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 July 2019
| Anniversary | Details |
| 1st | Xeneral Webster, 19, is jailed for 17 years for the manslaughter of Joanne Rand, who died in June 2017, eleven days after he splashed her with acid. The case is the first acid killing in the UK. (31st Jul 2018) |
| 1st | The Supreme Court rules that legal permission is no longer required to end care for patients in a permanent vegetative state. (30th Jul 2018) |
| 1st | The ongoing heatwave and dry conditions lead to a huge grass fire on Wanstead Flats, East London, which becomes the largest incident of its kind ever dealt with by the London Fire Brigade. (15th Jul 2018) |
| 1st | The RRS Sir David Attenborough is launched into the River Mersey by its namesake, Sir David Attenborough. (14th Jul 2018) |
| 1st | US President Donald Trump arrives in the UK. The four-day visit includes talks with Theresa May, tea with the Queen and a trip to Scotland. There are mass protests in London, featuring a six-metre-tall (20-ft) 'Trump baby' blimp flown over Westminster. (12th Jul 2018) |
| 5th | Home Secretary Theresa May announces a major review and inquiry into allegations of historical child abuse across all areas of UK society. The announcement was prompted by reports that the Home Office failed to act on allegations that a paedophile ring operated at Westminster during the 1980s. (7th Jul 2014) |
| 10th | Gary McKinnon, a British man with Asperger syndrome loses his latest High Court bid to avoid extradition to the United States to face charges of hacking into US Government computers. (31st Jul 2009) |
| 10th | The Government launches the National Pandemic Flu Service across England, a website and phoneline allowing people who think they have the pandemic H1N1/09 virus to bypass the NHS to obtain antiviral drugs. The website crashes within hours of its launch due to the overwhelming demand. (23rd Jul 2009) |
| 10th | Cardiff City F.C. move into their new Cardiff City Stadium, a 27,000 capacity all-seater venue, after 99 years at Ninian Park. (22nd Jul 2009) |
| 10th | ITV announces that its news and information Teletext service will be discontinued within the next six months as a result of mounting losses and the inability to find a viable business model to continue. (16th Jul 2009) |
| 10th | The Staffordshire Hoard, the largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found, is uncovered. The 1,500 gold and silver pieces are discovered buried beneath a field in Staffordshire by metal detecting enthusiast Terry Herbert. This is made public on 24 September. (5th Jul 2009) |
| 10th | The government announces that it is taking the InterCity East Coast franchise into a period of public ownership, after the incumbent operator, National Express East Coast, said it planned to default on its franchise agreement. (1st Jul 2009) |
| 60th | SR-N1 hovercraft crosses the English Channel from Calais to Dover in just over 2 hours. (25th Jul 1959) |
| 70th | Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner. (27th Jul 1949) |
| 75th | The first German V-2 rocket hits Great Britain. (26th Jul 1944) |
| 75th | Release of Laurence Olivier's Henry V, the first work of Shakespeare filmed in colour. (12th Jul 1944) |
| 80th | Women's Land Army re-formed to work in agriculture. (1st Jul 1939) |
| 100th | The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight. (13th Jul 1919) |
| 100th | The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship. (6th Jul 1919) |
| 550th | Wars of the Roses: the Battle of Edgecote Moor pitting the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of Edward IV of England takes place. (26th Jul 1469) |
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