centenary
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Spence also recorded a version of Nessun Dorma, filmed on the steps of the Royal Albert Hall, to mark the aria's centenary.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
US-indicted Cuban leader Raul Castro received a standing ovation as he appeared in public for the first time in months Thursday, attending an event in Havana to mark the centenary of his brother Fidel's birth.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Ahmedabad in the west of India is set to host the centenary Commonwealth Games in 2030.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
He resurfaced, conspicuously, at the Communist Party’s centenary celebration in Tiananmen Square the following summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
A recent centenary conference and festival devoted to him in modern Hungary simply described him, correctly, as 'European'.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
The festival was bookended by two comedies celebrating their centenaries: Charlie Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush” and Buster Keaton’s “Go West.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
"This event is very much in keeping with the reconciliation efforts of successive Irish presidents and the Queen over recent years and the inclusive approach to marking the decade of centenaries," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2021
It celebrates the centenaries of two laws that enfranchised some British women and gave those over 21 the right to stand for Parliament.
From Economist ● Apr. 19, 2018
The Ruders, a joint commission by the Britten-Pears Foundation and the Royal Philharmonic Society in honour of their various centenaries and bicentenaries, was delightful from beginning to end.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 11, 2013
It is a singular coincidence, perhaps, that during one and the same summer we should be celebrating centenaries of Samuel Pepys and George Borrow.
From George Borrow Times Literary Supplement, 10th July 1903 by Thomas Seccombe
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