The first anniversary of the Beslan tragedy, 2005. Photo by Natasha Mozgovaya

Its first powered flight, flight 11P, was made on December 17, 2003, the 100th anniversary of the first powered flight.

2009 is the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first use of the telescope, Darwin's 200th birthday, the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, the 50th anniversary of SETI as a science, the 25th anniversary of the incorporation of the SETI Institute as a non profit, and of course, the 25th anniversary of TED.

Tunisians remembered the 10th anniversary of the death of their country's first president Habib Bourguiba.

Today, March 15, 2012, marks the first anniversary since the start of the Syrian uprising.

Mumbai marked first anniversary of 26 11 attacks (Nov 26, 2009) by Vinit Gupta Demotix.

November 7 The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution.

As we approach the first anniversary of the tsunami disaster, the country's situation has not improved.

WASHINGTON, DC June 12 marks the first anniversary of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s disputed re election as Iran s president.

Yesterday, Russia celebrated the anniversary of the first time a human being went into outer space, Yuri Gagarin.

On 15 March, 2012, the Syrian revolution marked its first anniversary with increasing determination that marked its beginning.

In 2009, the year of Audis 100th anniversary, the company organises the Audi Cup for the first time.

Hundreds of activists in Sao Paulo rallied to show their solidarity with the Syrian struggle on its first anniversary.

On the first anniversary of the operation, in 1988, the Islamic Jihad called for a general strike against Israel.

It is the sixtieth anniversary of the first, and hopefully only, uses of nuclear weapons, at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

It was noted that 14 March 2006 would mark the fiftieth anniversary of the first session of the Committee.

Only a few days ago, on 11 November, we commemorated the first anniversary of the passing of Yasser Arafat.

A global screening of the film was organized around the planet commemorating the first anniversary of the end of the assault.

The United States launched the first reusable spacecraft, the Space Shuttle, on the 20th anniversary of Gagarin's flight, April 12, 1981.

This was clearly demonstrated on February 14, when roughly a million people assembled to commemorate the first anniversary of Rafik Hariri s assassination.

Egyptians are marking the first anniversary of Mohamed Morsi's presidency with huge rallies across Egypt today , calling for him to leave office.

To date, under the PSI, Poland has organized an information exchange meeting for all Central and East European countries, a ground exercise in Wroclaw, and the Anniversary Meeting in Krakow for more than sixty countries to mark the Initiative's first anniversary.

Towards the twentieth anniversary

I suppose it was the 50th anniversary of the so called kitchen debate which he held with Richard Nixon that first triggered my memories.

Celebrations are continuing in Libya, which marks the first anniversary of a revolution that ousted Muammar Gaddafi, who ruled the country for 42 years.

This month marks the first anniversary of the siege of the old city of Homs, often described as the capital of the Syrian Revolution.

On the day after the first anniversary of Brown's death, Victoria was informed by telegram that her youngest son, Leopold, had died in Cannes.

Following the return of the United Front to power, the anniversary on 21 February 1956 was observed for the first time in a peaceful atmosphere.

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This year, the 400th anniversary of Galileo s first use of a telescope, has been declared the International Year of Astronomy, so this seems a good time to ponder Kant s first source of awe and reverence.

Noting that 2008 marks the twentieth anniversary of the First International Conference of New or Restored Democracies, held in Manila from 3 to 6 June 1988,

SIRTE, LIBYA Although Libyans are now celebrating the first anniversary of the revolution that toppled Muammar el Qaddafi, they are increasingly frustrated with their new leaders.

Today marks the seventh death anniversary of Zouhair Yahyaoui, the first Tunisian cyber activist, to be detained during the regime of Zeine El Abidin Ben Ali.

Twenty fifth anniversary of the Committee

To mark the first anniversary of the end of the war, the film, released under a Creative Commons licence, was shown at special screenings around the world.

On October 26, the anniversary of our first ever blog post, we recounted the story of the event that gave birth to the idea of Global Voices.

About 40 young people from all four corners of the world came together in a cafe in Dubai and remembered the first anniversary of the death of Iranian Omid Reza Mirsayafi, the first blogger to die in prison.

The televised appearance coincided with the anniversary of the 2008 coup d'état, which led to the overthrow of Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Mauritania's first civil and elected President.

On 30 October they were switched on for the first time for a match against Everton to commemorate the 75 year anniversary of the Liverpool County Football Association.

Mr. Hasler (Liechtenstein) The sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations coincides with the fifteenth anniversary of our membership in the Organization.

This month marks the 90th anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917 and the 25th anniversary of the death of Leonid Brezhnev.

This year, the sixtieth anniversary of the Second World War, is also the sixtieth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations.

BERKELEY August 2 marked the first anniversary of the European Central Bank s outright monetary transactions program, under which it stands ready to purchase government bonds on the secondary market.

Friends of my generation invariably comment when I mention that I was born on August 18 Hey, that was the anniversary of Chairman Mao first receiving the Red Guards.

Netizens around the world today commemorate the first anniversary of the Arab revolution, sparked by the self immolation of fruit and vegetable vendor Mohammed Bouazizi in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia.