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1888: East End Match girls walk out on strike
Workers at the Bryant & May match factory in east London walked out on strike over working conditions.
1940: Police officer stabbed to death
A police officer was stabbed to death as he tried to arrest a suspect in Hyde Park in central London.

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  1. 1972: West London fairground ride crash kills five
  2. 1985: Tube smoking ban expanded to stations
  3. 1981: BR's tilting train arrives in London
  4. 1947: 32 killed in South Croydon train crash
  5. 1985: Gas explosion in Putney kills 8
  6. 1966: Guinness heir killed in car accident
  7. 1975: 43 killed in Moorgate rush-hour Tube crash
  8. 1913: Suffragettes jailed for Kew Gardens blaze
  9. 1952: 112 dead in Harrow train crash
  10. 1953: Museum admit Piltdown Man 'hoax'