OUGD603 - Research Brief - 'Anniversaries' - Initial Research

With the brief requiring an anniversary of an event, person or other, it was clear to begin with to look for unique, interesting and obscure subjects which are celebrating an important year this year, focussing on anniversaries such as 50th, 75th, 100th or so on. Here are the list of events which were found;

1818 - 200th year anniversary

• First ever blood transfussion 
• Settling of borders between Canada and the US
• Publication of Frankenstien, by Mary Shelley ('The Modern Prometheus") (Image Below)
• Birth of Emily Bronte  
• Birth of Russian political revolutionary, Karl Marx (Image right)

1843 - 175th year anniversary

• Worlds first under water tunnel, Thames, London
• Last woman to publicly executed
• First publication of the Economist
• Nelsons Column built, London
• Worlds first 'Christmas card' made
• Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' is published (Right)

1868 - 150th year anniversary

• Last penal transport from Britain to Australia
• Last public hanging in UK
• The Press Association founded, London
• Worlds first traffic lights, Parliament Square, London
• Birth of the designer Charles Rennie Macintosh (Below art)

1918 - 100th year anniversary

• World War 1 ends
• Worlds first purpose-design aircraft carrier produced
• Women get the right to vote UK (Right)
• Formation of the Royal Air Force (R.A.F)
• The 'Spanish Flu' (Influenza) pandemic 
• Stonehenge donated to the nation by Sir Cecil Herbert Edward Chubb 
• Women allowed to be members of parliament

1943 - 75th year anniversary

• The Nuffield foundation (aims to improve social well-being by funding research and innovation projects in education and social policy, and building research capacity in science and social science)
• First operational Jet
• The Dambuster raid (16th/17th May)
• Bevin Boys (48,000+ conscripts sent to work in the coal mines)
• Terry Venables Born, 6th Jan
• Tony Blackburn Born, 25th Jan
• George Harrison Born, 24th Feb (Right)
• Eric Idle Born, 29th March
• Michael Palin Born, 5th May
• Cilla Black Born, 27th May
• Malcolm McDowell Born, 13th June
• Roger Waters Born, 6th Sept
• Mick Jagger Born, 26th July
• Keith Richards Born, 18th Dec

1968 - 50th year anniversary

• The end of Black country coal mining
• UK protest of Vietnam war outside US Embassy
• Original London Bridge sold
• The Kray twins arrested, 8th May
• Manchester United become first English team to win the European Championship
• Dagenham girls strike for equal pay
• First Isle of White Festival 
• Royal Mail introduce 2nd class tier posting 
• The Beatles 'The White Album' released (Right) 
• Damon Albarn Born 23rd March
• Daniel Craig Born 2nd March

Other

1643 - 375th - Birth of Isaac Newton - 4th January

1618 - 400th - Sir Walter Raliegh executed




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