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 October 2014
| Anniversary | Details |
| 1st | The Privy Council grants a Royal Charter on press regulations after the newspaper industry loses a last minute legal bid to seek an injunction against the plans. (30th Oct 2013) |
| 1st | The government approves Hinkley Point C, the first nuclear plant to be constructed in the UK since 1995. It will be completed in 2023 and remain operational for 60 years, supplying about 7% of the country's electricity. (21st Oct 2013) |
| 1st | About 100 homes are damaged when a "tornado" hits Hayling Island in Hampshire. (20th Oct 2013) |
| 1st | Charles Taylor arrives in the UK to serve the remainder of his 50-year prison sentence, the first head of state to be convicted of war crimes since World War II. (15th Oct 2013) |
| 1st | British physicist Peter Higgs is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory of the Higgs boson. (8th Oct 2013) |
| 5th | The Evening Standard becomes a free newspaper in central London. (12th Oct 2009) |
| 5th | The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom officially opens, taking over various powers, including those of the Law Lords. (1st Oct 2009) |
| 10th | Selby Coalfield production ceases. (26th Oct 2004) |
| 10th | Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh, designed by Enric Miralles, is opened. (9th Oct 2004) |
| 10th | British hostage Ken Bigley, of Liverpool, is beheaded by militants in Iraq. (7th Oct 2004) |
| 40th | Guildford pub bombings: bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian. (5th Oct 1974) |
| 75th | World War II: First attack on British territory by the German Luftwaffe. (16th Oct 1939) |
| 75th | The German submarine U-47 sinks the British battleship HMS Royal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland. (14th Oct 1939) |
| 90th | The forged Zinoviev Letter is published in the Daily Mail, wrecking the British Labour Party's hopes of re-election. (25th Oct 1924) |
| 200th | London Beer Flood occurs in London, killing nine. (17th Oct 1814) |
| 275th | War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain. (23rd Oct 1739) |
| 500th | Marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor. (9th Oct 1514) |
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