I often wonder what significant anniversaries are due at some point in the future as some of them might be of interest as triggers for blog posts or visits somewhere. However, it is often difficult to find out quickly what events have significant anniversaries - hence this section on the website.
By "significant anniversaries", I mean dates that are not, for example, the 73rd anniversary of something, but the 50th, 100th, 200th etc.
It should help to flag up interesting events.
Significant anniversaries during January 2015
| Anniversary | Details |
| 1st | 16-year-old Lewis Clarke of Bristol sets a new world record after becoming the youngest person to trek to the South Pole. (18th Jan 2014) |
| 1st | At the Old Bailey, police officer Keith Wallis pleads guilty to misconduct in a public office over an email he sent to his local MP concerning the Plebgate affair. (10th Jan 2014) |
| 1st | An inquest jury decides that Mark Duggan, whose death sparked the 2011 England riots was lawfully killed by police. (8th Jan 2014) |
| 5th | Former Prime Minister Tony Blair appeared at the Iraq Inquiry and was questioned in public for the first time about his decision to take the United Kingdom to war against Iraq. (29th Jan 2010) |
| 5th | The country was once again deluged by heavy snowfall as it endured its worst cold spell since the winter of 1981-82. (5th Jan 2010) |
| 5th | The Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that full body scanners would be introduced at UK airports following the failed attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on 25 December 2009. (3rd Jan 2010) |
| 10th | Britain's tallest self-supporting sculpture, the "B of the Bang", is unveiled in Manchester by Linford Christie. (12th Jan 2005) |
| 10th | Operation Garron, the U.K. military aid effort for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami is launched. (2nd Jan 2005) |
| 10th | New Chip and PIN legislation comes into effect today. It makes retailers liable for fraudulent transactions if they have failed to sign up to the scheme. (1st Jan 2005) |
| 50th | Sir Winston Churchill dies aged 90 at Chartwell, his Kent home of more than 40 years. (24th Jan 1965) |
| 50th | Twin brothers Ronnie and Reggie Kray are arrested on suspicion of running a protection racket in London. (7th Jan 1965) |
| 50th | Introduction of new "Worboys Committee" road signs. (1st Jan 1965) |
| 60th | Sutton Coldfield rail crash: an express train takes a sharp curve too fast and derails at Sutton Coldfield railway station: 17 killed, 43 injured. (23rd Jan 1955) |
| 60th | The U.K's first atomic bomber unit, No. 138 Squadron RAF, is formed, flying Vickers Valiants from RAF Gaydon in Warwickshire. (1st Jan 1955) |
| 75th | World War II: Britain introduces food rationing. (8th Jan 1940) |
| 100th | Warwick Avenue station on the London Underground Bakerloo Line opens. (31st Jan 1915) |
| 100th | Kilburn Park station on the London Underground Bakerloo Line opens. (31st Jan 1915) |
| 100th | World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing more than 20, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target. (19th Jan 1915) |
| 100th | World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn for the first time, killing more than twenty. (19th Jan 1915) |
| 100th | World War I: Sinking of the battleship HMS Formidable, off Lyme Regis, Dorset, by an Imperial German Navy U-boat. 35 officers and 512 men are killed. (1st Jan 1915) |
| 200th | Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia. (3rd Jan 1815) |
| 700th | The Great Famine of 1315 - 1317 (1st Jan 1315) |
| 750th | In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting held by Simon de Montfort in the Palace of Westminster, now also known colloquially as the "Houses of Parliament". (20th Jan 1265) |
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