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 February 2019
| Anniversary | Details |
| 1st | An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 and depth of 4km hits Mosser, Cumbria. It was felt in Grasmere, Kendal, Cockermouth and Keswick and was the second earthquake to hit the United Kingdom within two weeks. (28th Feb 2018) |
| 1st | Heavy snow causes disruption across much of the UK. Over subsequent days the Met Office issues the first ever red snow warning for Scotland,South-West England and South Wales, meaning the weather poses a potential risk to life. With ten severe weather warnings in place, the Army is called in to help rescue hundreds of stranded motorists. Several people are reported to have died in circumstances related to the freezing conditions. As temperatures later begin rising and ice thaws, the Environment Agency issues weather warnings due to flooding, mainly in the South-West and North-East England. (27th Feb 2018) |
| 1st | The 2018 UK higher education strike began at sixty-four UK universities over proposed changes to the USS pension scheme. (22nd Feb 2018) |
| 1st | The National Farmers Union elects Minette Batters, the first female president in its 110-year history. (21st Feb 2018) |
| 1st | UKIP members vote to sack party leader Henry Bolton after controversy over racist text messages sent by his partner. (17th Feb 2018) |
| 1st | An investigation by the Times newspaper finds that Oxfam covered up the use of prostitutes by senior aid workers. (9th Feb 2018) |
| 1st | NHS hospitals in England record their worst ever A&E performance, with only 77.1% of patients treated within four hours in January, far short of the 95% target. (8th Feb 2018) |
| 1st | Jon Venables, one of the killers of toddler James Bulger, is jailed for possessing child abuse images for a second time. (7th Feb 2018) |
| 1st | Finsbury Park Mosque attacker Darren Osborne, who drove a van into a group of Muslims, is jailed for life, with a minimum term of 43 years. (2nd Feb 2018) |
| 5th | A suspect in the 1982 IRA Hyde Park bombing will not face trial after a judge ruled he cannot be prosecuted because he was mistakenly given an official assurance that he would not face trial. Some 182 letters have been issued as part of the Northern Ireland peace process. (25th Feb 2014) |
| 5th | A 4.1 magnitude earthquake is recorded under the Bristol Channel. (20th Feb 2014) |
| 5th | Rail links to South West England are cut off as fresh storms hit the area. (8th Feb 2014) |
| 5th | Part of the South Devon Railway sea wall carrying the railway line linking London with the west of England is washed away by a powerful storm that has hit the UK overnight. Thousands of homes are also left without electricity. Prime Minister David Cameron announces that an extra £100 million will be spent on dealing with the aftermath of the floods that have hit the UK. (5th Feb 2014) |
| 10th | Prime Minister's Questions is suspended by the Speaker Michael Martin following a request from Prime Minister Gordon Brown as a mark of respect following the death of the six-year-old son of the Leader of the Opposition David Cameron. It is the first time that PMQs has been suspended since the death of the then Labour Party leader John Smith in 1994. (25th Feb 2009) |
| 10th | Binyam Mohammed, a British national suspected of involvement in terrorist activities, is returned to the United Kingdom after being held at Guantanamo Bay Detention Centre for more than four years. Mohammed alleges that he was subject to extraordinary rendition and that UK agents were complicit in his torture. (23rd Feb 2009) |
| 10th | TV personality, Jade Goody and her boyfriend, Jack Tweed, are married at Down Hall, Essex. Goody, 27, has been suffering from cervical cancer for six months and was told earlier this month that she may only have weeks to live after the cancer spread to her bowel, liver and groin. Tweed is free on license following imprisonment for assault. (22nd Feb 2009) |
| 10th | The Yorkshire Ripper is released from Broadmoor Hospital to face a life sentence, for killing 13 women and attempting to kill 7 more, after doctors claim he has been treated for schizophrenia. (18th Feb 2009) |
| 10th | Contractors at the Sellafield and Heysham nuclear plants walk out in the ongoing unofficial strike action over foreign workers. (2nd Feb 2009) |
| 10th | Three day state visit of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao begins; pro-Tibet protestors staged a demonstration outside the Chinese embassy in London. (1st Feb 2009) |
| 75th | World War II: Last heavy air-raids on London. (26th Feb 1944) |
| 75th | PAYE (Pay as you earn) system of tax collection introduced. (10th Feb 1944) |
| 80th | Borley Rectory, a reputed haunted house, destroyed by fire. (27th Feb 1939) |
| 80th | First Anderson shelter built in London (25th Feb 1939) |
| 200th | British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III. (19th Feb 1819) |
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