The Temple is finished in the month of Adar in the sixth year of Darius, and the Israelites assemble to celebrate its completion.

On July 12, 2012, for one night only, Brooks performed in front of a sold out audience at Scotiabank Saddledome to help the Calgary Stampede celebrate its centennial anniversary.

To celebrate its good fortune, Geelong buried a toy bomber in the Kardinia Park turf.

His suicide, according to a poll organized to celebrate fifty years of Dutch popular music, was the most significant event in its history.

As its name suggests, the day was used to celebrate the British Empire, complete with flag-raising ceremonies and the singing of patriotic songs.

Lully's motets also continued the Renaissance tradition of semi-secular Latin motets in works such as Plaude Laetare Gallia, written to celebrate the baptism of King Louis XIV's son ; its text by Pierre Perrin begins:

The tower remained until c. 1936, when it was removed to allow for excavations for the new S-Bahn line ( on 26 September 1997, a replica of the tower was erected, just for show, close to its original location by Siemens, to celebrate the company's 150th anniversary.

In part, Orthodox Christians continue to celebrate Saturday as Sabbath because of its role in the history of salvation: it was on a Saturday that Jesus " rested " in the tomb after his work on the cross.

To celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2003 in Japan, Sega re-released some of the Pico games.

* The Elephant Will Never Forget, an 11-minute film made in 1953 by British Transport Films to celebrate the London tram network at the time of the last few days of its operation.

The Heroes of Waterloo was so named because, on its opening day, in 1815, soldiers who had just disembarked at Portsmouth, returning from the Battle of Waterloo, decided to stop there and celebrate their victory.

Sestertius minted in 247 by Philip the Arab to celebrate Dacia province and its legions, Legio V Macedonica | V Macedonica and Legio XIII Gemina | XIII Gemina.

Gary Numan toured Australia in May 2011 performing his seminal album The Pleasure Principle in its entirety to celebrate its thirtieth anniversary.

The idea of hosting the 1967 World Exhibition dates back to 1956, but it was in 1958 that Conservative Senator Mark Drouin suggested during his speech at the Brussels Exhibition that Canada should host a World Exhibition to celebrate its centennial.

In September 2005, several hundred surfers gathered in Newnham on Severn to celebrate 50 years since the first recorded attempt at surfing the Severn bore and to view the première of Longwave by Donny Wright, a historical film documenting the evolution of the sport since its inception in 1955.

In 1987, to celebrate Daffy's 50th anniversary, Warner Bros. released " The Duxorcist " as its first theatrical Looney Tunes short in two decades.

Polevoy's view appeared to gain wide support among the Russian geographer community ; petitioned by the Amur Branch of the Russian Geographical Society, the Russian Government renamed the village of Odzhal to Achan in 1977, to celebrate its connection with Khabarov's raid.

The city is host to several events to celebrate its long maritime history.

In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's 50th anniversary, the German Football Association selected him as its Golden Player of the past 50 years ( from 1954 to 2003 ).

Not in order to be liberated from terror and pity, not in order to purge oneself of a dangerous affect by its vehement discharge — which is how Aristotle understood tragedy — but in order to celebrate oneself the eternal joy of becoming, beyond all terror and pity — that tragic joy included even joy in destruction.

Ceos, where Bacchylides was born and raised, had long had a history of poetical and musical culture, especially in its association with Delos, the focal point of the Cyclades and the principal sanctuary of the Ionian race, where the people of Ceos annually sent choirs to celebrate festivals of Apollo.

" Regarding Jewish traditions, Jews for Jesus says on its website: " As for the accusation that we ' fraudulently use Jewish symbols and Jewish holidays ,' we have a right to use Jewish symbols by virtue of our ancestry, and we have a right to celebrate Passover and other Jewish holidays and interpret them according to the teachings of Scripture.

In Vietnamese language, to celebrate Tết is to ăn Tết, literally meaning " eat Tết ", showing the importance of food in its celebration.

In 2004, Valderrama was included in the FIFA 100, a list of " greatest living footballers " chosen by Pelé to celebrate the 100th anniversary of FIFA.

El Salvador is one of the ROC's strongest supporters in the UN and the National Legislative Assembly's President Silfrido Reyes visited Taiwan recently to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Republic of China.

Firstly, to reflect the hope and belief that he would live to celebrate his 100th birthday in 2030 ; secondly, and more importantly, to break free of the widespread practice of naming conventions that he saw as rooted in a collectivist mentality, and existing only as a relic of humankind's tribalistic past.

In November 2010, Polgár won the four-player rapid tournament which was held to celebrate the National University of Mexico's 100th anniversary.

The 100th anniversary of the roundel was celebrated by TfL commissioning 100 artists to produce works that celebrate the design.

* November 2 – North Dakota and South Dakota celebrate their 100th Birthdays.

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the stadium ( and the 100th anniversary of Derby's team ) the Belgian state released a commemorative coin: the 10 euro 75 years of Heysel Stadium commemorative coin.

In 1988, to celebrate what would have been Akhmatova's 100th birthday, the University of Harvard held an international conference on her life and work.

In 2013, the Lincoln Highway Association will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Highway by conducting an Official Lincoln Highway Centennial Tour of the road in June 2013.

On 31 May 2012, All Saints ' Church, Boughton Aluph held a concert to celebrate Deller's 100th birthday.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, he has expressed support to bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics.

The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, the first official World's Fair in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.

John Wayne and Tiny Tim help celebrate the 100th episode in 1971

In 2009, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway began a three-year long " Centennial Era " to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of the track ( 1909 ), and the 100th anniversary of the first Indy 500 ( 1911 ).

Throughout 2007, various special events were organised by Brooklands Museum in order to celebrate its 100th birthday.

* Birthday Cake Oreos were a limited-edition release in February-July 2012 to celebrate Oreo's 100th birthday, made up of two chocolate Oreo cookies with a birthday-cake flavored filling and sprinkles inside.

The 2011 Tour climbed the Col du Galibier twice to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first appearance of the pass in the Tour de France, including the first ever summit finish, won by Andy Schleck after a 60 km solo breakaway.

The name is thus a rare example of a triple entendre: one hundred miles ( i. e., century ) in one hundred degree Fahrenheit weather ( the race is held in August, usually the hottest month of the year in Wichita Falls ), initially conducted to celebrate the city's 100th anniversary.

The third ferry, Spirit of America, was to be put into service on October 25, 2005, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the municipal takeover of the Staten Island Ferry from the B & O railroad.

Pskovians sometimes take this year as the city's foundation date, and in 2003 a great jubilee took place to celebrate Pskov's 1, 100th anniversary.

In Korea, he partnered with Korean soccer star Hong Myung-bo to encourage Koreans to come to Los Angeles to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the arrival of Koreans in Los Angeles.

Stating she had brought " The Rocket " into the rocket to celebrate The Habs 100th year anniversary.

Biggar will celebrate its 100th anniversary as a town in 2011.