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 July 2014
| Anniversary | Details |
| 1st | Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to a boy at St Mary's Hospital, London who becomes third in line to the throne and Queen Elizabeth II's third great-grandchild. He is subsequently named George Alexander Louis. (22nd Jul 2013) |
| 1st | Same-sex marriage becomes legal in England and Wales after the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 receives Royal Assent. (17th Jul 2013) |
| 5th | Gary McKinnon, a British man with Asperger syndrome loses his latest High Court bid to avoid extradition to the United States to face charges of hacking into US Government computers. (31st Jul 2009) |
| 5th | The Government launches the National Pandemic Flu Service across England, a website and phoneline allowing people who think they have the pandemic H1N1/09 virus to bypass the NHS to obtain antiviral drugs. The website crashes within hours of its launch due to the overwhelming demand. (23rd Jul 2009) |
| 5th | Cardiff City F.C. move into their new Cardiff City Stadium, a 27,000 capacity all-seater venue, after 99 years at Ninian Park. (22nd Jul 2009) |
| 5th | ITV announces that its news and information Teletext service will be discontinued within the next six months as a result of mounting losses and the inability to find a viable business model to continue. (16th Jul 2009) |
| 5th | The Staffordshire Hoard, the largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found, is uncovered. The 1,500 gold and silver pieces are discovered buried beneath a field in Staffordshire by metal detecting enthusiast Terry Herbert. This is made public on 24 September. (5th Jul 2009) |
| 5th | The government announces that it is taking the InterCity East Coast franchise into a period of public ownership, after the incumbent operator, National Express East Coast, said it planned to default on its franchise agreement. (1st Jul 2009) |
| 10th | Government to publish results of review into Council Tax in England. (20th Jul 2004) |
| 10th | The Government announces backing for the Crossrail project. (19th Jul 2004) |
| 10th | The Butler Inquiry releases its report, mildly criticising the government in their use of intelligence relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq. (14th Jul 2004) |
| 10th | The Queen unveils a memorial fountain to Diana, Princess of Wales. (6th Jul 2004) |
| 40th | A bomb planted by the Provisional IRA exploded in the Tower of London, killing one person and injuring 41. (17th Jul 1974) |
| 50th | Winston Churchill retires from the House of Commons at the age of 89. (28th Jul 1964) |
| 50th | The Post Office Tower in London is completed, although it does not begin operation until October 1965. (15th Jul 1964) |
| 50th | More than 300 people are injured in Liverpool when a crowd of some 150,000 people welcome The Beatles back to their home city. (10th Jul 1964) |
| 60th | Donald McGill, the artist of saucy seaside postcards, found guilty of breaching the Obscene Publications Act 1857. (15th Jul 1954) |
| 60th | The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin. (5th Jul 1954) |
| 60th | Fourteen years of rationing during and following World War II comes to an end when meat officially comes off ration. (4th Jul 1954) |
| 70th | The first German V-2 rocket hits Great Britain. (26th Jul 1944) |
| 70th | Release of Laurence Olivier's Henry V, the first work of Shakespeare filmed in colour. (12th Jul 1944) |
| 75th | Women's Land Army re-formed to work in agriculture. (1st Jul 1939) |
| 80th | Opening of the Queensway Tunnel beneath the River Mersey by King George V. (18th Jul 1934) |
| 100th | Erskine Childers and his wife Molly sail into Howth in his yacht Asgard and land 2,500 guns for the Irish Volunteers. (26th Jul 1914) |
| 100th | A conference at Buckingham Palace fails to resolve differences between Irish unionists and nationalists over Home Rule. (21st Jul 1914) |
| 125th | The Scottish National Portrait Gallery opens in Edinburgh, the first in the world to be purpose-built as a portrait gallery. (15th Jul 1889) |
| 125th | Several aristocrats are implicated in the Cleveland Street scandal after police raid a male brothel in London. (6th Jul 1889) |
| 175th | Chartists riot in Birmingham. (4th Jul 1839) |
| 200th | Opening of Ryde Pier on the Isle of Wight, the first pier in Britain. (26th Jul 1814) |
| 200th | George Stephenson puts his first steam locomotive into service, the Blücher for Killingworth Colliery on Tyneside. (25th Jul 1814) |
| 300th | Parliament offers the Longitude prize to anyone who can solve the problem of accurately determining a ship's longitude. (date uncertain) (1st Jul 1714) |
| 800th | Battle of Bouvines: in France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. (27th Jul 1214) |
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