgess Hill|publisher=Classic Publications|year=2005|isbn=978-1-903223-50-5|page=315}}</ref>
** 26 February: The last heavy [[Airstrike|air-raids]] by conventional aircraft take place in London.<ref name=CBH/><ref name=webster1960>{{cite book|publisher=G. & C. Merriam Co.|ol=5812502M|location=Springfield, Mass.|title=Webster's Geographical Dictionary|date=1960|chapter=London|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/webstersgeograph00gcmerich#page/627/mode/1up|page=627}}</ref>
** 26 February: The last heavy [[Airstrike|air-raids]] by conventional aircraft take place in London.<ref name=CBH/><ref name=webster1960>{{cite book|publisher=G. & C. Merriam Co.|ol=5812502M|location=Springfield, Mass.|title=Webster's Geographical Dictionary|date=1960|chapter=London|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/webstersgeograph00gcmerich#page/627/mode/1up|page=627}}</ref>
** 13 June: The first [[V-1 flying bomb]] attack on London takes place, and 8 civilians are killed when one lands in [[Grove Road]], [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]]. The bomb also earns the nickname "[[Doodlebug (flying bomb)|doodlebug]]".<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
** 13 June: The first [[V-1 flying bomb]] attack on London takes place, and 8 civilians are killed when one lands in [[Grove Road]], [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]]. The bomb earns the nickname "[[Doodlebug (flying bomb)|doodlebug]]".<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
** 18 June: A [[V-1 flying bomb]] hits the [[Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks]], killing 121 people.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Guards Chapel Tragedy|url=http://www.flyingbombsandrockets.com/V1_maintxtc.html|work=Flying Bombs and Rockets|access-date=2016-07-11}}</ref>
** 18 June: A [[V-1 flying bomb]] hits the [[Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks]], killing 121 people.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Guards Chapel Tragedy|url=http://www.flyingbombsandrockets.com/V1_maintxtc.html|work=Flying Bombs and Rockets|access-date=2016-07-11}}</ref>
** July: [[London deep-level shelters|Deep-level shelters]] that were built in 1941–2 are opened to the public.<ref name=LST/>
** July: [[London deep-level shelters|Deep-level shelters]] that were built in 1941–2 are opened to the public.<ref name=LST/>
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** 15 May: [[London Philharmonic Choir]] makes its debut, at the [[Royal Albert Hall]].
** 15 May: [[London Philharmonic Choir]] makes its debut, at the [[Royal Albert Hall]].
** 5 November: [[Guy the Gorilla]] arrives at [[London Zoo]].
** 5 November: [[Guy the Gorilla]] arrives at [[London Zoo]].
** 20 November: [[Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh]]: Princess Elizabeth (later Queen [[Elizabeth II]] and the daughter of [[George VI]]) marries [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|The Duke of Edinburgh]] at [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
** 20 November: [[Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh]]: Princess Elizabeth (later Queen [[Elizabeth II]], and the daughter of [[George VI]]) marries [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|The Duke of Edinburgh]] at [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
** December: The tradition of a [[Christmas tree]] donated by Norway for [[Trafalgar Square]] begins.
** December: The tradition of a [[Christmas tree]] donated by Norway for [[Trafalgar Square]] begins.
** The last horse-drawn [[hackney carriage]] operates in London.
** The last horse-drawn [[hackney carriage]] operates in London.
* 1948
* 1948
** 1 January: London's mainline railways become part of [[British Rail]]ways as part of the nationalisation of the UK's public transport.
** 1 January: London's Underground, buses and trams come under control of the [[London Transport Executive]] while mainline railways become part of [[British Rail]]ways as part of the nationalisation of the UK's public transport under overall management of the [[British Transport Commission]].
** 12 January: The [[London Co-operative Society]] opens Britain's first supermarket in [[Manor Park, London|Manor Park]].<ref name=CBH/> In the same month, [[Marks & Spencer]] introduce self-service in the food department of their [[Wood Green]] store.<ref name="Kynaston">{{cite book|first=David|last=Kynaston|author-link = David Kynaston|title=Austerity Britain 1945–1951|location=London|publisher=Bloomsbury|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7475-7985-4}}</ref>
** 12 January: The [[London Co-operative Society]] opens Britain's first supermarket in [[Manor Park, London|Manor Park]].<ref name=CBH/> In the same month, [[Marks & Spencer]] introduce self-service in the food department of their [[Wood Green]] store.<ref name="Kynaston">{{cite book|first=David|last=Kynaston|author-link = David Kynaston|title=Austerity Britain 1945–1951|location=London|publisher=Bloomsbury|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7475-7985-4}}</ref>
** 1 April: The [[London Electricity Board]] takes up its powers as part of the nationalisation of the electricity supply industry under terms of the [[Electricity Act 1947]].
** 1 April: The [[London Electricity Board]] takes up its powers as part of the nationalisation of the electricity supply industry under terms of the [[Electricity Act 1947]].
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** 31 July: [[Sainsbury's]] opens the first purpose-built supermarket, at [[Croydon]].<ref name=CBH/>
** 31 July: [[Sainsbury's]] opens the first purpose-built supermarket, at [[Croydon]].<ref name=CBH/>
** 30 September: The [[London Transport Executive]] begins the closure of the [[trams in London]].
** 30 September: The [[London Transport Executive]] begins the closure of the [[trams in London]].
** 26 October: The [[Palace of Westminster#Commons Chamber|Commons Chamber]] of the [[Palace of Westminster|Houses of Parliament]] is reopened to [[Member of parliament|MP]]s after the restoration work by Sir [[Giles Gilbert Scott]] is completed.
** 26 October: The [[Palace of Westminster#Commons Chamber|Commons Chamber]] of the [[Palace of Westminster|Houses of Parliament]] is reopened to [[Member of parliament|MP]]s after the restoration work (following war damage) by Sir [[Giles Gilbert Scott]] is completed.
** 25 December: The [[Stone of Scone]] is stolen from [[Westminster Abbey]] by a group of 4 Scottish students.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
** 25 December: The [[Stone of Scone]] is stolen from [[Westminster Abbey]] by a group of 4 Scottish students.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/> It is recovered the following year.
** The [[UK Parliament constituency]] of the [[Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Cities of London and Westminster]] is created, which ends the separate [[City of London (UK Parliament constituency)|City of London constituency]] that has existed since 1298.
** The [[UK Parliament constituency]] of the [[Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Cities of London and Westminster]] is created, which ends the separate [[City of London (UK Parliament constituency)|City of London constituency]] that has existed since 1298.
** The [[Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras]] flats in St Pancras Way are completed,<ref name=LS/> and the [[Pimlico District Heating Undertaking]] begins operation.
** The [[Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras]] flats in St Pancras Way are completed,<ref name=LS/> and the [[Pimlico District Heating Undertaking]] begins operation.
** By this year, London's populations declines to around 3,500,000 following the two world wars.
* 1951
* 1951
** 6 April: The last trams operate through the [[Kingsway tramway subway]].
** 6 April: The last trams operate through the [[Kingsway tramway subway]].
** 8 April: London's population is 3,348,336 in the county and 8,346,137 in Greater London.<ref name=seltzer1952 />
** 8 April: London's population has declined to 3,348,336 in the county and 8,346,137 in Greater London.<ref name=seltzer1952 />
** 3 May–30 September: The [[Festival of Britain]] takes place on the South Bank, which includes the [[Royal Festival Hall]], [[Dome of Discovery]] and [[Skylon (tower)|Skylon]].<ref name=bbc1945 /> Pleasure Gardens and a Fun Fair are opened in [[Battersea Park]], and the [[Lansbury Estate]] in [[Poplar, London|Poplar]] is begun this year as a housing showcase.
** 3 May–30 September: The [[Festival of Britain]] takes place on the South Bank, which includes the [[Royal Festival Hall]], [[Dome of Discovery]] and [[Skylon (tower)|Skylon]].<ref name=bbc1945 /> Pleasure Gardens and a Fun Fair are opened in [[Battersea Park]], and the [[Lansbury Estate]] in [[Poplar, London|Poplar]] is begun this year as a housing showcase.
** 11 June: The [[London Transport Executive]] introduces a [[Tootbus London|Circular Tour of London]] using double-decker buses for the Festival.
** 11 June: The [[London Transport Executive]] introduces a [[Tootbus London|Circular Tour of London]] using double-decker buses for the Festival.
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** December: [[John Wyndham]]'s novel ''[[The Day of the Triffids]]'', which opens in a [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|post-apocalyptic]] London, is published.
** December: [[John Wyndham]]'s novel ''[[The Day of the Triffids]]'', which opens in a [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|post-apocalyptic]] London, is published.
* 1952
* 1952
** February: Queen [[Elizabeth II]] and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] return to London from their tour in [[Kenya]] after the death of [[George VI]].
** 7 February: The new Queen [[Elizabeth II]] and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] return to London from their tour in [[Kenya]] after the death of [[George VI]].
** April: The [[London Transport Executive]] opens [[Stockwell Garage]], which has Europe's largest unsupported roof span at this date.
** April: The [[London Transport Executive]] opens [[Stockwell Garage]], which has Europe's largest unsupported roof span at this date.
** 21 May: The [[Eastcastle Street robbery]] takes place, in which a post office van is held up in the West End and £287,000 stolen, making it Britain's largest postwar robbery up to this date;<ref>{{cite news|title=London Mail Robbery|newspaper=The Times|location=London|date=1952-05-22|page=6|issue=52318}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=£200,000 Stolen From Van|newspaper=The Times|location=London|date=1952-05-23|page=6|issue=52319}}</ref> the robbers are never caught.
** 21 May: The [[Eastcastle Street robbery]] takes place, in which a post office van is held up in the West End and £287,000 stolen, making it Britain's largest postwar robbery up to this date;<ref>{{cite news|title=London Mail Robbery|newspaper=The Times|location=London|date=1952-05-22|page=6|issue=52318}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=£200,000 Stolen From Van|newspaper=The Times|location=London|date=1952-05-23|page=6|issue=52319}}</ref> the robbers are never caught.
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** 22 September: The first [[ITV (TV network)|Independent Television]] franchise covering London, [[Associated-Rediffusion]], begins broadcasting from [[Croydon transmitting station]].
** 22 September: The first [[ITV (TV network)|Independent Television]] franchise covering London, [[Associated-Rediffusion]], begins broadcasting from [[Croydon transmitting station]].
** 2 December: [[Barnes rail crash]]: a collision due to a signal error and consequent fire kills 13 people with another 35 people injured.
** 2 December: [[Barnes rail crash]]: a collision due to a signal error and consequent fire kills 13 people with another 35 people injured.
** 8 December: The [[Ealing Comedies|Ealing Comedy]] film ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'' is released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/441533/|title=Ladykillers, The (1955)|work=screenonline.org.uk|publisher=BFI|access-date=2010-07-09}}</ref>
** 8 December: The [[Ealing Comedies|Ealing Comedy]] film ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'', set around [[King's Cross, London|King's Cross]], is released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/441533/|title=Ladykillers, The (1955)|work=screenonline.org.uk|publisher=BFI|access-date=2010-07-09}}</ref>
** 16 December: The new terminal at [[London Heathrow Airport|London Airport]] is opened by [[Elizabeth II|The Queen]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/16/newsid_4035000/4035801.stm|title=1955: Queen opens London Airport terminal|work=BBC News|access-date=2008-02-11|date=16 December 1955|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307132719/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/16/newsid_4035000/4035801.stm|archive-date=2008-03-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 16 December: The new terminal at [[London Heathrow Airport|London Airport]] is opened by [[Elizabeth II|The Queen]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/16/newsid_4035000/4035801.stm|title=1955: Queen opens London Airport terminal|work=BBC News|access-date=2008-02-11|date=16 December 1955|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307132719/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/16/newsid_4035000/4035801.stm|archive-date=2008-03-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1956
* 1956
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*** The first Caribbean carnival in Britain is staged at [[St Pancras Town Hall]] by [[Claudia Jones]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://caribbean-beat.com/issue-100/notting-hill-carnival-mas-and-mother-country#axzz3L5fDUoJW|title=Notting Hill Carnival: Mas and the mother country|magazine=[[Caribbean Beat]]|issue=100|date=November–December 2009|first=Ray|last=Funk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thelondonnottinghillcarnival.com/about.html|title=History: 1959 – Elements of Caribbean Carnival|publisher=Notting Hill Carnival '14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711123834/http://www.thelondonnottinghillcarnival.com/about.html|archive-date=2014-07-11}}</ref>
*** The first Caribbean carnival in Britain is staged at [[St Pancras Town Hall]] by [[Claudia Jones]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://caribbean-beat.com/issue-100/notting-hill-carnival-mas-and-mother-country#axzz3L5fDUoJW|title=Notting Hill Carnival: Mas and the mother country|magazine=[[Caribbean Beat]]|issue=100|date=November–December 2009|first=Ray|last=Funk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thelondonnottinghillcarnival.com/about.html|title=History: 1959 – Elements of Caribbean Carnival|publisher=Notting Hill Carnival '14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711123834/http://www.thelondonnottinghillcarnival.com/about.html|archive-date=2014-07-11}}</ref>
** 6 April: The [[subscriber trunk dialling]] telephone code 01 is allocated to London.
** 6 April: The [[subscriber trunk dialling]] telephone code 01 is allocated to London.
** 23 April: The [[London Heliport]] opens adjacent to the Thames in [[Battersea]].
** 23 April: [[London Heliport]] opens adjacent to the Thames in [[Battersea]].
** 28 May: The [[Mermaid Theatre]] opens in the [[City of London]].
** 28 May: The [[Mermaid Theatre]] opens in the [[City of London]].
** 30 September
** 30 September
*** The [[Chiswick flyover]] is opened by [[Jayne Mansfield]].
*** The [[Chiswick flyover]] is opened by [[Jayne Mansfield]].
*** The last flights take off from the [[Croydon Aerodrome]].
*** The last flights take off from [[Croydon Aerodrome]].
** 12 October: Large-scale diamond robbery in London.
** 12 October: Large-scale diamond robbery in London.
** 17 October: The [[London County Council]] opens [[Park Lane]] Underpass.
** 17 October: The [[London County Council]] opens [[Park Lane]] Underpass.
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** 18 April: 60,000 protestors stage a demonstration in London against [[nuclear weapon]]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/18/newsid_2909000/2909881.stm|title=Thousands protest against H-bomb|publisher=BBC|work=On This Day|access-date=2008-02-11|date=1960-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131753/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/18/newsid_2909000/2909881.stm|archive-date=2008-03-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 18 April: 60,000 protestors stage a demonstration in London against [[nuclear weapon]]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/18/newsid_2909000/2909881.stm|title=Thousands protest against H-bomb|publisher=BBC|work=On This Day|access-date=2008-02-11|date=1960-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131753/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/18/newsid_2909000/2909881.stm|archive-date=2008-03-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 15 September: The first [[traffic warden]]s are deployed in London.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
** 15 September: The first [[traffic warden]]s are deployed in London.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
** 27 September: Travolator inclined [[moving walkway]] installed at [[Bank and Monument stations|Bank station]].
** September: The [[Metropolitan Water Board (London)|Metropolitan Water Board]]'s Thames–[[Lea Valley]] Aqueduct is inaugurated.<ref name=CEH/>
** September: The [[Metropolitan Water Board (London)|Metropolitan Water Board]]'s Thames–[[Lea Valley]] Aqueduct is inaugurated.<ref name=CEH/>
** The [[Embassy of the United States, London|Embassy of the United States]] London [[Chancery (building)|Chancery Building]], designed by [[Eero Saarinen]], opens in [[Grosvenor Square]] on land leased from [[Grosvenor Group#The Grosvenor Estate|the Grosvenor Estate]] in [[Mayfair]].
** The [[Embassy of the United States, London|Embassy of the United States]] London [[Chancery (building)|Chancery Building]], designed by [[Eero Saarinen]], opens in [[Grosvenor Square]] on land leased from [[Grosvenor Group#The Grosvenor Estate|the Grosvenor Estate]] in [[Mayfair]].
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** [[Queen's Gallery]] opens.
** [[Queen's Gallery]] opens.
* 1963
* 1963
** 11 February: The American-born poet [[Sylvia Plath]] commits suicide by [[carbon monoxide poisoning]] in her London flat at age 30.
** 11 February: American-born poet [[Sylvia Plath]] commits suicide by [[carbon monoxide poisoning]] in her London flat at age 30.
** 19 March: [[Joan Littlewood]]'s [[Theatre Workshop]] premières the ensemble musical play ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]].
** 19 March: [[Joan Littlewood]]'s [[Theatre Workshop]] premières the ensemble musical play ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]].
** 16 May: The [[London Tourist Board]] is established.
** 16 May: The [[London Tourist Board]] is established.
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* 1964
** 21 January: The [[Strand Underpass]] opens using part of the former [[Kingsway tramway subway]].
** 21 January: The [[Strand Underpass]] opens using part of the former [[Kingsway tramway subway]].
** 2 February: The "[[Hammersmith]] nudes" murder case begins when the first of 6 definite prostitute victims of an unknown serial killer, "[[Jack the Stripper]]", is found.
** 2 February: The [[Hammersmith nude murders]] case begins when the first of 6 definite prostitute victims of an unknown serial killer, "Jack the Stripper", is found.
** 5 September: [[Biba]] opens its first store in [[Kensington]].
** 5 September: [[Biba]] opens its first store in [[Kensington]].
** 4 November: The [[automaton clock]] over the main entrance of [[Fortnum & Mason]]'s grocery store is inaugurated.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=4 November|first=Mychael|last=Barratt|title=London Map of Days|location=London|publisher=Unicorn|year=2017|isbn=978-1-910787-75-5}}</ref>
** 4 November: The [[automaton clock]] over the main entrance of [[Fortnum & Mason]]'s grocery store is inaugurated.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=4 November|first=Mychael|last=Barratt|title=London Map of Days|location=London|publisher=Unicorn|year=2017|isbn=978-1-910787-75-5}}</ref>
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** 8 October: The [[Post Office Tower]] officially opens as a telecommunications hub.<ref>{{citation|work=The New York Times|date=2015-06-05|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/05/t-magazine/architects-libeskind-zaha-hadid-selldorf-norman-foster.html|title=Seven Leading Architects Defend the World's Most Hated Buildings}}</ref>
** 8 October: The [[Post Office Tower]] officially opens as a telecommunications hub.<ref>{{citation|work=The New York Times|date=2015-06-05|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/05/t-magazine/architects-libeskind-zaha-hadid-selldorf-norman-foster.html|title=Seven Leading Architects Defend the World's Most Hated Buildings}}</ref>
** 4 November: The [[1965 Cities of London and Westminster by-election]] is held.
** 4 November: The [[1965 Cities of London and Westminster by-election]] is held.
**
** [[Mary Quant]] introduces the [[miniskirt]] from her shop ''Bazaar'' on the [[Kings Road]] in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fashion-era.com/the_1960s_mini.htm|title=The 60s Mini Skirt Fashion History – Mary Quant|access-date=2010-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Ros|last=Horton|author2=Simmons, Sally|year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7LYLOj2APSsC&pg=PA170|page=170|title=Women Who Changed the World|publisher=Quercus |isbn=9781847240262}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Barry|last=Miles|year=2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r8xbaIlrUREC&pg=PA203|title=The British Invasion: the Music, the Times, the Era|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.|isbn=9781402769764|page=203}}</ref>
** [[Mary Quant]] introduces the [[miniskirt]] from her shop ''Bazaar'' on the [[Kings Road]] in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fashion-era.com/the_1960s_mini.htm|title=The 60s Mini Skirt Fashion History – Mary Quant|access-date=2010-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Ros|last=Horton|author2=Simmons, Sally|year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7LYLOj2APSsC&pg=PA170|page=170|title=Women Who Changed the World|publisher=Quercus |isbn=9781847240262}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Barry|last=Miles|year=2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r8xbaIlrUREC&pg=PA203|title=The British Invasion: the Music, the Times, the Era|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.|isbn=9781402769764|page=203}}</ref>
* 1966
* 1966
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** 1 March: The [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]] opens as a concert venue on the South Bank.
** 1 March: The [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]] opens as a concert venue on the South Bank.
** 31 March: The [[Royal Ordnance Factory]] closes at the [[Royal Arsenal]], [[Woolwich]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Saint|first1=Andrew|last2=Guillery|first2=Peter|year=2012|title=Survey of London, Volume '''48''': Woolwich|publisher=Yale University Press|location=London|isbn=978-0-300-18722-9|page=184}}</ref>
** 31 March: The [[Royal Ordnance Factory]] closes at the [[Royal Arsenal]], [[Woolwich]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Saint|first1=Andrew|last2=Guillery|first2=Peter|year=2012|title=Survey of London, Volume '''48''': Woolwich|publisher=Yale University Press|location=London|isbn=978-0-300-18722-9|page=184}}</ref>
** 3 April: The [[Anguilla]]n-born [[Norwell Roberts]] becomes the first black officer in the [[Metropolitan Police Service]].
** 3 April: [[Anguilla]]n-born [[Norwell Roberts]] becomes the first black officer in the [[Metropolitan Police Service]].
** 13 April: The [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] wins the [[Greater London Council]] elections.
** 13 April: The [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] wins the [[Greater London Council]] elections.
** 5 May: [[The Kinks]]' single "[[Waterloo Sunset]]" is released.
** 5 May: [[The Kinks]]' single "[[Waterloo Sunset]]" is released.
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** 27 October: The police and protestors clash after an anti-[[Vietnam War]] protest outside the [[Embassy of the United States, London|Embassy of the United States]] in [[Grosvenor Square]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/27/newsid_2478000/2478197.stm|title=1968: Police clash with anti-war protesters|work=On This Day|publisher=BBC|access-date=2008-01-15|date=1968-10-27}}</ref>
** 27 October: The police and protestors clash after an anti-[[Vietnam War]] protest outside the [[Embassy of the United States, London|Embassy of the United States]] in [[Grosvenor Square]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/27/newsid_2478000/2478197.stm|title=1968: Police clash with anti-war protesters|work=On This Day|publisher=BBC|access-date=2008-01-15|date=1968-10-27}}</ref>
** The first residence at [[Thamesmead]] is occupied; and [[Balfron Tower]], [[Greater London Authority|GLC]] social housing in [[Poplar, London|Poplar]] designed by [[Ernő Goldfinger]], is completed.
** The first residence at [[Thamesmead]] is occupied; and [[Balfron Tower]], [[Greater London Authority|GLC]] social housing in [[Poplar, London|Poplar]] designed by [[Ernő Goldfinger]], is completed.
** Original [[:File:20 Fenchurch Street.JPG|office block]] at [[20 Fenchurch Street]], designed by [[William H. Rogers (architect)|William H. Rogers]], built by [[Land Securities]] and occupied by [[Dresdner Kleinwort]]; at {{convert|91|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} tall with 25 storeys it is one of the first tall buildings in the city.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4753303.ece| title=William Rogers: architect of groundbreaking office towers|work=The Times|date=September 2008|access-date=2008-09-16|location=London}}</ref>
** Original [[:File:20 Fenchurch Street.JPG|office block]] at [[20 Fenchurch Street]], designed by [[William H. Rogers (architect)|William H. Rogers]], built by [[Land Securities]] and occupied by [[Dresdner Kleinwort]]; at {{convert|91|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} tall with 25 storeys it is one of the first tall buildings in the city.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4753303.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523133616/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4753303.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 May 2010| title=William Rogers: architect of groundbreaking office towers|work=The Times|date=September 2008|access-date=2008-09-16|location=London}}</ref>
** The [[Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile]] is consecrated in the former [[King's Weigh House]] Congregational church of 1891 in [[Mayfair]].
** The [[Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile]] is consecrated in the former [[King's Weigh House]] Congregational church of 1891 in [[Mayfair]].
* 1969
* 1969
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** July: [[Westway, London|Westway]] opens.
** July: [[Westway, London|Westway]] opens.
** 6 July: A major [[power cut]] on the [[London Underground]] affects 200,000 people, causing them to have to walk through the tunnels to exit the trains.
** 6 July: A major [[power cut]] on the [[London Underground]] affects 200,000 people, causing them to have to walk through the tunnels to exit the trains.
** 18 September: The American rock star [[Jimi Hendrix]] dies aged 27 at [[St Mary Abbots Hospital]], [[Kensington]] from a suspected drug-induced heart attack.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/18/newsid_3528000/3528692.stm|title=1970: Rock legend Hendrix dies after party|access-date=2008-02-02|date=1970-09-18|work=On This Day|publisher=BBC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202144824/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/18/newsid_3528000/3528692.stm|archive-date=2008-02-02|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 18 September: [[Death of Jimi Hendrix]]: American rock star [[Jimi Hendrix]] dies aged 27 at [[St Mary Abbots Hospital]], [[Kensington]] from a suspected drug-induced heart attack, two days after last playing in public.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/18/newsid_3528000/3528692.stm|title=1970: Rock legend Hendrix dies after party|access-date=2008-02-02|date=1970-09-18|work=On This Day|publisher=BBC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202144824/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/18/newsid_3528000/3528692.stm|archive-date=2008-02-02|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 6 October: [[BBC Radio London]] begins broadcasting.
** 6 October: [[BBC Radio London]] begins broadcasting.
** 27 November: The [[Gay Liberation Front]] organises its first march in London.
** 27 November: The [[Gay Liberation Front]] organises its first march in London.
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* 1971
* 1971
** 1 May: A bomb planted by [[The Angry Brigade]] explodes in the [[Biba]] [[Kensington]] store.<ref name=Marr/>
** 1 May: A bomb planted by [[The Angry Brigade]] explodes in the [[Biba]] [[Kensington]] store.<ref name=Marr/>
** 21 May: The [[Polytechnic of Central London]] formed by merger of previous institutions and is a successor to the 1838 Polytechnic. Also this year, the [[Polytechnic of North London]] is founded by merger of the Northern and North-Western polytechnics.
** 21 May: The [[Polytechnic of Central London]] is formed by merger of previous institutions as a successor to the 1838 Polytechnic. Also this year, the [[Polytechnic of North London]] is founded by merger of the Northern and North-Western polytechnics.
** 15 February: [[Decimal Day]] sees London and the rest of the UK change from the old Pound system into the [[Pound sterling]].
** 15 February: [[Decimal Day]] sees [[decimalisation]] of the UK currency.
** 6 June: The [[London Underground]] operates its last steam locomotives, which were used for maintenance trains.
** 6 June: The [[London Underground]] operates its last steam locomotives, which were used for maintenance trains.
** 14 June: The first [[Hard Rock Cafe]] opens near [[Hyde Park Corner]].
** 14 June: The first [[Hard Rock Cafe]] opens near [[Hyde Park Corner]].
** 23 July: The [[Victoria line]]'s extension to [[Brixton tube station|Brixton]] is officially opened by [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|Princess Alexandra]].
** 23 July: The [[Victoria line]]'s extension to [[Brixton tube station|Brixton]] (excluding Pimlico) is officially opened by [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|Princess Alexandra]].
** 21 October: {{HMS|Belfast|C35}} (1939) opens as a [[museum ship]] on the Thames.
** 21 October: {{HMS|Belfast|C35}} (1939) opens as a [[museum ship]] on the Thames.
** 31 October: A terrorist bomb explodes at the top of the [[Post Office Tower]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/31/newsid_2464000/2464143.stm|title=1971: Bomb explodes in Post Office tower|work=On This Day|publisher=BBC|access-date=2008-02-02|date=1971-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307113253/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/31/newsid_2464000/2464143.stm|archive-date=2008-03-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 31 October: A terrorist bomb explodes at the top of the [[Post Office Tower]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/31/newsid_2464000/2464143.stm|title=1971: Bomb explodes in Post Office tower|work=On This Day|publisher=BBC|access-date=2008-02-02|date=1971-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307113253/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/31/newsid_2464000/2464143.stm|archive-date=2008-03-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 16 December: The trial of the [[Mangrove Nine]], a group of black activists, concludes with them being acquitted of the most serious charge, which was incitement to riot at a 1970 protest against police targeting of the [[Notting Hill]] Caribbean restaurant [[The Mangrove]]. There is also judicial acknowledgement of behaviour motivated by racial hatred within the [[Metropolitan Police]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2010/nov/29/mangrove-nine-40th-anniversary|title=Mangrove Nine: the court challenge against police racism in Notting Hill|last=Bunce|first=Robin|date=2010-11-29|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-10-25|author2=Field, Paul|location=London}}</ref>
** 16 December: The trial of the [[Mangrove Nine]], a group of black activists, concludes with them being acquitted of the most serious charge, of incitement to riot at a 1970 protest against police targeting of the [[Notting Hill]] Caribbean restaurant [[The Mangrove]]. There is also judicial acknowledgement of behaviour motivated by racial hatred within the [[Metropolitan Police]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2010/nov/29/mangrove-nine-40th-anniversary|title=Mangrove Nine: the court challenge against police racism in Notting Hill|last=Bunce|first=Robin|date=2010-11-29|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-10-25|author2=Field, Paul|location=London}}</ref>
* 1972
* 1972
** 30 May: 5 children are killed in an accident on the [[Big Dipper (Battersea Park)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://londonist.com/2014/03/londons-forgotten-disasters-the-battersea-big-dipper-crash|title=London's Forgotten Disasters: The Battersea Big Dipper Crash|author=M@|work=Londonist|date=2016-08-02|access-date=2016-08-06}}</ref>
** 30 May: 5 children are killed in an accident on the [[Big Dipper (Battersea Park)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://londonist.com/2014/03/londons-forgotten-disasters-the-battersea-big-dipper-crash|title=London's Forgotten Disasters: The Battersea Big Dipper Crash|author=M@|work=Londonist|date=2016-08-02|access-date=2016-08-06}}</ref>
** 11 June: [[Eltham Well Hall rail crash]]: a speeding train derails, killing the driver and 5 passengers.
** 1 July: The first official national [[Gay Pride]] march, origin of [[Pride London]], takes place.
** 1 July: The first official national [[Gay Pride]] march, origin of [[Pride London]], takes place.
** 14 September: [[Pimlico tube station|Pimlico station]] opens.
** 8 November: The [[Stock Exchange Tower]] opens.
** 8 November: The [[Stock Exchange Tower]] opens.
** The [[Brunswick Centre]] is completed in [[Bloomsbury]].
** The [[Brunswick Centre]] is completed in [[Bloomsbury]].
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** 17 March: The rebuilt [[London Bridge]] opens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oldlondonbridge.com/chronology.shtml|title=2000 Years of London Bridge (chronology)|publisher=London Bridge Museum|access-date=2016-08-06|archive-date=2014-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503151348/http://oldlondonbridge.com/chronology.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** 17 March: The rebuilt [[London Bridge]] opens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oldlondonbridge.com/chronology.shtml|title=2000 Years of London Bridge (chronology)|publisher=London Bridge Museum|access-date=2016-08-06|archive-date=2014-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503151348/http://oldlondonbridge.com/chronology.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** 26 March: Women are admitted to the [[London Stock Exchange]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/26/newsid_2531000/2531145.stm|title=1973: Stock Exchange admits women|work=On This Day|publisher=BBC|access-date=2008-02-11|date=1973-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307122419/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/26/newsid_2531000/2531145.stm|archive-date=2008-03-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 26 March: Women are admitted to the [[London Stock Exchange]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/26/newsid_2531000/2531145.stm|title=1973: Stock Exchange admits women|work=On This Day|publisher=BBC|access-date=2008-02-11|date=1973-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307122419/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/26/newsid_2531000/2531145.stm|archive-date=2008-03-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
** March: The [[Metropolitan Police]] abolishes its separate A4 (Women's) division and integrates its female officers.
** 17 April: [[Robert Mark]] is appointed [[Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis]], continuing his efforts to root out corruption in the [[Criminal Investigation Department|CID]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8037604/Sir-Robert-Mark.html|title=Sir Robert Mark|website=The Telegraph|location=London|date=2010-10-01|accessdate=2023-01-25}}</ref>
** 6 June: [[St Mary's Church, Putney]] is gutted by fire, which is later revealed to be arson.
** 6 June: [[St Mary's Church, Putney]] is gutted by fire, which is later revealed to be arson.
** 23 August: An IRA bomb is found at [[Baker Street tube station|Baker Street station]] and is defused, making this the first postwar terrorist targeting of the [[London Underground]]. On 8 September, the IRA detonates further bombs, at [[London Victoria station|Victoria Station]] and in [[Manchester]].<ref name="BBC 1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/10/newsid_2504000/2504619.stm|title=1973: Bomb blasts rock central London|work=On This Day|publisher=BBC|access-date=2008-02-11|date=1973-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307122437/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/10/newsid_2504000/2504619.stm|archive-date=2008-03-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 23 August: An IRA bomb is found at [[Baker Street tube station|Baker Street station]] and is defused, making this the first postwar terrorist targeting of the [[London Underground]]. On 8 September, the IRA detonates further bombs, at [[London Victoria station|Victoria Station]] and in [[Manchester]].<ref name="BBC 1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/10/newsid_2504000/2504619.stm|title=1973: Bomb blasts rock central London|work=On This Day|publisher=BBC|access-date=2008-02-11|date=1973-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307122437/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/10/newsid_2504000/2504619.stm|archive-date=2008-03-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
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** 13 April: [[Whitbread]] ceases brewing at [[Chiswell Street]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Our history|url=http://www.thebrewery.co.uk/venue/our-history/overview/|publisher=The Brewery|access-date=2016-06-25}}</ref>
** 13 April: [[Whitbread]] ceases brewing at [[Chiswell Street]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Our history|url=http://www.thebrewery.co.uk/venue/our-history/overview/|publisher=The Brewery|access-date=2016-06-25}}</ref>
** Summer: The heatwave this year sees 16 consecutive days over 30&nbsp;°C (86&nbsp;°F).
** Summer: The heatwave this year sees 16 consecutive days over 30&nbsp;°C (86&nbsp;°F).
** 5 August: [[Big Ben]] breaks down after the air brake speed regulator of the chiming mechanism breaks from torsional fatigue, causing the fully wound 4-ton weight to spin the winding drum out of the movement. The clock and bells remain out of action until 1977 and [[BBC Radio 4]] has to broadcast the pips instead.
** 20 August–14 July 1978: The [[Grunwick dispute]], an industrial dispute involving trade union recognition at the Grunwick [[film processing]] Laboratories in [[Willesden]].
** 20 August–14 July 1978: The [[Grunwick dispute]], an industrial dispute involving trade union recognition at the Grunwick [[film processing]] Laboratories in [[Willesden]].
** 25 October: The [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] is officially opened on the South Bank.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/25/newsid_2478000/2478397.stm|title=Queen opens National Theatre in London|publisher=BBC|work=On This Day|access-date=2008-02-05|date=1976-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307121507/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/25/newsid_2478000/2478397.stm|archive-date=2008-03-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 25 October: The [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] is officially opened on the South Bank.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/25/newsid_2478000/2478397.stm|title=Queen opens National Theatre in London|publisher=BBC|work=On This Day|access-date=2008-02-05|date=1976-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307121507/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/25/newsid_2478000/2478397.stm|archive-date=2008-03-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* 1977
** 24 February: The [[1977 City of London and Westminster South by-election]] is held.
** 24 February: The [[1977 City of London and Westminster South by-election]] is held.
** 10 March: A thanksgiving service is held at [[Westminster Abbey]] for the late composer [[Benjamin Britten]].
** 11 April: [[London Transport Executive (GLC)|London Transport]]'s [[1977 Silver Jubilee|Silver Jubilee]] [[AEC Routemaster]] buses are launched for the [[Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II]].
** 11 April: [[London Transport Executive (GLC)|London Transport]]'s [[1977 Silver Jubilee|Silver Jubilee]] [[AEC Routemaster]] buses are launched for the [[Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II]].
** 5 May: The [[1977 Greater London Council election]] takes place, and the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] secure a substantial majority over [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]].
** 5 May: The [[1977 Greater London Council election]] takes place, and the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] secure a substantial majority over [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]].
** 9 May: [[Big Ben]] resumes chiming after a nine-month shutdown, the longest break in its history.
** 13 August: "[[Battle of Lewisham]]": an attempt by the far-right [[National Front (United Kingdom)|National Front]] to march from [[New Cross]] to [[Lewisham]] leads to counter-demonstrations and violent clashes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1977/aug/15/race.world|title=The real losers in Saturday's battle of Lewisham|work=The Guardian|access-date=2009-08-11|location=London|date=1977-08-15|first=Lindsay|last=MacKie}}</ref>
** 13 August: "[[Battle of Lewisham]]": an attempt by the far-right [[National Front (United Kingdom)|National Front]] to march from [[New Cross]] to [[Lewisham]] leads to counter-demonstrations and violent clashes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1977/aug/15/race.world|title=The real losers in Saturday's battle of Lewisham|work=The Guardian|access-date=2009-08-11|location=London|date=1977-08-15|first=Lindsay|last=MacKie}}</ref>
** 31 August: [[Enfield poltergeist]] first manifests.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=The Enfield Poltergeist|encyclopedia=PSI Encyclopedia|first=Melvyn|last=Willin|url=https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/enfield-poltergeist|publisher=Society for Psychical Research|date=2022-08-13|accessdate=2023-02-11}}</ref>
** 31 August: [[Enfield poltergeist]] first manifests.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=The Enfield Poltergeist|encyclopedia=PSI Encyclopedia|first=Melvyn|last=Willin|url=https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/enfield-poltergeist|publisher=Society for Psychical Research|date=2022-08-13|accessdate=2023-02-11}}</ref>
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** 7 April: The last [[AEC Regent III RT|RT type]] bus runs in London.<ref>{{cite book|author=McCormack, Kevin|title=The Heyday of the London Bus|volume=2|year=1995|publisher=Ian Allan|page=73}}</ref>
** 7 April: The last [[AEC Regent III RT|RT type]] bus runs in London.<ref>{{cite book|author=McCormack, Kevin|title=The Heyday of the London Bus|volume=2|year=1995|publisher=Ian Allan|page=73}}</ref>
** 1 May: The [[Jubilee line]] is inaugurated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/modesoftransport/tube/linefacts/?line=jubilee|title=Jubilee line facts, Transport for London website|access-date=2008-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212182726/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/modesoftransport/tube/linefacts/?line=jubilee|archive-date=2008-02-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** 1 May: The [[Jubilee line]] is inaugurated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/modesoftransport/tube/linefacts/?line=jubilee|title=Jubilee line facts, Transport for London website|access-date=2008-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212182726/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/modesoftransport/tube/linefacts/?line=jubilee|archive-date=2008-02-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** 5 September: The [[funeral of Louis Mountbatten]], murdered by the IRA in August, takes place at [[Westminster Abbey]].
** 14 September: The government announces plans to regenerate the [[London Docklands]] with housing and commercial developments.
** 14 September: The government announces plans to regenerate the [[London Docklands]] with housing and commercial developments.
** 18 October: The new [[Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)|Lyric Theatre]] in [[Hammersmith]] opens, with the first play being George Bernard Shaw's ''[[You Never Can Tell (play)|You Never Can Tell]]''.{{sfn|Weinreb|2008}}
** 18 October: The new [[Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)|Lyric Theatre]] in [[Hammersmith]] opens, with the first play being George Bernard Shaw's ''[[You Never Can Tell (play)|You Never Can Tell]]''.{{sfn|Weinreb|2008}}
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** [[Whiteleys]] department store in Bayswater closes.
** [[Whiteleys]] department store in Bayswater closes.
* 1982
* 1982
** 4 January: [[London & South Eastern]] (L&SE) is created by British Rail to provide London suburban services.
** 19 January: [[Billingsgate Fish Market]] opens on a new site in the [[Isle of Dogs]] after having closed its old site in the City 3 days earlier.
** 19 January: [[Billingsgate Fish Market]] opens on a new site in the [[Isle of Dogs]] after having closed its old site in the City 3 days earlier.
** 3 March: The [[Barbican Centre]] opens as an arts and conference venue.{{sfn|Michelin|2012}}
** 3 March: The [[Barbican Centre]] opens as an arts and conference venue.{{sfn|Michelin|2012}}
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** The [[Broadgate]] development in the City begins.
** The [[Broadgate]] development in the City begins.
** The [[Black Audio Film Collective]] is active.
** The [[Black Audio Film Collective]] is active.
** 1982–1986: [[John Duffy and David Mulcahy]] commit multiple murders and rapes near railway stations in and around London.<ref>{{cite book|last=Farquhar|first=Simon|title=A Dangerous Place: the Story of the Railway Murders|location=Stroud|publisher=The History Press|year=2016|isbn=9780750965897}}</ref>
** [[London & South Eastern]] (L&SE) is created by British Rail to provide London suburban services.
* 1983
* 1983
** 14 January: [[Shooting of Stephen Waldorf]]: armed police shoot and severely injure an innocent car passenger in [[Earl's Court]] believing him to be an escaped prisoner.
** 14 January: [[Shooting of Stephen Waldorf]]: armed police shoot and severely injure an innocent car passenger in [[Earl's Court]] believing him to be an escaped prisoner.
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** 22 September: The [[London Docklands|Docklands]] redevelopment begins with the opening of an [[Enterprise Zone]] on the [[Isle of Dogs]].<ref name=CBH/>
** 22 September: The [[London Docklands|Docklands]] redevelopment begins with the opening of an [[Enterprise Zone]] on the [[Isle of Dogs]].<ref name=CBH/>
** 7 October: A plan to abolish the [[Greater London Council]] is announced.
** 7 October: A plan to abolish the [[Greater London Council]] is announced.
** 21 October: A thanksgiving ceremony takes place in [[St Martin-in-the-Fields]] in memory of the late [[David Niven]].
** 4 November: [[Dennis Nilsen]] is sentenced at the [[Old Bailey]] to [[life imprisonment]] for the murder of at least 12 young men in a series of killings committed since 1978 in north London.
** 4 November: [[Dennis Nilsen]] is sentenced at the [[Old Bailey]] to [[life imprisonment]] for the murder of at least 12 young men in a series of killings committed since 1978 in north London.
** 26 November: [[Brink's-Mat robbery]]: £26,000,000-worth of [[gold bullion]] and other valuables are stolen from a warehouse at the Heathrow International Trading Estate.
** 26 November: [[Brink's-Mat robbery]]: £26,000,000-worth of [[gold bullion]] and other valuables are stolen from a warehouse at the Heathrow International Trading Estate.
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** 12–15 December: Concentration of vehicle exhausts in London causes an estimated 160 deaths.<ref>{{cite news|title=Exhaust pollution 'killed 160 in four days': London smog caused a 10% rise in the death rate|first=Steve|last=Connor|work=The Independent|date=1994-06-22|access-date=2021-05-18|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/exhaust-pollution-killed-160-in-four-days-london-smog-caused-a-10-rise-in-the-death-rate-steve-connor-reports-1424465.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/exhaust-pollution-killed-160-in-four-days-london-smog-caused-a-10-rise-in-the-death-rate-steve-connor-reports-1424465.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
** 12–15 December: Concentration of vehicle exhausts in London causes an estimated 160 deaths.<ref>{{cite news|title=Exhaust pollution 'killed 160 in four days': London smog caused a 10% rise in the death rate|first=Steve|last=Connor|work=The Independent|date=1994-06-22|access-date=2021-05-18|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/exhaust-pollution-killed-160-in-four-days-london-smog-caused-a-10-rise-in-the-death-rate-steve-connor-reports-1424465.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/exhaust-pollution-killed-160-in-four-days-london-smog-caused-a-10-rise-in-the-death-rate-steve-connor-reports-1424465.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
** [[:File:Charing Cross railway station Mars 2014 01.jpg|Embankment Place]] office and commercial complex above [[Charing Cross railway station]], designed by [[Terry Farrell and Partners]], opens.
** [[:File:Charing Cross railway station Mars 2014 01.jpg|Embankment Place]] office and commercial complex above [[Charing Cross railway station]], designed by [[Terry Farrell and Partners]], opens.
* 1992
* 1992bombing
** 28 February: [[1992 London Bridge bombing|London Bridge station bombing]] by the IRA.
** 28 February: [[1992 London Bridge bombing|London Bridge station bombing]] by the IRA.
** 10 April: [[Baltic Exchange bombing]] by the IRA kills 3.<ref name=CBH/>
** 10 April: [[Baltic Exchange bombing]] by the IRA kills 3.<ref name=CBH/>
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** 9 October: 2 suspected IRA bombs explode in London, but there are no injuries.
** 9 October: 2 suspected IRA bombs explode in London, but there are no injuries.
** November: The [[University of East London]] is formed from the Polytechnic of East London.
** November: The [[University of East London]] is formed from the Polytechnic of East London.
** 1 December: The [[University of Westminster]] is formed from the Polytechnic of Central London, which was a successor to the 1838 Polytechnic.
** 1 December: The [[University of Westminster]] is formed from the Polytechnic of Central London, itself a successor to the 1838 Polytechnic.
** 10 December: 2 people are injured by IRA bombs in [[Wood Green]]. Then on 16 December, 4 people are injured by IRA bombs on [[Oxford Street]].
** 10 December: 2 people are injured by IRA bombs in [[Wood Green]]. Then on 16 December, 4 people are injured by IRA bombs on [[Oxford Street]].
** [[London Guildhall University]] is formed from the City of London Polytechnic and the [[University of North London]] is formed from the Polytechnic of North London.
** [[London Guildhall University]] is formed from the City of London Polytechnic; the [[University of North London]] is formed from the Polytechnic of North London; [[Middlesex University]] is formed from Middlesex Polytechnic; and [[Kingston University]] is formed from Kingston Polytechnic.
** [[The Ark, London|The Ark]] office block in [[Hammersmith]], designed by [[Ralph Erskine (architect)|Ralph Erskine]], completed.<ref name=Hardingham>{{cite book|first=Samantha|last=Hardingham|title=London: a guide to recent architecture|location=London|publisher=Ellipsis|edition=3rd|year=1996|isbn=1-899858-08-3}}</ref>
** [[The Ark, London|The Ark]] office block in [[Hammersmith]], designed by [[Ralph Erskine (architect)|Ralph Erskine]], completed.<ref name=Hardingham>{{cite book|first=Samantha|last=Hardingham|title=London: a guide to recent architecture|location=London|publisher=Ellipsis|edition=3rd|year=1996|isbn=1-899858-08-3}}</ref>
** [[Bramah Tea and Coffee Museum]] originally opens at [[Butler's Wharf]].
** [[Bramah Tea and Coffee Museum]] originally opens at [[Butler's Wharf]].
* 1993
* 1993
** 1 January: [[Carlton Television]] takes over from [[Thames Television|Thames]] as the weekday independent television franchise holder for the London area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carlton Television|url=https://www.avid.wiki/Carlton_Television|website=Audiovisual Identity Database|accessdate=2024-12-23}}</ref>
** 28 January: [[Harrods bombings]]: a bomb planted by English IRA sympathisers injures 4 people outside [[Harrods]].
** 28 January: [[Harrods bombings]]: a bomb planted by English IRA sympathisers injures 4 people outside [[Harrods]].
** 22 April: The [[murder of Stephen Lawrence]] takes place in [[Eltham]].
** 22 April: The [[murder of Stephen Lawrence]] takes place in [[Eltham]].
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** [[Finsbury Park Mosque]] opens.
** [[Finsbury Park Mosque]] opens.
* 1995
* 1995
** 16 April: As part of phONEday in the United Kingdom, London's [[STD code]]s 071 and 081 become 0171 and 0181 respectively.
** 20 August: The [[BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London]], Europe's first traditional-style purpose-built [[Hindu temple]] (and England's largest), is inaugurated in [[Neasden]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Spirit of suburbia|first=Adam|last=Hardy|journal=Perspectives on Architecture|date=November 1995|issue=19|volume=2|pages=42–47}}</ref>
** 20 August: The [[BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London]], Europe's first traditional-style purpose-built [[Hindu temple]] (and England's largest), is inaugurated in [[Neasden]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Spirit of suburbia|first=Adam|last=Hardy|journal=Perspectives on Architecture|date=November 1995|issue=19|volume=2|pages=42–47}}</ref>
** 8 December: Head teacher [[Philip Lawrence (headmaster)|Philip Lawrence]] dies after being stabbed while protecting a pupil from a teenage gang outside his school in [[Maida Vale]].
** 8 December: Head teacher [[Philip Lawrence (headmaster)|Philip Lawrence]] dies after being stabbed while protecting a pupil from a teenage gang outside his school in [[Maida Vale]].
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* 1996
* 1996
** 9 February: [[1996 Docklands bombing]]: A [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) truck bomb explodes at [[Canary Wharf]], killing 2 people. On 18 February an IRA bomb explodes on a [[London bus|bus]] in central London, killing the transporter, [[Edward O'Brien (Irish republican)|Edward O'Brien]], and injuring 8 other people, including the driver.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/18/newsid_4165000/4165719.stm|title=1996: Bomb blast destroys London bus|publisher=BBC|work=On This Day|access-date=2008-02-03|date=1996-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121045357/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/18/newsid_4165000/4165719.stm|archive-date=2008-01-21|url-status=live}}</ref> On 15 July an IRA unit plotting to disrupt the London electricity supply is arrested in Operation AIRLINES.<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=Christopher Andrew (historian)|first=Christopher|last=Andrew|title=[[The Defence of the Realm]]|location=London|publisher=Penguin|orig-year=2009|year=2010|isbn=978-0-141-02330-4|pages=795–6}}</ref>
** 9 February: [[1996 Docklands bombing]]: A [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) truck bomb explodes at [[Canary Wharf]], killing 2 people. On 18 February an IRA bomb explodes on a [[London bus|bus]] in central London, killing the transporter, [[Edward O'Brien (Irish republican)|Edward O'Brien]], and injuring 8 other people, including the driver.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/18/newsid_4165000/4165719.stm|title=1996: Bomb blast destroys London bus|publisher=BBC|work=On This Day|access-date=2008-02-03|date=1996-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121045357/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/18/newsid_4165000/4165719.stm|archive-date=2008-01-21|url-status=live}}</ref> On 15 July an IRA unit plotting to disrupt the London electricity supply is arrested in Operation AIRLINES.<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=Christopher Andrew (historian)|first=Christopher|last=Andrew|title=[[The Defence of the Realm]]|location=London|publisher=Penguin|orig-year=2009|year=2010|isbn=978-0-141-02330-4|pages=795–6}}</ref>
** 13 November: The [[Stone of Scone]] is taken away from [[Westminster Abbey]] after 600 years, and returned to Scotland.
** 20 December: [[London Docklands Development Corporation]] (LDDC) powers in [[Surrey Docks]] revert to the [[London Borough of Southwark]].<ref name=LDDCH/>
** 20 December: [[London Docklands Development Corporation]] (LDDC) powers in [[Surrey Docks]] revert to the [[London Borough of Southwark]].<ref name=LDDCH/>
* 1997
* 1997

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