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 2022
| Anniversary | Details |
| 1st | Twelve people are injured following a rail crash in Salisbury, Wiltshire. (31st Oct 2021) |
| 1st | The two-week United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) is held in Glasgow, after being postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A deal is agreed by world leaders, which includes a "phasedown" of unabated coal power, a 30% cut in methane emissions by 2030, plans for a halt to deforestation by 2030, and increased financial support for developing countries. (31st Oct 2021) |
| 1st | At the Old Bailey, Danyal Hussein is sentenced to a minimum of 35 years in prison for the murders of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, two sisters he stabbed to death at random in Wembley Park. (28th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | Sidney Cooke, 94, one of the UK's most notorious paedophiles and serial killers, is denied parole for the tenth time. Cooke was jailed for life with a minimum five-year term in 1999 for the abuse of two brothers. (28th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | Police make 31 arrests as members of Insulate Britain glue themselves to roads around London and Kent. (27th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | The Budget: Chancellor Rishi Sunak presents his autumn statement, designed to help the UK emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes a £150bn increase in departmental spending, an increase in the National Living Wage from £8.91 to £9.50, a cut in the Universal Credit taper rate from 63% to 55%, and the biggest cut to business rates in over 30 years. (27th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | London's Ultra Low Emission Zone is expanded by 18 times, to include the area within the North and South Circular Roads. (25th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | Tesco opens its first checkout-free store, known as GetGo, similar in format to the automated Amazon Go stores. (19th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | The government announces grants of £5,000 to replace old gas boilers with heat pumps and other low-carbon technology, as part of its plan to phase out the sale of new gas boilers by 2035. Experts criticise the plans as unambitious, given that only 90,000 heat pumps will be installed over three years, out of 25 million homes with gas boilers. (19th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | A minute's silence is held for Sir David Amess in the House of Commons. Boris Johnson pays tribute to Amess and announces that Southend-on-Sea will become a city, a status which the murdered MP had long campaigned for. (18th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | Conservative MP Sir David Amess dies after being stabbed multiple times during his constituency surgery at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea. Police arrest a 25-year-old male British national, and treat the killing as an act of terror. (15th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | COVID-19 in the UK: NHS Test and Trace suspends testing provided by a private laboratory in Wolverhampton amid fears up to 43,000 people were given the wrong result for COVID-19 tests. The Health Security Agency announces it will hold a 'serious incident investigation' into the matter. (15th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | The contactless payment limit is increased from £45 to £100. (15th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | COVID-19 in the UK: A joint report from the Health & Social Care and Science and Technology Select Committee describes the decisions on lockdowns and social distancing during the early weeks of the pandemic, and the advice that led to them, as "one of the most important public health failures the UK has ever experienced", and the vaccination approach, including its research, development, and rollout as "one of the most effective initiatives in UK history". (12th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | A question on sexual activities in areas with widespread HIV transmission will be removed following recommendations to make blood donation inclusive. (11th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | The four remaining cooling towers at Eggborough Power Station are demolished with explosives. (10th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | After an agreement fell through in 2020 with owner Mike Ashley, Saudi-led consortium Public Investment Fund buys 80% of Newcastle United's shares worth £300m, making Newcastle the richest British football club, surpassing Manchester City. (7th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | The £20 weekly increase to Universal Credit is withdrawn, 18 months after its introduction. (6th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | Amazon opens its first non-food store in the UK, at Bluewater Shopping Centre near Dartford. (6th Oct 2021) |
| 1st | Flooding hits parts of London following torrential rain overnight, with Knightsbridge and Kensington particularly badly affected. (5th Oct 2021) |
| 5th | Women in Scotland are to be allowed to take abortion pills at home, bringing the country into line with others such as Sweden and France. (26th Oct 2017) |
| 5th | Following a spate of acid attacks, the government announces that sales of acids to under 18s will be banned. (3rd Oct 2017) |
| 5th | Monarch Airlines, the UK's fifth biggest airline, is placed into administration. (2nd Oct 2017) |
| 10th | Britain's first 4G mobile network is launched, offering high-speed mobile data services in eleven major cities. (30th Oct 2012) |
| 10th | The last analogue television broadcasts are made in the United Kingdom, in Northern Ireland, as the country completes its transfer to digital television. (24th Oct 2012) |
| 10th | James Bond film Skyfall premieres at the Royal Albert Hall in London. (23rd Oct 2012) |
| 10th | Surgeons have carried out the first ever robotic open-heart operations in Britain at the New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton. (22nd Oct 2012) |
| 10th | Scotland Yard launches a "formal criminal investigation" into Jimmy Savile, after 200 potential sexual abuse victims come forward. (19th Oct 2012) |
| 10th | The UK's largest independent investigation into police wrongdoing will be conducted following damning reports into the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. (12th Oct 2012) |
| 10th | Heavy rain in the United Kingdom causes flash flooding in the coastal village of Clovelly, Devon, damaging homes and pulling up cobbles in the street. (11th Oct 2012) |
| 10th | Scientists warn of the dangers of using liquid nitrogen in drinks after an 18-year-old woman in Lancaster requires emergency surgery after consuming a cocktail containing the substance. (8th Oct 2012) |
| 10th | Automatic enrolment to workplace pension schemes commences. (1st Oct 2012) |
| 20th | The Northern Ireland Assembly is suspended following allegations of spying in "Stormontgate". (14th Oct 2002) |
| 20th | The main provisions of National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act (of 25 June) come into force in England, including renaming and merger of existing NHS regional health authorities to form 28 new strategic health authorities, and introduction of primary care trusts to be responsible for the supervision of family health care functions. (1st Oct 2002) |
| 70th | The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people. (8th Oct 1952) |
| 70th | The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon. (2nd Oct 1952) |
| 80th | Lt. Tony Fasson, Able Seaman Colin Grazier and canteen assistant Tommy Brown from HMS Petard board U-559, retrieving material which would lead to the decryption of the German Enigma code. (30th Oct 1942) |
| 80th | In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews. (29th Oct 1942) |
| 80th | Statute of Westminster 1931 formalises Australian autonomy. (9th Oct 1942) |
| 90th | Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom. (2nd Oct 1932) |
| 100th | The BBC is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service. (18th Oct 1922) |
| 225th | Battle of Camperdown: Naval battle between Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. The outcome of the battle was a decisive British victory. (11th Oct 1797) |
| 275th | British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the second battle of Cape Finisterre. (25th Oct 1747) |
| 700th | Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence. (14th Oct 1322) |
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