An annual commemoration, in the form of a military parade, was held each year on Easter Sunday, culminating in a huge national celebration on the 50th anniversary in 1966. began to write of it in terms of a " blood sacrifice ".

The Festival of Flanders had its 50th celebration in 2008.

Nonetheless, that year he attended a celebration of the 50th anniversary of his first world championship at the Phillip Island Classic festival of motorsport, and in 2010 flew to Bahrain with most of the other surviving Formula One world drivers ' champions for a celebration of 60 years of the Formula One world championship.

In 2012, in celebration of the franchise's 50th anniversary, Topps has partnered with a variety of companies on a merchandising campaign to include comic books ( via IDW Publishing ), bobble heads and vinyl dolls ( Funko ), action figures and plush ( Mezco Toyz ), costumes ( Incogneato ), statues and busts ( Quarantine Studio ), electronics skins ( Gelaskins ) and a hardcover commemorative book ( Abrams Books ).

* Golden Jubilee, a celebration of a 50th anniversary

For its first four decades in the National Museum of Natural History, the Hope Diamond lay in its necklace inside a glass-fronted safe as part of the gems and jewelry gallery, except for a few brief excursions: a 1962 exhibition to the Louvre ; the 1965 Rand Easter Show in Johannesburg, South Africa ; and two visits back to Harry Winston's premises in New York City, once in 1984, and once for a 50th anniversary celebration in 1996.

In 2008, the SMU School of Engineering, with the DeGolyer Library and the Library of Congress, hosted a yearlong celebration of the 50th anniversary of the birth of the digital age with Jack Kilby ’ s Nobel Prize-winning invention of the integrated circuit.

Crisis was originally conceived to be a celebration of DC's 50th anniversary ; however, Marv Wolfman and Len Wein saw it as a chance to clean up DC's rather convoluted continuity ( which was thought to have put many new readers off buying DC titles ) that had built up over time.

In April 2008, the University hosted a 3-day long celebration for the 50th anniversary of the program.

Ron Moody, the original Fagin, joined the cast at the end of the performance on June 14, 2010, in celebration of the show's 50th Anniversary.

Pikes Peak Council served as host to the 1960 National Scout Jamboree, held north of Colorado Springs adjacent to the United States Air Force Academy, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America.

On July 24, 2010, in celebration of Ron Reyes's 50th birthday, Greg Ginn and Reyes played a set of three Black Flag songs together in addition to his own set with the Ron Reyes Band.

A September 1998 50th anniversary celebration attracted approximately 2800 participants.

" The episode was listed as the ninth best episode in the history of the series by Time Magazine in celebration of the series ' 50th anniversary.

In celebration of Mettawa's 50th anniversary in 2010, MOLA distributed complimentary wildflower seed packets to all Village residents, and many residents in neighboring areas, and suggested that recipients plant the seeds along roadsides to help beautify the area.

The community holds an annual " Mayberry Days " celebration during the last weekend of September ; 30, 000 attended in 2009, and 50, 000 were expected for the show's 50th anniversary in 2010.

In June 2008, Billy played a two-night show with Jello Biafra ( vocals ), Ralph Spight ( guitar ) and Jon Weiss ( drums ) in celebration of Biafra's 50th birthday, and has since recorded an album, The Audacity of Hype, with them.

This was a two-night concert at Carnegie Hall produced by Roger Daltrey of The Who in celebration of his 50th birthday.

The following year, in early February 1994, Al returned to the Bottom Line for his 50th birthday celebration in which he played with members of his new band plus the Blues Project & BS & T.

In August 2007, Laurie appeared on BBC Four's documentary Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out, filmed in celebration of Fry ’ s 50th birthday.

His last performance was at the 50th anniversary celebration of the original Massey Hall concert, in Toronto, where he performed solo on the hi-hat.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Camp Fire Girls, in connection with their Golden Jubilee Convention celebration, a stamp designed by H. Edward Oliver was issued featuring the Camp Fire Girls insignia.

The pair played numerous times at the 50 Winters Later celebration, in February, 2009, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper.

Granada Television was referred to as Granada Manchester, as most productions were made in Manchester and in 2005 Granada and Manchester City Council held a celebration recognising Granada's 50th anniversary cementing this perception further.

She has rarely been photographed with him and, except for Carl's seventy-fifth anniversary celebration in Chicago in 1953, she has not attended the dozens of banquets, functions, public appearances, and dinners honoring him -- all of this upon her insistence.

Her work in choreographing the landmark 1986 production of Lully's 1676 tragedie-lyrique Atys was part of the national celebration of the 300th anniversary of Lully's death.

A notable upsurge in the protests occurred in 1978, when following a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the student uprising in 1968, students marched and rallied in protest of university investments in South Africa.

For the Kigensetsu celebration of 1940, according to the calculation the 2, 600th anniversary of Emperor Jimmu, the government constructed on the legendary site of Emperor Jimmu's palace, near Miyazaki, the Hakkō Tower.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO included the 400th anniversary of Ottoman traveler and scholar Evliya Celebi's birth to its timetable for celebration of anniversaries.

On 1 January 2011, a night dedicated to the show was screened by Channel 4 from 9pm to 11pm in celebration of its 15th anniversary year.

Produced as part of Toho's 30th anniversary celebration, this film remains the most commercially successful of all the Godzilla films to date.

In celebration of their 10th wedding anniversary, the couple renewed their wedding vows on June 4, 2011.

At the proposal of the Permanent Delegations of Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey, and as approved by its Executive Board and General Conference in conformity with its mission of “ constructing in the minds of men the defences of peace ”, UNESCO was associated with the celebration, in 2007, of the eight hundredth anniversary of Rumi's birth.

With the Turkey | Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk at the celebration ceremony for the tenth anniversary of the Turkish Republic.

The Germans were insulted by the anniversary celebration and held a similar anniversary celebration the next year.

* 1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools, as part of a celebration marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage.

* In December 2011, in celebration of the company's 100th anniversary, a new logo was animated by Devastudios, Inc.

He gave the keynote address at the 1932 German national celebration of the 100th anniversary of the death of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

In 1913, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the independence of the Netherlands, Philips founded Philips Sport Vereniging ( Philips Sports Club, now commonly known as PSV ).

The date assigned for the liturgical celebration of Blessed John XXIII is not 3 June, the anniversary of his death, as would be usual, but 11 October, the anniversary of his opening of the Second Vatican Council.

A birthday party is a celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the person who is being honored.