Example sentences of "anniversary of the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Dec. 14 , the first anniversary of the capture of separatist leader Thomas Wainggai , a large number of demonstrators ( reportedly about 500 , mostly students from Jayapura 's Cenderawasih University ) were arrested after the raising of the " Free Papua " flag . |
| 2 | The last public declaration to his people on 24 February 1945 , the anniversary of the promulgation of the Party Programme , was not given by Hitler himself , but was read out as a Führer Proclamation by his old Munich comrade , Hermann Esser . |
| 3 | As is the case with most tournaments of this kind , there has to be a peg to hang it on , and this one is to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jawaharlal Nehru . |
| 4 | An interesting parallel for this is provided by an exhibition that has just opened in East Berlin , commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Muntzer , the theologian and Protestant reformer , who led the 16th-century Peasants ' Revolt . |
| 5 | THE 101st anniversary of the birth of Ho Chi Minh on May 19th got only a muted celebration in Hanoi . |
| 6 | It was the 450th anniversary of the birth of the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and a double-page spread in El Comercio proclaimed , ‘ Garcilaso , simbolo de la peruanidad . ’ |
| 7 | To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Arthur Sullivan , the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company will present two NEW productions of THE MIKADO and THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD . |
| 8 | 1991 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of King Henry VIII . |
| 9 | This month marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Priestley , chemist , cleric and reformer , whose scientific discoveries and powerful imagination , together with outspoken views on freedom of thought , education and religion , inspired contemporaries and future generations |
| 10 | There is a Waverley Abbey connection here ; the piece was created in response to a commission from the Abbey of Cîteaux in France , the very first of the Cistercian monasteries , in order to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the birth of this remarkable man . |
| 11 | August 29 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nottinghamshire bowler Alfred Shaw , who took over 2000 first-class wickets at 12 apiece , and delivered the first ball in Test cricket , at Melbourne in 1877 . |
| 12 | Travelling Cloudburst , a video celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Martin Niemoller , the German theologian , has been released . |
| 13 | The Galerie Pels-Leusden marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of Käthe Kollwitz with a wide-ranging exhibition of her graphic works , drawings and a selection of sculptures . |
| 14 | Books to celebrate the five hundredth anniversary of the birth of Piero |
| 15 | These two monographs have been published to coincide with the five hundredth anniversary of the birth of Piero della Francesca . |
| 16 | 1992 is the 400th anniversary of the birth of Henry King , Bishop of Chichester ( 1642– 1669 ) . |
| 17 | To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Arthus Sullivan , Royal Mail are issuing , on July 21st , a set of five stamps featuring characters from some of the best-loved Gilbert and Sullivan operettas . |
| 18 | Celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Arthur Sullivan . |
| 19 | The 150th anniversary of the birth of the Reverend Doctor Thomas Bowman Stephenson , founder of the National Children 's Home , the 120th Anniversary of the NCH , and the 80th Birthday of the present Chairman of the NCH , that most beloved personality Viscount Tonypandy , have all been celebrated cleverly in order to raise money for the National Children 's home . |
| 20 | In the year of the 25th Olympiad and the 90th anniversary of the birth of the legendary Olympic Gold Medallist Eric Liddell , athletics coach Margot Wells , whose husband Allan took the Olympic 100m gold in Moscow , looks at life in the fast lane , in 1924,1980 and now . |
| 21 | They 've been issued to celebrate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan . |
| 22 | THIS weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the North 's most celebrated soldiers . |
| 23 | They mark the 300th anniversary of the birth of John Harrison , the first English clockmaker to make an accurate marine chronometer . |
| 24 | The re-opening on March 24 celebrates the 300th anniversary of the birth of John Harrison , the unsung genius who designed and built a series of chronometers 250 years ago . |
| 25 | The award , which will be presented to the singer and entertainer at the Danish Embassy in London , comprises a silver-plated wooden shoe , which is a replica of the one worn by Simple Simon in the adventure story of the same name , a silver plaque with a drawing of the house where the author was born and 188 Danish hundred kroner notes in recognition of the 188th anniversary of the birth of Hans Andersen . |
| 26 | It was the climax of celebrations to mark the anniversary of the siege of Gloucester . |
| 27 | On April 6 the Sejm voted , by 268 votes to one with two abstentions , to restore May 3 ( the anniversary of the proclamation of the 1791 constitution ) as the country 's national day ; and it approved , by 182 votes to 56 , with 39 abstentions , the cancellation of a national holiday on July 22 ( the anniversary of the 1944 Lublin Manifesto marking the establishment of Communist rule ) , despite an appeal by Jaruzelski . |
| 28 | They followed widespread criticism of Keating in the British tabloid press , which accused him of insulting Queen Elizabeth during her 12th state visit earlier in February for the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of Sydney as a city . |
| 29 | An army parade and memorial services were held in Argentina , which still claims the Falklands , to mark the tenth anniversary of the invasion of the islands . |
| 30 | By the anniversary of the invasion of Kuwait , the groundwork had been laid for the introduction of far tighter UN controls over Iraq 's activities in the advanced weapons field . |