Anniversaries

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 78. Chapters: Birthdays, Charles Darwin bicentenary, Golden Jubilees, Regional centennial anniversaries, Trafalgar 200, Victory days, Birthday problem, Horoscope, Happy Birthday to You, Armistice Day, Silver Jubilee, Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II, 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, Victory over Japan Day, Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday, Arthur's Day, Victoria Day, List of birthday songs, List of ships present at International Fleet Review, 2005, Natal chart, Queen's Official Birthday, Quinceañera, Alan West, Baron West of Spithead, List of birthday flowers, WAY '79, Wedding anniversary, Sweet sixteen, Millennial Anniversary of Hanoi, Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life, The Genius of Charles Darwin, Victory in Europe Day, Kargil vijay diwas, Gotcha Day, BBC Darwin Season, Birthday cake, Birth of Bahá'u'lláh, List of ships present at International Festival of the Sea, 2005, Gens du pays, Happy Birthday, Mr. President, Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, Bickleigh, Mid Devon, Sesqui 1990, Trafalgar Day, Diamond Jubilee, Amphidromia, Quran 1400 Anniversary, Las Mañanitas, New Trafalgar Dispatch, The Great Plant Hunt, Date of establishment, Gandhi Jayanti, Decimal Birthday, Half-birthday, Accession Day, Auckland Anniversary Day, Constitutional Pilsener, Coronation Day, Astro-twin, Platinum Jubilee, Yaum e gham, Waterloo Day. Excerpt: The Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II was the international celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the thrones of seven countries, upon the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952, and was intended by the Queen to be both a commemoration of her 50 years as monarch and an opportunity for her to officially and personally thank her people for their loyalty. Despite the deaths of Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother in February and March 2002, and predictions in the media that the anniversary would be a non-event, the jubilee was marked with large-scale and popular events throughout London in June of the same year, bookended by events throughout the other Commonwealth realms. Elizabeth attended all of the official celebrations as scheduled, along with her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; over twelve months, the royal couple journeyed more than 64,000 kilometres (40,000 mi) to the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, then around the United Kingdom, and wrapped up the jubilee year in Canada. Numerous landmarks, parks, buildings, and the like, were also named in honour of the golden jubilee and commemorative medals, stamps, and other symbols were issued. A trinket pot, sold as memorabilia merchandise for the Golden JubileeElizabeth's first official engagements related to the Golden Jubilee took place in Jamaica; for the country, the Queen had acceded in 1952 as monarch of the United Kingdom and became distinctly Queen of Jamaica 10 years later; her tour of the island therefore coincided with the country's 40th anniversary of independence. She arrived for the celebrations on 18 February 2002, nine days following the death of her sister, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon; the Queen established a short period of private, though not state, mourning. Elizabeth was first welcomed in Montego Bay, after which she travelled to Kingston and stayed at her Jamaican Prime Minister's residence, Jamaica House.