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Our Historical Anniversaries suggest ideas for stories and projects for which we can provide a range of images. Now looking forward as far as 2027. We also have a separate page for Celebrity Anniversaries.
21stJanuary
2024 70th anniversary of the launch of the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine in 1954. Images here
21stJanuary
2024 100th anniversary of the death of Vladimir Lenin, Russian communist leader in 1924. Images here
22ndJanuary
2024 100th anniversary of Ramsay MacDonald becoming the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1924 Images here
25thJanuary
2024 100th anniversary of the opening of the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France in 1924 Images here
27thJanuary
2024 100th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin being buried in Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow in 1924 Images here
3rdFebruary
2024 100th anniversary of the death of American President Woodrow Wilson in 1924. Images here
4thFebruary
2024 50th anniversary of the kidnapping of Patty Hearst by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974. Images here
7thFebruary
2024 50th anniversary of the release of the film Blazing Saddles starring Mel Brooks in 1974. Images here
7thFebruary
2024 200th anniversary of the birth of British astronomer Sir William Huggins in 1824. Images here
14thFebruary
2024 100th anniversary of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) being renamed International Business Machines (IBM) in 1924 Images here
15thFebruary
2024 150th anniversary of the birth of Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton in 1874. Images here
17thFebruary
2024 35th anniversary of the release of the film Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure in 1989. Images here
2ndMarch
2024 75th anniversary of the completion of the first non-stop round-the-world aircraft flight by the Lucky Lady II B-50 Superfortress in 1949 Images here
7thMarch
2024 25th annviersary of the death of American film director Stanley Kubrick in 1999. Images here
8thMarch
2024 50th anniversary of the last episode of the TV series The Brady Bunch airing in the USA in 1974 Images here
8thMarch
2024 25th anniversary of the death of American baseball player Joe DiMaggio in 1999. Images here
10thMarch
2024 75th anniversary of the release the film Little Woman starring June Allyson and Elizabeth Taylor in 1949. Images here
12thMarch
2024 25th anniversary of the death of American violinist Yehudi Menuhin in 1999. Images here
12thMarch
2024 200th anniversary of the birth of German physicist Gustav Kirchhoff in 1824. Images here
16thMarch
2024 250th anniversary of the birth of English explorer Captain Matthew Flinders in 1774. Images here
18thMarch
2024 "75th anniversary of the birth of Northern Irish snooker player Alex ""Hurricane"" Higgins in 1949." Images here
18thMarch
2024 100th anniversary of the release of the film The Thief of Bagdad with Douglas Fairbanks in 1924. Images here
24thMarch
2024 "80th anniversary of the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III POW Camp in Germany in 1944, and which was later dramatised as the film ""The Great Escape""." Images here
27thMarch
2024 50th anniversary of the release of the film Mame starring Lucille Ball in 1974. Images here
28thMarch
2024 100th anniversary of the birth of child actor Freddie Bartholomew in 1924. Images here
29thMarch
2024 50th anniversary of the release of the film The Great Gatsby starring Robert Redrord and Mia Farrow in 1974. Images here
29thMarch
2024 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang in Xi'an, China in 1974 Images here
30thMarch
2024 50th anniversary of the release of the film Dark Star directed by John Carpenter in 1974. Images here
6thApril
2024 50th anniversary of ABBA winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton with Waterloo. Images here
10thApril
2024 70th anniversary of the death of Auguste Lumiere in 1954. French cinema pioneer who developed a film projector and camera with his brother Louis. Images here
16thApril
2024 100th anniversary of the founding of the film company Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) who created such films as Gone with the Wind, in 1924 Images here
16thApril
2024 100th anniversary of the brith of American composer Henry Mancini in 1924. Images here
19thApril
2024 35th anniversary of the death of British author Daphne du Maurier in 1989. Images here
19thApril
2024 200th anniversary of the death of British poet, Lord George Gordon Byron in 1824. Images here
22ndApril
2024 300th anniversary of the birth of German philosopher Immanuel Kant in 1724. Images here
23rdApril
2024 100th anniversary of the British Empire Exhibition opening in London in 1924 Images here
28thApril
2024 25th annviersary of the death of England footballer and manager Sir Alf Ramsey in 1999. Images here
28thApril
2024 75th anniversary of the UK release of the film Passport to Pimlico starring Stanley Holloway and Margaret Rutherford in 1949. Images here
1stMay
2024 85th anniversary of the superhero Batman first appearing, in Detective Comics number 27 in 1939. Images here
4thMay
2024 45th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher becoming Britain's first female Prime Minister in 1979. Images here
4thMay
2024 75th anniversary of the US release of the film The Barkleys of Broadway starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in 1949. Images here
4thMay
2024 100th anniversary of the death of British author E. Nesbit, known for writing The Railway Children and others, in 1924 Images here
6thMay
2024 70th anniversary of Roger Bannister becoming the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes in 1954. Images here
10thMay
2024 100th anniversary of J Edgar Hoover being appointed the head of the FBI in 1924. Images here
17thMay
2024 50th anniversary of the release of the film Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, starring Peter Fonda and Susan George in 1974. Images here
19thMay
2024 25th anniversary of the release of the film Star Wars Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace in 1999. Images here
19thMay
2024 40th anniversary of the death of British poet laureate John Betjeman in 1984. Images here
21stMay
2024 25th anniversary of the UK release of the film Notting Hill starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant in 1999. US release on 28th May. Images here
22ndMay
2024 100th anniversary of the birth of French-Armenian singer Charles Aznevour in 1924. Images here
24thMay
2024 50th anniversary of the death of American Jazz musician Duke Ellington in 1974. Images here
26thMay
2024 75th anniversary of the birth of British Labour politician Jeremy Corbyn in 1949. Images here
1stJune
2024 50th anniversary of the Flixborough chemical plant disaster which killed 28 people in 1974. Images here
3rdJune
2024 100th anniversary of the death of Franz Kafka, Czech-born Austrian Modernist author in 1924. Images here
6thJune
2024 80th anniversary of the D-Day Normandy landings during the Second World War in 1944. Images here
9thJune
2024 100th anniversary of the death of George Mallory while climbing Mount Everest in 1924. Images here
13thJune
2024 80th anniversary of Germany launching the first V-1 flying bomb attack on London during World War II in 1944. Images here
16thJune
2024 25th anniversary of the death of English politician Screaming Lord Sutch in 1999. Images here
16thJune
2024 75th anniversary of the UK release of the film Whisky Galore starring Basil Radford and Joan Greenwood in 1949 Images here
20thJune
2024 50th anniversary of the release of the film Chinatown directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jack Nicholson in 1974. Images here
23rdJune
2024 75th anniversary of the UK release of the film Kind Hearts and Coronets starring Alec Guinness in 1949. Images here
25thJune
2024 100th anniversary of the birth of American film director Sidney Lumet in 1924. Images here
4thJuly
2024 70th anniversary of the end of all food rationing in Britain following the end of World War II in 1954. Images here
14thJuly
2024 25th anniversary of the release of the film The Blair Witch Project in 1999. (Though first shown at Sundance 23rd January) Images here
16thJuly
2024 25th anniversary of the US release of Kubrick's film Eyes Wide Shut starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in 1999. UK release September 10th. Images here
19thJuly
2024 70th anniversary of the Atomic Energy Authority being established in the UK in 1954. Images here
24thJuly
2024 50th anniversary of the release of the film Deathwish starring Charles Bronson in 1974. Images here
27thJuly
2024 75th anniversary of the first flight of the De Havilland Comet, the world's first jet-powered airliner in England in 1949. Images here
1stAugust
2024 80th anniversary of the last entry written in her diary by Anne Frank in 1944. She and her family were captured and taken to Auschwitz on 4th August. Images here
3rdAugust
2024 100th anniversary of the death of Polish-born author Joseph Conrad in 1924. Images here
8thAugust
2024 50th anniversary of the announcement of the resignation of American President Richard Nixon over the Watergate Affair in 1974. Images here
12thAugust
2024 85th anniversary of the US film premiere of the Wizard of Oz with Judy Garland in 1939. (USA release on 25th August and UK premiere 9th November) Images here
19thAugust
2024 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris during World War Two in 1944. Lasted until 25th August. Images here
26thAugust
2024 50th anniversary of the death of Charles Lindbergh, American aviation pioneer in 1974. Images here
1stSeptember
2024 50th anniversary of the transatlantic speed record being broken by a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird fighter flying from New York to London in 1 hour, 54 mins and 56.4 seconds in 1974. Images here
1stSeptember
2024 75th anniversary of the UK premiere of the Cannes Grand Prix 1949 winning film The Third Man with Orson Welles in 1949. Images here
4thSeptember
2024 200th anniversary of the birth of Austrian composer Anton Bruckner in 1824. Images here
6thSeptember
2024 85th anniversary of the death of Arthur Rackham in 1939. British book illustrator famous for illustrating Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, A Christmas Carol and many more. Images here
16thSeptember
2024 100th anniversary of the birth of American actress Lauren Bacall in 1924. Images here
18thSeptember
2024 75th anniversary of the birth of English footballer Peter Shilton in 1949. Images here
21stSeptember
2024 150th anniversary of the birth of English composer Gustav Holst in 1874. Images here
22ndSeptember
2024 35th anniversary of the death of American songwriter Irving Berlin in 1989. Images here
26thSeptember
2024 90th anniversary of the launch of the liner RMS Queen Mary in Clydebank, Scotland in 1934. Images here
28thSeptember
2024 100th anniversary of the first round the world flight by John Harding and Erik Nelson in 1924 Images here
30thSeptember
2024 100th anniversary of the birth of American author Truman Capote in 1924. Images here
1stOctober
2024 100th anniversary of the birth of Jmmy Carter, 39th President of the United States in 1924. Images here
8thOctober
2024 75th anniversary of the birth of American actress Sigourney Weaver in 1949. Images here
11thOctober
2024 50th annviersary of the release of the film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in 1974. Images here
14thOctober
2024 80th anniversary of the death of Irwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, German Field Marshall who committed suicide in 1944. Images here
15thOctober
2024 25th anniversary of the release of the film Fight Club starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in 1999. Images here
18thOctober
2024 50th anniversary of the release of the film The Odessa File starring Jon Voight in 1974. Images here
24thOctober
2024 50th anniversary of the release of the film Stardust starring David Essex in 1974. Images here
24thOctober
2024 80th anniversary of the death of Louis Renault, French industrialist and car manufacturer in 1944. Images here
29thOctober
2024 100th anniversary of the death of Anglo-American author Frances Hodgson Burnett, known for writing The Secret Garden, in 1924. Images here
30thOctober
2024 50th anniversary of the Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire in 1974. Images here
3rdNovember
2024 70th anniversary of the deth of Henry Matisse, French artist and leader of the Fauvist movement in 1954. Images here
4thNovember
2024 100th anniversary of the death of French composer Gabriel Faure in 1924. Images here
11thNovember
2024 50th anniversary of the birth of American actor Leonardo DiCaprio in 1974. Images here
21stNovember
2024 25th anniversary of the death of English author and actor Quentin Crisp in 1999. Images here
22ndNovember
2024 250th anniversary of the death of Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, known as Clive of India, in 1774. Images here
24thNovember
2024 50th anniversary of the discovery of a skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis which was called Lucy in 1974. Images here
26thNovember
2024 250th anniversary of the discovery of Sulphur Dioxide by English chemist Joseph Priestley in 1774. Images here
29thNovember
2024 100th anniversary of the death of Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer famous for operas like Madame Butterfly and La Boheme, in 1924. Images here
30thNovember
2024 90th anniversary of the Flying Scotsman becoming the first train to reach 100mph in 1934. Images here
30thNovember
2024 70th anniversary of the death of Wilhelm Furtwangler, German conductor in 1954. Images here
8thDecember
2024 75th anniversary of the US release of the film On The Town with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra in 1949. Images here
10thDecember
2024 25th anniversary of the release of the film The Green Mile starring Tom Hanks in 1999. Images here
13thDecember
2024 80th anniversary of the death of Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born French abstract artist in 1944. Images here
15thDecember
2024 80th anniversary of the death of Glenn Miller, American big band musician and bandleader in 1944. Images here
15thDecember
2024 85th anniversary of the US film premiere of the film Gone with the Wind in 1939. It went on general release on 17th January 1940. Images here
15thDecember
2024 50th anniversary of the release of the film Young Frankenstein starring Gene Wilder in 1974. Images here
16thDecember
2024 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge during the Second World War in 1944. Took place from 16th December 1944- 16th January 1945. Images here
21stDecember
2024 75th anniversary of the New York release of Samson and Delilah starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature in 1949 (general release January 13th 1950) Images here
24thDecember
2024 500th anniversary of the death of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama in 1524. Images here
25thDecember
2024 75th anniversary of the birth of American actress Sissy Spacek in 1949. Images here
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