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 June 2015
| Anniversary | Details |
| 1st | Following a trial at Southwark Crown Court, entertainer Rolf Harris is found guilty on 12 counts of indecent assault between 1968 and 1986. (30th Jun 2014) |
| 1st | Former News of the World editor and Downing Street Director of Communications Andy Coulson is found guilty of conspiring to hack phones. (24th Jun 2014) |
| 1st | Jane Hedges is installed as the first female Dean of Norwich. (21st Jun 2014) |
| 1st | Production of paper at the Whatman plc mill at Maidstone, established in 1740, ceases. (17th Jun 2014) |
| 1st | The teaching of creationism is banned from free schools and academies. (9th Jun 2014) |
| 5th | The Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday found that the British Army was "unjustified" in shooting 27 civilians in 1972. Prime Minister David Cameron later apologised on behalf of the Government. (15th Jun 2010) |
| 5th | Twelve people were killed and 25 injured after a gunman, identified as taxi driver Derrick Bird, went on a killing spree in the Whitehaven, Egremont and Seascale areas of Cumbria. He was found dead, having reportedly shot himself, in woodland at Boot. (2nd Jun 2010) |
| 10th | In the Solent, the Queen conducts a Fleet Review of 167 naval, merchant and tall ships from the UK and 35 other nations to commemorate the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar. (28th Jun 2005) |
| 10th | The Ugandan-born bishop of Birmingham, John Sentamu is named the new Archbishop of York. He is the first ever Black person to be appointed as an Archbishop of the Church of England. (17th Jun 2005) |
| 40th | A coroner's court jury returned a verdict of wilful murder, naming Lord Lucan as the murderer, in the inquest on Sandra Rivett, the nanny who was found dead at his wife's London home seven months previously. (19th Jun 1975) |
| 40th | Proceedings in Parliament were broadcast on radio for the first time. (9th Jun 1975) |
| 40th | The inaugural Cricket World Cup begins in England. (7th Jun 1975) |
| 40th | The UK holds its first country-wide referendum, on remaining in the European Economic Community (EEC). (5th Jun 1975) |
| 40th | 67% of voters supported continued membership of the EEC in a referendum. (5th Jun 1975) |
| 50th | The government announces plans for the introduction of a blood alcohol limit for drivers in its clampdown on drink-driving. (18th Jun 1965) |
| 60th | Submarine HMS Sidon sinks in Portland Harbour with the loss of thirteen crew following an explosion caused by a faulty torpedo on board. (16th Jun 1955) |
| 70th | William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II. (18th Jun 1945) |
| 70th | Parliament passes the Family Allowances Act to provide payments to families with children. (15th Jun 1945) |
| 75th | "Finest Hour" speech by Winston Churchill. (18th Jun 1940) |
| 75th | King Haakon VII of Norway, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. (7th Jun 1940) |
| 100th | Foundation of the British Women's Institute. (16th Jun 1915) |
| 100th | Foundation of the British Women's Institute. (16th Jun 1915) |
| 100th | Maida Vale station on the London Underground Bakerloo Line opens. (6th Jun 1915) |
| 150th | James Hudson Taylor founds the China Inland Mission at Brighton. (25th Jun 1865) |
| 150th | Staplehurst rail crash in Kent: 10 killed, 49 injured; Charles Dickens is amongst the survivors. (9th Jun 1865) |
| 200th | The Duke of Wellington wins a decisive victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. (18th Jun 1815) |
| 250th | The Isle of Man is brought under British control, the Isle of Man Purchase Act confirming HM Treasury's purchase of the feudal rights of the Dukes of Atholl as Lord of Mann over the island and revesting them into the British Crown. (21st Jun 1765) |
| 300th | A Jacobite mob sacks Cross Street Chapel in Manchester, going on to destroy another at Monton. (10th Jun 1715) |
| 350th | England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam). (12th Jun 1665) |
| 350th | James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England) defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft. (2nd Jun 1665) |
| 550th | Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky. (1st Jun 1465) |
| 800th | King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta. (15th Jun 1215) |
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