Swedish politician, statesman and Prime Minister (1969-76). Born Stockholm. 1986, late one night he and his wife were walking home from the cinema when he was shot in the back and died. No one was convicted of his murder.
2019: 'The Man Who Played with Fire: Stieg Larsson's Lost Files and the Hunt for an Assassin by Jan Stocklassa was published. Larsson (who died 2004) was obsessed with the case; collecting material, theorising and looking for evidence.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Olof Palme
Dedicated to the memory of Olof Palme, leader of the Swedish Social Democrati...
Erected by East Germany to isolate West Berlin (run by the US, the UK and France) from East Berlin and the rest of the surrounding East Germany (under control of the Soviet Union). It effectively i...
Actor and theatre manager. Born in Speen, Berkshire. Made his first stage appearance in 1889, although his performances were met with less than critical acclaim. W. S. Gilbert said of his rendition...
Person, Cinema, Politics & Administration, Theatre, South Africa
Communist revolutionary and founder of modern Vietnam. Left Vietnam in 1911 and worked on ships as a kitchen helper. In New York he was a baker at the Parker House Hotel. In 1913 he arrived in Lond...
Peter Dobson Allen was born on 4 January 1931, the son of Fred Allen (1902-1957) and Ethel Allen née Dobson (1903-1990). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1931 in the Dewsbury registra...
Founding Master of the Worshipful Company of Firefighters. Buckingham Covers has a short biography.
Architect, master builder and speculative developer. Active in London and Bedford. From British History: "... a Bedford carpenter's son who had made his name in the 1820s and '30s as a speculative...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
A Tuesday night club that attracted students from two nearby art colleges: Central School and St Martins. Some claim it was the birthplace of New Romanticism.
" London County Council"? We don't think so. A Sir Tom Baker has a bespoke tailoring business around the corner at 4 D’Arblay Street, whe...
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