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 March 2013
| Anniversary | Details |
| 1st | It is announced that the towns of Chelmsford, Perth and St Asaph are being granted city status to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. (14th Mar 2012) |
| 1st | A meteor is seen over most of the United Kingdom at about 21:40 GMT. (3rd Mar 2012) |
| 5th | London Heathrow Terminal 5 opened at Heathrow Airport to British Airways with many problems with the IT system, coupled with insufficient testing and staff training, which caused over 500 flights to be cancelled. (28th Mar 2008) |
| 5th | Michael Donovan, 39, from Batley Carr, West Yorkshire, is arrested for the kidnap of the 9-year-old, Shannon Matthews. (14th Mar 2008) |
| 40th | Women were admitted into the London Stock Exchange for the first time. (26th Mar 1973) |
| 40th | Elizabeth II opened the new London Bridge. (17th Mar 1973) |
| 40th | Two IRA bombs exploded in London, killing one person and injuring 250 others. Ten people were arrested hours later at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being involved in the bombings. (3rd Mar 1973) |
| 50th | Beeching Axe: Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network. (27th Mar 1963) |
| 60th | The 10 Rillington Place murders are uncovered. (24th Mar 1953) |
| 70th | Royal Navy escort carrier HMS Dasher (D37) is destroyed by an accidental explosion in the Firth of Clyde, killing 379 of the crew of 528. (27th Mar 1943) |
| 70th | last church service in the village of Derwent, Derbyshire, before it is demolished (together with Ashopton) for construction of Ladybower Reservoir. (17th Mar 1943) |
| 70th | First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom. (5th Mar 1943) |
| 70th | "Exercise Spartan", a major rehearsal for next year's Allied Invasion of Normandy, is staged across southern England. (4th Mar 1943) |
| 70th | World War II: In London, England, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station. (3rd Mar 1943) |
| 100th | The Morris Oxford 2-seater car goes on sale. (28th Mar 1913) |
| 125th | In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional Association Football league, is founded. (22nd Mar 1888) |
| 300th | First Treaty of Utrecht between Britain and Spain. Spain cedes Gibraltar and Minorca. (27th Mar 1713) |
| 600th | Henry V becomes King of England. (21st Mar 1413) |
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