On 8 November 1986 the Blue Angels completed their 40th anniversary year during ceremonies unveiling their present aircraft, the McDonnell Douglas F / A-18 Hornet, the first multi-role fighter / attack aircraft.

On December 9, 2008, Engelbart was honored at the 40th Anniversary celebration of the 1968 " Mother of All Demos ".

On the 40th anniversary of the July 1969 moon landing — and Bowie's accompanying commercial breakthrough with " Space Oddity "— EMI released the individual tracks from the original eight-track studio recording of the song, in a 2009 contest inviting members of the public to create a remix.

On February 5, 1894, his 40th birthday, he presented his " Marvellous Cinematograph " to a group of around twenty show business men in New York City.

On 12 May 2008, Benedict XVI accepted an invitation to talk to participants in the International Congress organized by the Pontifical Lateran University on the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae.

On January 15, 2011 Kid Rock celebrated his 40th birthday with a performance at Ford Field in Detroit.

On March 31, 2009, Yoko Ono went to the inauguration of the exhibition: " Imagine: The Peace Ballad of John & Yoko " to mark the 40th anniversary of Lennon-Ono bed-in at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada from May 26 to June 2, 1969.

On 14 March 2011, which marked the band's 40th anniversary, Queen's first five albums were re-released in the UK and some other territories as remastered deluxe editions ( the US versions were released on 17 May ).

On 25 July 2010, Emerson, Lake and Palmer played a one-off 40th anniversary concert, headlining the High Voltage Festival event in Victoria Park, London.

On 25 July 2010, a one-off Emerson, Lake & Palmer reunion concert closed the High Voltage Festival as the main act in Victoria Park, East London to commemorate the band's 40th anniversary.

On 2 October 1991 ( Sting's 40th birthday ), Summers joined Sting on stage at the Hollywood Bowl during The Soul Cages Tour to perform " Roxanne " and " Every Breath You Take ".

On the day of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the GDR, 7 October 1989, the old Social Democratic Party was ( illegally ) refounded.

On June 4, 1979, the day before his 40th birthday, Clark was sworn in as Canada's youngest prime minister, after defeating the Liberal Party in the May 1979 general election.

On November 12, 2009, Oscar appeared on CNN to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street.

On the 40th anniversary of its release, the Vatican newspaper, L ' Osservatore Romano, published a lengthy article which declared that " Forty years later, this album remains a type of magical musical anthology: 30 songs you can go through and listen to at will, certain of finding some pearls that even today remain unparalleled.

On June 4 2012 a " 40th Anniversary Edition " was released by EMI / Virgin.

On 25 April 2010, he performed on the National Mall in Washington, D. C. during the 40th anniversary celebration of Earth Day.

On September 27, 2011, The Exorcist was re-released as a 40th Anniversary Edition in paperback, hardcover and audiobook editions with differing cover artwork.

On December 13, 1799, the Kentucky General Assembly passed legislation to form Floyd County as the 40th county of Kentucky.

On November 21, 2006, the home video arm of CBS released a DVD collecting all 22 episodes of the Filmation-produced Star Trek, to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Trek franchise ( with distribution by Paramount Home Entertainment ).

On June 14, 1991, the 40th Air Division inactivated, returning host responsibilities back to the 341st SMW with the 301st ARW remaining as a tenant unit.

On 10 July 2008, the Duke of Kent visited the railway following the 40th anniversary of its reopening.

On 7 February 1998, United played Bolton Wanderers at Old Trafford in the Premier League a day after the 40th anniversary of the disaster.

On the island of Manhattan as it was when Europeans first saw it, the Great Kill ( Dutch: Grote Kil, Middle Dutch: Groote Kille ), which formed from three small streams that united near 10th Avenue and 40th street, wound through the low-lying Reed Valley renowned for fish and waterfowl to empty into the Hudson River at a deep bay on the river at the present 42nd Street.

On September 7, 1994 ( Holly's 58th birthday ), Weezer released their single, " Buddy Holly ".

On September 7, 2011 ( what would have been Holly's 75th birthday ), he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame posthumously.

On January 17, 2008, Selig's contract was extended through 2012, after which he planned to retire, but then decided to stay as commissioner until the end of the 2014 season, a move approved by the owners on January 12, 2012, which would take his leadership past his 80th birthday.

On his birthday, 16 April, City Lights was screened at a gala at the Dominion Theatre in London, the site of its British premiere in 1931.

On 15 April 2011, a day before his 122nd birthday anniversary, Google celebrated him with a special Google Doodle video on its global and other country-wide homepages.

On the evening of 27 October 1953, Thomas attended his 39th birthday party but felt unwell and returned to his hotel after an hour.

On his 100th birthday, he was interviewed by Scientific American magazine.

On April 5, 1999, Yale University recognized the 350th anniversary of his birthday.

On 27 April 1977, shortly before his 77th birthday, Mountbatten became the first member of the Royal Family to appear on the TV guest show This Is Your Life.

On December 15 ( L. L. Zamenhof's birthday ), Esperanto speakers around the world celebrate Zamenhof Day, sometimes relabelled Esperanto Book Day.

On his thirtieth birthday, the chief financial officer of a bank, Josef K., is unexpectedly arrested by two unidentified agents from an unspecified agency for an unspecified crime.

On the eve of K .' s thirty-first birthday, two men arrive at his apartment.

On October 12, 2011, Google paid tribute to Art Clokey ’ s 90th birthday featuring clay balls transforming into characters from Gumby.

On 28 February 2011, MacLeod celebrated his 80th birthday aboard The Golden Princess on Princess Cruises in Los Angeles, California.

On June 19, 2007, Garfield was given the greatest birthday present: “ I ’ M OFF MY DIET !” Occasionally the strip celebrates Halloween as well with scary-themed jokes, such as mask gags.

On 9 May 2012 Google commemorated his 138th birthday with a Google doodle.

On July 29, 1979, ten days after his eighty-first birthday, Marcuse died after having suffered a stroke during a visit to Germany.

On 4 June 1791 at a dinner at the Freemasons ' Tavern to mark the King's birthday, Reynolds drank to the toasts " GOD save the KING!

* On 26 April 2011, Google celebrated his 226th birthday by displaying a special Google Doodle on its global homepage.

On November 6, Stuart received sad news by telegram that his daughter Flora had died just before her fifth birthday of typhoid fever on November 3.

On 11 January 2008, Jay Kay himself posted a news item in which he thanked everyone who wished him the best for his birthday, and announced that the writing process for the new album had just begun.

On 20 April 1945, Ribbentrop attended Hitler's 56th birthday party in Berlin.

On his 20th birthday, 2 April 1946, Brabham was discharged from the RAAF at the rank of Leading Aircraftman ( LAC ).

" On 25 May ( Maclean's thirty-eighth birthday ), Burgess drove Maclean from his home in Tatsfield to Southampton, where the two of them boarded a boat to France and thence to Moscow.