On 29 June 1901, the Horniman Museum was opened to the public, it contained a collection collected by a member of the famous tea brand. It has displays of anthropology, natural history and musical instruments, and is known for its large collection of taxidermied animals.

On 29 June 1920 Croydon Airport replaced Hounslow Airport as London’s civil airport

It is illegal to die in the Palace of Westminster on the grounds that anyone who dies in a royal palace is technically entitled to a state funeral, unfortunately, this has been proved to be a myth

The world’s first underwater tunnel was the Thames Tunnel opened in 1834 between Wapping and Rotherhithe was until 1866 used by pedestrians

The Museum of London has in its collection 6,500 skeletons comprising for study every period in London’s 2,000-year history

Charles I, rather ungallantly it has to be said, after his own nuptials declared that “you can get used to anyone’s face in a week”

The figure of The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street on the facade of the Bank of England has a model of the bank on her lap

On 29 June 1905 the Automobile Association was founded in a meeting at London’s Trocadero restaurant. The RAC was founded 8 years earlier

Staying in London after winning the U.S. Open American golfer Walter Hagan celebrated driving a ball across the Thames from the Savoy’s roof

Before motorised vehicles, horses were involved in an average of 175 fatal accidents a year in London and eat over 1 million tons of fodder

The Press Association was formed from an idea hatched in the back of a Hansom Cab stuck in a London smog in 1868

On 29 June 1960 the BBC Television Centre opened in Shepherd’s Bush. The first studio production featured comedian Arthur Askey

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