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 2016
| Anniversary | Details |
| 1st | The University of Birmingham finds in its archives the oldest known surviving fragments of the Koran, and plans to put them on public display. (22nd Jul 2015) |
| 1st | Production is suspended at the last substantial coal mine in Wales, Aberpergwm. (3rd Jul 2015) |
| 5th | The singer songwriter Amy Winehouse, 27, was found dead at her London home. (23rd Jul 2011) |
| 5th | Rushden & Diamonds F.C. went out of business after 19 years in existence, having recently been expelled from the Blue Square Premier League because of their huge debts. The Northamptonshire club had been members of the Football League from 2001 until 2006. (8th Jul 2011) |
| 5th | Following recent allegations that its journalists had hacked into the mobile phones of celebrities, politicians and high-profile crime victims over the last decade, it was announced that the News of the World would cease publication after its final edition on Sunday 10 July, having been in circulation for 168 years. (7th Jul 2011) |
| 10th | 180 British citizens evacuated from the Lebanon due to growing crisis between Hizbollah militants and Israel. (18th Jul 2006) |
| 10th | George W. Bush greets Tony Blair with the phrase "Yo, Blair". (17th Jul 2006) |
| 40th | Christopher Ewart-Biggs British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland is assassinated by the Provisional IRA. (21st Jul 1976) |
| 80th | King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial. (26th Jul 1936) |
| 80th | A major breach of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61 m) into the River Irwell. (6th Jul 1936) |
| 100th | World War I: First day on the Somme - On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded (1st Jul 1916) |
| 225th | The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England. (14th Jul 1791) |
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