The 9th July 1877 saw the world’s first official lawn tennis tournament begin at Wimbledon in London.
3rd October 1918: Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria comes to the throne
3rd October 2017
The 999 service was launched in London on 30 June 1937, and initially covered a 12 mile radius from Oxford Street.
MV Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks in London carrying 492 West Indian immigrants.
Colonel Thomas Blood attempted to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
The Stone of Scone was found on the site of the High Altar at Arbroath Abbey, nearly four months after it disappeared from Westminster Abbey.
On the 2nd February 1852, the world’s first modern public toilets opened in London.
The Great Smog of London descended on the British capital due to a combination of air pollution and weather conditions.
Englishman Theodore Hook orchestrated a practical joke known as the Berners Street hoax in the heart of London.
On the 17th October 1814 eight people were killed when nearly one and a half million litres of beer swept out of London’s Horse Shoe Brewery and formed an alcoholic tidal wave that swept down Tottenham Court Road.
The Battle of Cable Street saw demonstrators block a march by Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017