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2017 Westminster attack

Name: 2017 Westminster attack
Start: 2017-03-22
Location: 2017 Westminster attack, London, United Kingdom

tourist highlight 2017 Westminster attack · London, United Kingdom · 2017-03-22

Terror attack which occurred on 22 March 2017 in Westminster, Greater London, England, UK.

The record

Date	2017-03-22
Place	2017 Westminster attack, London, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51.50083, -0.12194 (landmark-level precision)
Scope	World-historic
Sources	Wikidata Q29001838
Added	2026-08-20 · source: wikidata

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Time layers at this place

One place, several moments in time. This location has 14 recorded time layers between 1920 and 1994 — slide through them:

1938 European Aquatics Championships

1940

St Paul's in the Blitz

The coronation of Elizabeth II

1960

Eurovision Song Contest 1960

The Beatles' rooftop concert

1986

World Chess Championship 1986

1920 — Swan & Edgar
1928 — Piccadilly Theatre
1938 — 1938 European Aquatics Championships
1940 — St Paul's in the Blitz
1940 — Appeal of 18 June
1945 — VE Day
1953 — The coronation of Elizabeth II
1960 — Eurovision Song Contest 1960
1963 — Scene Club
1965 — London Trocadero
1969 — The Beatles' rooftop concert
1986 — World Chess Championship 1986
1989 — Marchioness disaster
1994 — The first Eurostar

Harvested from a regional source. This entry came out of Wikidata Q29001838 rather than being written here, which is why it is short and why it is marked as needing a check. It is published as a lead for someone who knows the place: fill it in.

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