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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 2026. We also have a separate page for Celebrity Anniversaries.
1stJanuary
2023 200th anniversary of the birth of Hungarian poet and revolutionary Sandor Petofi Images here
7thJanuary
2023 80th anniversary of the death of Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American mechanical and electrical engineer and inventor Images here
19thJanuary
2023 80th anniversary of the birth of Janis Joplin, American blues/rock singer who died in 1970 Images here
26thJanuary
2023 200th anniversary of the death of English doctor Edward Jenner, known for the smallpox vaccination Images here
27thJanuary
2023 75th anniversary of the birth of Russian dancer and actor Mikhail Baryshnikov Images here
30thJanuary
2023 75th anniversary of the assassination of Mohandas K. Gandhi (Mahatma Ghandi), Indian political and spiritual leader, assassinated by a Hindu extremist Images here
11thFebruary
2023 75th anniversary of the death of Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein Images here
12thFebruary
2023 100th anniversary of the birth of Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli Images here
16thFebruary
2023 100th anniversary of British archaeologist Howard Carter opening the sealed doorway to Tutankhamen?s tomb in Thebes, Egypt Images here
22ndFebruary
2023 50th anniversary of the US premiere of the anmated film of Charlotte's Web, which went on general US release on March 1st Images here
25thFebruary
2023 300th anniversary of the death of English architect Sir Christopher Wren Images here
26thFebruary
2023 70th anniversary of James Watson and Francis Crick announcing that they have discovered the structure of the DNA Molecule Images here
2ndMarch
2023 90th anniversary of the premiere of the original film of ?King Kong? in New York City, USA. It went on general release on the 7th April. Images here
5thMarch
2023 70th anniversary of the death of Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union (1922?53) Images here
5thMarch
2023 70th anniversary of the death of Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer, pianist and conductor Images here
9thMarch
2023 80th anniversary of the birth of Bobby Fischer, American-born Icelandic chess player who died in 2008 Images here
22ndMarch
2023 60th anniversary of the Beatles releasing their first album ?Please Please Me? Images here
22ndMarch
2023 60th anniversary of the Profumo Affair: the British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, made a statement in the House of Commons in which he denied there was any impropriety in his relationship with Christine Keeler Images here
24thMarch
2023 70th anniversary of the death of Queen Mary of Teck of the United Kingdom, Queen Consort of King George V Images here
26thMarch
2023 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Noel Coward, British playwright, composer, actor and director Images here
28thMarch
2023 80th anniversary of the death of Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer, piano virtuoso and conductor Images here
3rdApril
2023 75th anniversary of US President Harry S. Truman authorising the Marshall Plan for post war European recovery Images here
4thApril
2023 40th anniversary of the death of Gloria Swanson, American stage, film and television actress Images here
8thApril
2023 50th anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist, co-founder of the Cubism movement Images here
18thApril
2023 100th anniversary of Yankee Stadium opening as the home of the New York Yankees baseball team Images here
19thApril
2023 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Poland ? the Jewish resistance?s revolt against Nazi Germany Images here
19thApril
2023 90th anniversary of the birth of Jayne Mansfield, American stage and film actress Images here
24thApril
2023 60th anniversary of the wedding of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy in Westminster Abbey Images here
26thApril
2023 100th anniversary of the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI) to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (The Queen Mother) Images here
4thMay
2023 75th anniversary of the world premiere of the Laurence Olivier's film version of Hamlet in London Images here
16thMay
2023 80th anniversary of the Dambusters Raid. Britain?s RAF launched Operation Chastise, deploying bouncing bombs to bypass anti-torpedo nets and breach dams during World War II Images here
23rdMay
2023 100th anniversary of the creation of the Belgian airline Sabena which ceased operations in 2001 Images here
27thMay
2023 100th anniversary of the birth of German-born American Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Images here
29thMay
2023 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Images here
1stJune
2023 80th anniversary of the death of Leslie Howard, British actor and film director. He was on a civilian flight from Lisbon, Portugal to London when his plane was shot down during WWII Images here
5thJune
2023 25th anniversary of the release of the film The Turman Show. The premiere was on the 1st June in Los Angeles. Images here
6thJune
2023 500th anniversary of Gustav Vasa being elected King Gustav I of Sweden, establishing Sweden's independence from Denmark Images here
6thJune
2023 75th anniversary of the death of Louis Lumiere, French inventor, photographic pioneer and film-maker who made the first ever film Images here
9thJune
2023 150th anniversary of Alexandra Palace burning down, only sixteen days after it opened Images here
12thJune
2023 40th anniversary of the death of Norma Shearer, ?First Lady of the Screen? Canadian-born American film actress. She was offered the lead in ?Gone with the Wind? but turned it down Images here
16thJune
2023 300th anniversary of the birth of Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith Images here
16thJune
2023 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space Images here
18thJune
2023 100th anniversary of the 1923 eruption of Mount Etna in Italy, which made 60,000 homeless Images here
22ndJune
2023 75th anniversary of the ship HMT Empire Windrush arriving at Tilbury Docks near London, bringing Caribbean immigrants to the UK Images here
26thJune
2023 60th anniversary of U.S. President John F. Kennedy visiting West Berlin, West Germany, and making his famous declaration ?Ich bin ein Berliner? (I am a Berliner) Images here
30thJune
2023 50th anniversary of the death of Nancy Mitford, British novelist and biographer Images here
2ndJuly
2023 50th anniversary of the death of Betty Grable, popular American film actress, dancer, singer and WWII pin-up Images here
12thJuly
2023 50th anniversary of the death of American horror actor Lon Chaney Jr. known for playing The Mummy and Frankenstein's Monster Images here
13thJuly
2023 100th anniversary of American explorer Roy Chapman Andrews discovering the first dinosaur eggs in Mongolia Images here
16thJuly
2023 75th anniversary of the release of the film Key Largo starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall Images here
20thJuly
2023 100th anniversary of the assassination of Mexican Revolutionary leader Pancho Villa in Chihuahua Images here
20thJuly
2023 50th anniversary of the death of Bruce Lee, American-born film actor, known for his martial arts movies including Enter the Dragon and Fist of Fury Images here
24thJuly
2023 25th anniversary of the release of the film Saving Private Ryan starring Tom Hanks Images here
28thJuly
2023 90th anniversary of the launch of the Cunard White Star liner RMS Mauretania Images here
2ndAugust
2023 100th anniversary of the death of American President Warren G. Harding who died of a heart attack Images here
3rdAugust
2023 100th anniversary of vice-President Calvin Coolidge being sworn in as President of the United States of America Images here
6thAugust
2023 100th anniversary of the birth of Anglo-South African actress Moira Lister Images here
8thAugust
2023 60th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery, Ledburn, Buckinghamshire, England. ?2.6 million was stolen in one of the UK?s most infamous robberies Images here
11thAugust
2023 50th anniversary of the US release of the film American Graffiti starring Richard Dreyfus and Harrison Ford Images here
16thAugust
2023 75th anniversary of the death of Babe Ruth, America?s most-celebrated baseball player Images here
19thAugust
2023 50th anniversary of the release of the film Enter the Dragon starring Bruce Lee Images here
28thAugust
2023 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr. giving his famous ?I Have a Dream? speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., USA Images here
29thAugust
2023 100th anniversary of the birth of English actor and film director Sir Richard Attenborough Images here
31stAugust
2023 60th anniversary of the death of Georges Braque, French artist and sculptor who developed Cubism with Pablo Picasso Images here
31stAugust
2023 50th anniversary of the death of John Ford, Academy Award-winning American film director (?The Grapes of Wrath?, ?How Green Was My Valley?, ?The Quiet Man?, and many others, particularly Westerns) Images here
1stSeptember
2023 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Eerthquake which hit Tokyo and Yokohama in Japan killing almost 150,000 people Images here
1stSeptember
2023 80th anniversary of the Women?s Army Auxiliary Corps being renamed the Women?s Army Corps, and became a regular part of the U.S. Army Images here
7thSeptember
2023 80th anniversary of the death of John Pierpont Morgan, Jr., American banker, financier and philanthropist, head of J. P. Morgan and Company Images here
15thSeptember
2023 50th anniversary of the death of King Gustaf Adolf VI of Sweden who is succeeded by his grandson Carl Gustaf XVI Images here
29thSeptember
2023 50th anniversary of the death of W. H. Auden, British-born American poet, regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century Images here
4thOctober
2023 100th anniversary of the birth of Charlton Heston, American film actor and political activist, known for his heroic roles and for playing major historical characters Images here
11thOctober
2023 60th anniversary of the death of Jean Cocteau, French poet, novelist, playwright, actor, artist and film director Images here
11thOctober
2023 60th anniversary of the death of Edith Piaf, popular French singer and cultural icon, known for her songs ?Non, je ne regrette rien? and ?La Vie en Rose? Images here
16thOctober
2023 50th anniversary of the release of the film Don't Look Now starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland Images here
16thOctober
2023 100th anniversary of Roy and Walt Disney founding the Walt Disney Company Images here
20thOctober
2023 50th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House in Australia being opened by Queen Elizabeth II Images here
23rdOctober
2023 100th anniversary of the Hamburg Uprising in Germany when Communists attempted a putsch Images here
30thOctober
2023 100th anniversary of the death of British Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law Images here
8thNovember
2023 100th anniversary of the failed Beer Hall Putsch in Munich by Hitler and Nazi Party members. Images here
9thNovember
2023 70th anniversary of the death of Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet, playwright and short story writer, best known for the play ?Under Milk Wood' Images here
11thNovember
2023 400th anniversary of the death of French politician and author Philippe de Mornay Images here
14thNovember
2023 50th anniversary of the wedding of The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, to Captain Mark Phillips (they would divorce in 1992 Images here
22ndNovember
2023 60th anniveresary of the death of Aldous Huxley, British writer and critic, best known for his novel ?Brave New World? Images here
22ndNovember
2023 60th anniversary of the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas Images here
22ndNovember
2023 60th anniversary of the death of author C.S. Lewis, best known for writing the Narnia books Images here
23rdNovember
2023 60th anniversary of the first episode of the science fiction television series ?Doctor Who? being broadcast in the UK. It is the longest-running and most successful science fiction TV series in the world Images here
1stDecember
2023 50th annviersary of the death of David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel Images here
2ndDecember
2023 100th anniversary of the birth of Maria Callas, American-born Greek operatic soprano. (Died 1977) Images here
3rdDecember
2023 25th anniversary of the release of the film Shakespeare in Love starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes Images here
6thDecember
2023 50th anniversary of the release of the British film The Wicker Man starring Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland Images here
16thDecember
2023 50th anniversary of the release of the film Papillon starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman Images here
16thDecember
2023 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party when American colonists protested against British tax policies throwing tea into Boston Harbour Images here
25thDecember
2023 50th anniversary of the release of the film Magnum Force starring Clint Eastwood Images here
25thDecember
2023 50th anniversary of the US release of the film The Sting with Robert Redford and Paul Newman Images here
26thDecember
2023 50th anniversary of the US release of the film The Exorcist. It was released in the UK on 14th March 1974. Images here
27thDecember
2023 100th anniversary of the death of Gustave Eiffel, French civil and structural engineer and architect, best known for designing the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France and the framework for the Statue of Liberty in New York City, USA Images here
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