| Jan 1Thu | 100th anniversary: Ireland's first broadcaster, 2RN, began broadcastingHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 9 mo ago |
| 250th anniversary: American Revolutionary War: The town of Norfolk, Virginia, was burned and...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 9 mo ago |
| 300th anniversary: J. S. Bach led the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 16, his...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 9 mo ago |
| 225th anniversary: Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres, naming it...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 9 mo ago |
| Jan 2Fri | 50th anniversary: An extratropical cyclone began affecting parts of western Europe, resulting in...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 9 mo ago |
| Jan 4Sun | 75th anniversary: Korean War: Chinese and North Korean troops captured Seoul from United Nations...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 9 mo ago |
| Jan 5Mon | 50th anniversary: The Troubles: In response to the killings of six Catholics the previous night,...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 9 mo ago |
| Jan 10Sat | 1050th anniversary: After the death of his guardian John I Tzimiskes, Basil II became the effective...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| 125th anniversary: The first great gusher of the Texas oil boom was discovered in the Spindletop...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| Jan 13Tue | 25th anniversary: The first of two large earthquakes in the span of a month struck El SalvadorHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| Jan 14Wed | 725th anniversary: King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynastyHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| Jan 15Thu | 25th anniversary: The first edit to the internet encyclopedia Wikipedia was madeHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| 75th anniversary: Ilse Koch, wife of Karl-Otto Koch, the Nazi commander of the Buchenwald and...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| Jan 18Sun | 75th anniversary: Construction of the United Nations Military Cemetery (pictured) began in Busan,...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| Jan 20Tue | 300th anniversary: J. S. Bach led the first performance of his cantata Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| Jan 21Wed | 50th anniversary: Concorde, an Anglo-French supersonic airliner, began scheduled commercial...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| 700th anniversary: King Edward II of England issued a royal charter confirming Adam de Brome's...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| 75th anniversary: Mount Lamington, a volcano in Papua New Guinea, erupted (pictured) and killed...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| Jan 23Fri | 25th anniversary: Five people attempted to set themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square, Beijing,...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| Jan 26Mon | 100th anniversary: Oliver Hutchinson (pictured) appeared on television in inventor John Logie...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| 25th anniversary: An earthquake in the Indian state of Gujarat killed at least 20,000 people,...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| Jan 27Tue | 300th anniversary: J. S. Bach led the first performance of Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72,...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| Feb 1Sun | 25th anniversary: The Timor-Leste Defence Force was established from the erstwhile...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| Feb 4Wed | 225th anniversary: John Marshall, whose court opinions helped lay the basis for U.S....History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| Feb 6Fri | 50th anniversary: Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admitted that the company had paid...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| 75th anniversary: A train derailed while crossing a temporary wooden trestle in Woodbridge, New...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 8 mo ago |
| Feb 9Mon | 50th anniversary: The Australian Defence Force (ensign pictured) was formed by the integration of...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| 25th anniversary: The American submarine USS Greeneville collided with the Ehime Maru, a Japanese...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| Feb 11Wed | 50th anniversary: The Frente de Liberación Homosexual made their final public appearance, shortly...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| 175th anniversary: As part of celebrations marking the separation of Victoria from New South...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| 200th anniversary: London University, later University College London (pictured), was founded as...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| 25th anniversary: The computer worm Anna KournikovaHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| Feb 12Thu | 25th anniversary: The NASA space probe NEAR Shoemaker touched down on Eros, becoming the first...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| Feb 15Sun | 50th anniversary: The first constitution since the Cuban Revolution, providing for a system of...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| Feb 18Wed | 25th anniversary: American FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested for having spied for the KGB and...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| 25th anniversary: Inter-ethnic violence between the Dayak and the Madurese broke out in Sampit,...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| Feb 24Tue | 200th anniversary: The Treaty of Yandabo was signed, ending the First Anglo-Burmese War, the...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| Feb 25Wed | 75th anniversary: After being postponed due to World War II, the inaugural edition of the Pan...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| Feb 27Fri | 250th anniversary: American Revolutionary War: A Patriot victory at the Battle of Moore's Creek...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| Feb 28Sat | 25th anniversary: A high-speed train crash occurred near Selby in North Yorkshire, EnglandHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| Mar 2Mon | 250th anniversary: American Revolutionary War: Patriot militiamen from Georgia and South Carolina...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| 125th anniversary: U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar corporation and once the world's largest...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| Mar 3Tue | 250th anniversary: American Revolutionary War: Samuel Nicholas and the Continental Marines...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| Mar 4Wed | 250th anniversary: American Revolutionary War: Using artillery transported from Ticonderoga, the...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| Mar 8Sun | 450th anniversary: A Spanish colonial officer wrote a letter to King Philip II containing the...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| Mar 9Mon | 250th anniversary: Scottish philosopher Adam Smith published his book The Wealth of Nations, the...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 7 mo ago |
| Mar 11Wed | 175th anniversary: The first performance of Verdi's Rigoletto took place at La Fenice in Venice...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Mar 15Sun | 75th anniversary: The Iranian oil industry was nationalized in a movement led by Mohammad MosaddeghHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Mar 16Mon | 25th anniversary: A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China, killed 108 peopleHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Mar 17Tue | 250th anniversary: American Revolutionary War: The 11‑month Siege of Boston ended with the...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Mar 18Wed | 125th anniversary: The construction of the House with Chimaeras (pictured) commenced in KyivHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Mar 20Fri | 100th anniversary: Chiang Kai-shek initiated a purge of communist elements within the National...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Mar 23Mon | 25th anniversary: The Russian space agency deorbited the space station Mir, causing it to reenter...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Mar 25Wed | 250th anniversary: American Revolutionary War: American Patriot forces in Georgia conducted a raid...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Mar 26Thu | 375th anniversary: The Spanish ship San José ran aground onto coasts controlled by the indigenous...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Mar 27Fri | 50th anniversary: The Washington Metro (rolling stock pictured), the second-busiest rapid transit...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Mar 29Sun | 75th anniversary: The King and I, a musical about Mongkut of Siam by Rodgers and Hammerstein,...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Mar 31Tue | 125th anniversary: A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Black Sea, the most powerful ever...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Apr 1Wed | 50th anniversary: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer, Inc. (first logo pictured)History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| 25th anniversary: An American Lockheed EP-3 and a Chinese Shenyang J-8 collided in mid-air off...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| 25th anniversary: Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands was legalizedHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Apr 6Mon | 100th anniversary: Varney Air Lines made its first commercial flight (flight covers pictured),...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| 250th anniversary: American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy unsuccessfully...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Apr 7Tue | 100th anniversary: Italian dictator Benito Mussolini survived an assassination attempt by...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| 25th anniversary: NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey (artist's conception pictured), the longest-surviving...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Apr 8Wed | 1150th anniversary: Abbasid forces decisively defeated the Saffarid emir Ya'qub ibn Laith, forcing...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Apr 9Thu | 50th anniversary: The first EMD F40PH, Amtrak's most widespread diesel locomotive for many years,...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 6 mo ago |
| Apr 11Sat | 25th anniversary: In a FIFA World Cup qualifying match, Australia defeated American Samoa 31–0,...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| 75th anniversary: The Stone of Scone, removed months earlier by Scottish students, was found on...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| 75th anniversary: U.S. president Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army Douglas MacArthur...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| Apr 12Sun | 250th anniversary: American Revolution: The North Carolina Provincial Congress passed the Halifax...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| Apr 13Mon | 50th anniversary: Forty people died in an explosion at an ammunition factory in Lapua, FinlandHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| Apr 16Thu | 25th anniversary: India and Bangladesh began a six-day conflict over their disputed borderHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| Apr 17Fri | 75th anniversary: The Peak District was designated the first national park in the United KingdomHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| Apr 21Tue | 500th anniversary: Ibrahim Khan Lodi, the last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, was defeated and killed...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| Apr 22Wed | 75th anniversary: Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army attacked positions occupied...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| Apr 23Thu | 50th anniversary: The American band the Ramones released their debut albumHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| 75th anniversary: American journalist William N. Oatis was arrested for espionage by the...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| Apr 29Wed | 200th anniversary: In Parramatta, Australia, Scottish astronomer James Dunlop discovered Centaurus...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| May 1Fri | 450th anniversary: Stephen Báthory and Anna Jagiellon were crowned as the elected rulers of the...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| May 4Mon | 250th anniversary: American Revolution: The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| 400th anniversary: Having been appointed the director-general of New Netherland, Peter Minuit...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| May 6Wed | 50th anniversary: An earthquake struck Northern ItalyHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| 225th anniversary: French Revolutionary Wars: The 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo was captured by...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| May 7Thu | 1675th anniversary: Jews in the Roman province of Syria Palaestina rebelled against the rule of...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| May 8Fri | 50th anniversary: Great American Revolution opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain, CaliforniaHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| May 9Sat | 25th anniversary: Police at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, fired tear gas to quell...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| May 10Sun | 225th anniversary: First Barbary War: The Barbary corsairs of Tripoli declared war on the United...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 5 mo ago |
| May 12Tue | 100th anniversary: The crew of the airship Norge (pictured), led by Roald Amundsen, became the...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago |
| May 14Thu | 75th anniversary: Trains ran on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since its...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago |
| May 15Fri | 25th anniversary: A runaway train loaded with hazardous chemicals traveled driverless for 66...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago |
| May 16Sat | 600th anniversary: Mohnyin Thado captured Sagaing to become the king of Ava, in present-day MyanmarHistory · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago |
| May 18Mon | 100th anniversary: Pentecostal evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson (pictured) was reportedly...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago |
| May 19Tue | 250th anniversary: American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison west of Montreal...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago |
| May 21Thu | 175th anniversary: The Congress of Colombia passed a law abolishing slavery in the country, to...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago |
| May 22Fri | 200th anniversary: HMS Beagle (pictured) departed on her first voyage from Plymouth for a...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago |
| May 24Sun | 50th anniversary: In a wine competition in Paris (wine bottle pictured), French judges shocked...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago |
| May 27Wed | 25th anniversary: Twenty tourists were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in Palawan, Philippines,...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago |
| May 28Thu | 125th anniversary: Mozaffar ad-Din, Shah of Persia, granted exclusive rights to prospect for oil...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago |
| May 29Fri | 850th anniversary: Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: Troops of the Lombard League defeated...History · Anniversaries | annual | Wikipedia | 4 mo ago |
