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 May 2016
| Anniversary | Details |
| 1st | An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 is felt across East Kent. (22nd May 2015) |
| 1st | Cashless payments now exceed the use of notes and coins, with cash volumes expected to fall by 30% over the next ten years, according to the Payments Council. (21st May 2015) |
| 1st | The Church of Scotland votes to allow the ordination of gay ministers in civil partnerships. (16th May 2015) |
| 1st | Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to a daughter at St Mary's Hospital in London who becomes fourth in line to the throne and Queen Elizabeth II's fifth great-grandchild. She is subsequently named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. (2nd May 2015) |
| 5th | The Royal Navy ended its training role in Iraq, concluding the British military Operation Telic there. (22nd May 2011) |
| 5th | Queen Elizabeth II made a state visit to the Republic of Ireland, the first by a reigning monarch of the United Kingdom to Dublin since 1911. (20th May 2011) |
| 40th | The London to Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins. (24th May 1976) |
| 50th | The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland. (21st May 1966) |
| 50th | Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors Murders. (6th May 1966) |
| 75th | World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid. (10th May 1941) |
| 75th | World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany. (10th May 1941) |
| 75th | Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power. (2nd May 1941) |
| 80th | Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication. (28th May 1936) |
| 80th | Amy Johnson arrives back in England after a record-breaking return flight to Cape Town (15th May 1936) |
| 90th | UK General Strike 1926: A nine-day general strike by trade unions ends. (12th May 1926) |
| 200th | A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs; the rioting spreads to Ely the next day. (22nd May 1816) |
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