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List of bus routes in London
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This is a list of Transport for London (TfL) contracted bus routes in London, England, as well as non-TfL bus routes that enter Greater London.
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On This Day
10 events2008
After 30 years in power, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was succeeded by Mohamed Nasheed as president of the Maldives.
1999
The House of Lords Act was given royal assent, removing most hereditary peers from the British House of Lords.
1975
During a constitutional crisis, Governor-General Sir John Kerr (pictured) dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's government and dissolved the Parliament of Australia for a double-dissolution election.
1965
Rhodesia, led by Prime Minister Ian Smith (pictured), unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom.
1960
A coup attempt by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam against President Ngô Đình Diệm was crushed after he falsely promised reform, allowing loyalists to rescue him.
1940
Second World War: The Royal Navy launched the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history against the Italians in the Battle of Taranto.
1934
The Shrine of Remembrance (pictured), a memorial to all Australians who have served in war, opened in Melbourne.
1926
The plan for the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials.
1920
In London, the Cenotaph was unveiled and the Unknown Warrior was buried in Westminster Abbey in remembrance of the First World War.
1918
The armistice between the German Empire and the Allies was signed in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiègne of France (signatories pictured).