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 2017
| Anniversary | Details |
| 1st | The last Land Rover Defender rolls off the production line at Solihull, ending 68 years of production. (29th Jan 2016) |
| 1st | Tim Peake conducts the first spacewalk by an "official" British astronaut, stepping outside an ISS airlock. (15th Jan 2016) |
| 1st | Arlene Foster becomes the first women to lead the Democratic Unionist Party and becomes Northern Ireland First Women First Minister. (11th Jan 2016) |
| 5th | Under new guidelines to come into force from 30 April, clinics which charge for pregnancy services including abortions will be able to advertise their services on radio and television after the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice rules there is no justification for barring such advertising. (21st Jan 2012) |
| 5th | Press TV, an English language news channel owned by the Iranian Government, is forced off air in the United Kingdom after Ofcom revokes its broadcasting licence for breaching the terms of the Communications Act. (20th Jan 2012) |
| 5th | Five Muslim men go on trial at Derby Crown Court for calling for gay men to be killed, the first such prosecution under hate crime legislation. (10th Jan 2012) |
| 5th | After a trial based on new forensic evidence, Gary Dobson and David Norris are convicted of the racist murder of black London teenager Stephen Lawrence, who was killed in April 1993. On 4 January they are sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder, with minimum term of just over 15 and 14 years respectively. (3rd Jan 2012) |
| 10th | The final edition of Grandstand, the flagship BBC sports programme, was aired after nearly 50 years on television screens. (27th Jan 2007) |
| 10th | News International phone hacking scandal: The News of the World's royal editor Clive Goodman was jailed for four months having pleaded guilty to phone message interception charges. (26th Jan 2007) |
| 10th | New rules outlawing businesses from discriminating against homosexuals were upheld in the House of Lords, after a challenge by Lord Morrow of the Democratic Unionist Party. (9th Jan 2007) |
| 10th | Laura Pearce became the first contestant on Channel 4 television show Deal or No Deal to win the top prize of £250,000 since the start of the show on 31 October 2005. It took until the 351st attempt for the top prize to be won. (7th Jan 2007) |
| 10th | Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures airs starring Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith. (1st Jan 2007) |
| 40th | Clive Sinclair introduces his new two-inch screen television set, which retails at £175. (10th Jan 1977) |
| 40th | Record company EMI sacks the British punk rock group the Sex Pistols for their behaviour on ITV's Today Show, whose presenter Bill Grundy was also dismissed by his employers for inciting them. (6th Jan 1977) |
| 40th | The United Kingdom holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time. (1st Jan 1977) |
| 50th | The UK, Soviet Union, and USA sign the Outer Space Treaty. (27th Jan 1967) |
| 50th | Milton Keynes, a village in north Buckinghamshire, was formally designated as a new town by the government. (23rd Jan 1967) |
| 50th | Jeremy Thorpe became leader of the Liberal Party. (18th Jan 1967) |
| 50th | The United Kingdom entered the first round of negotiations for EEC membership in Rome. (15th Jan 1967) |
| 50th | The television series The Forsyte Saga was first shown, on BBC Two. (7th Jan 1967) |
| 50th | Actor Charlie Chaplin opened his last film, A Countess From Hong Kong, in England. (2nd Jan 1967) |
| 50th | The London-set film Blowup is released in the UK. (1st Jan 1967) |
| 60th | Royal Ballet granted a Royal Charter. (16th Jan 1957) |
| 60th | The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool as a jazz club. (16th Jan 1957) |
| 60th | Harold Macmillan succeeds Eden as Prime Minister. (10th Jan 1957) |
| 60th | An Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough RUC barracks in one of the most famous incidents of the IRA's Operation Harvest. (1st Jan 1957) |
| 70th | British coins cease to include any silver content. (2nd Jan 1947) |
| 70th | The government nationalises the coal industry in the UK and Cable & Wireless. (1st Jan 1947) |
| 75th | Desert Island Discs first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme, presented by Roy Plomley. Vic Oliver is the first castaway. (29th Jan 1942) |
| 75th | World War II: First US troops for the European Theatre arrive in the UK, at Belfast. (26th Jan 1942) |
| 75th | An underground explosion at Sneyd Colliery in the North Staffordshire Coalfield kills 55. (1st Jan 1942) |
| 80th | Safety glass in vehicle windscreens becomes mandatory in Great Britain. (1st Jan 1937) |
| 90th | First live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury. (22nd Jan 1927) |
| 90th | The first transatlantic telephone service is established - from New York City to London. (7th Jan 1927) |
| 90th | The British Broadcasting Company becomes the British Broadcasting Corporation, when it is granted a Royal Charter. Sir John Reith becomes the first Director-General. (1st Jan 1927) |
| 100th | The sea defences at the village of Hallsands, Devon are breached, leading to all but one of the houses becoming uninhabitable. (26th Jan 1917) |
| 100th | Armed merchantman SS Laurentic is sunk by mines off Lough Swilly with the loss of 354 of the 475 aboard. (25th Jan 1917) |
| 100th | Silvertown explosion: 73 are killed and 400 injured in an explosion in a munitions plant in London. (19th Jan 1917) |
| 200th | The Scotsman is first published in Edinburgh as a liberal weekly newspaper by lawyer William Ritchie and customs official Charles Maclaren. (25th Jan 1817) |
| 225th | The London Corresponding Society is founded. (25th Jan 1792) |
| 300th | The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance. (4th Jan 1717) |
| 300th | Count Carl Gyllenborg, the Swedish ambassador, is arrested in London over a plot to assist the Pretender James Francis Edward Stuart. (1st Jan 1717) |
| 400th | Pocahontas received at court; she dies two months later at Gravesend. (1st Jan 1617) |
| 450th | Parliament dissolved as Queen Elizabeth refuses to name a successor. (2nd Jan 1567) |
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