1874 flood
From Environment Agency:  “In 1874, the tide in the Thames rose 4 feet 3½ inches above Trinity mark, and inundated the south bank of the river along Lambeth, Bankside, and Rotherhithe, and even as ...
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1928 flood
The Environment Agency gets the date wrong but we assume the rest is correct: "On 12th January 1928, numerous areas in London and the surrounding local authorities were flooded. In Lambeth, 14 peop...
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Charing Cross Station - renovation
The original station was built on the site of Hungerford Market and opened in 1864. Londonist's post about the 1905 roof collapse has some fine photos and drawings. The post-modern office building...
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Harrods bomb
Car bomb planted by the IRA outside Harrods in Hans Crescent, killed 3 police officers and 3 civilians, and injured 90 others.
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Clapham Junction rail disaster
At 8.10 a.m. a crowded passenger train from Basingstoke heading for London Waterloo, crashed into another train that had stopped at a signal. A further empty train travelling in the opposite direct...
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Malta Siege
According to Wikipedia Malta has been besieged four times. Â For the reason of "disambiguation" - this is the one in WW2. Â This timeline has been transcribed from the memorial: June 1940: Italy dec...
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Failure of the World Disarmament Conference
Wikipedia. Â War in History refers to the efforts to prohibit aerial bombing.
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Kennington Park air-raid
Following the outbreak of WW2, there was a variety of designs for shelters designed to protect the populace from air-raids. For those who didn't have Anderson or Morrison shelters or access to Lond...
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Balham Station bombing
During WW2 Balham, at a depth of 30 feet, was one of many deep tube stations designated for use as a civilian air raid shelter. It sheltered hundreds of people each night. At about 8pm on 14 Octob...
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Gulf War
The US, backed by the UN, invaded Iraq in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.  Not to be confused with the Iraq War, March 2003 - December 2011 when the US invaded Iraq again.
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