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 December 2014
| Anniversary | Details |
| 1st | World War II computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing, who had been chemically castrated in 1952 following his conviction for homosexuality, is given a posthumous royal pardon. (23rd Dec 2013) |
| 1st | Part of the ornate ceiling of the Apollo Theatre in London collapses during a performance, injuring at least 81 people in the audience. (19th Dec 2013) |
| 5th | Akmal Shaikh becomes the first EU native to be executed in China in 50 years. Gordon Brown releases a statement indicating that he is appalled. (29th Dec 2009) |
| 5th | After 27 years, Sir Terry Wogan presents his final breakfast show on BBC Radio 2. (18th Dec 2009) |
| 5th | Paedophile nursery worker Vanessa George is jailed indefinitely after previously admitting to seven sexual assaults and six counts of making and distributing indecent pictures of children. (15th Dec 2009) |
| 10th | Millau Viaduct in France, designed by British architect Norman Foster, is opened. (14th Dec 2004) |
| 40th | The house of former British Prime Minister Ted Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA. (22nd Dec 1974) |
| 40th | New speed limits were introduced on Britain's roads in an attempt to save fuel at a time of Arab fuel embargoes following the Yom Kippur War. (15th Dec 1974) |
| 40th | Party Political Broadcast, the final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, was broadcast on BBC 2. (5th Dec 1974) |
| 50th | Richard Beeching announces his intention to resign as Chairman of the British Railways Board after three-and-a-half years, during which he proposed the closure of many smaller and financially non-viable railway lines. (23rd Dec 1964) |
| 70th | World War II: The Home Guard is stood down. (3rd Dec 1944) |
| 75th | HMS Duchess (H64) sinks after a collision with HMS Barham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men (12th Dec 1939) |
| 90th | Air crash at Croydon air field - 8 dead. (24th Dec 1924) |
| 90th | The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London. (19th Dec 1924) |
| 100th | Britain is bombed for the first time when a German aircraft drops a bomb over Dover. (24th Dec 1914) |
| 100th | World War I: German battleships under Franz von Hipper bombard the English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough. (16th Dec 1914) |
| 100th | World War I: The Battle of the Falkland Islands results in a decisive British victory over the German fleet. (8th Dec 1914) |
| 150th | The Clifton Suspension Bridge across the Bristol Avon, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and completed as a memorial to him, opens to traffic. (8th Dec 1864) |
| 150th | James Clerk Maxwell presents his paper A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field to the Royal Society, treating light as an electromagnetic wave. (8th Dec 1864) |
| 200th | Treaty of Ghent signed by the United Kingdom and the United States ending the War of 1812, however due to the time it takes for news to reach America, fighting continues for weeks. (24th Dec 1814) |
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