centenary
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England Netball formed in 1926, making 2026 the national body's centenary year.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The 2030 edition will be co-hosted by Spain, Portugal and Morocco, with the three opening matches to be hosted by Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay to celebrate the centenary of the competition.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Monroe’s centenary arrives this month amid a push to re-establish her as a serious actress and a multidimensional person.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
A trio of books tied to her centenary reveal an obsessive reader and shrewd social observer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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
The company, led by the artistic director, Mikko Nissinen, opens its season with “Genius at Play,” a program developed in celebration of the centenaries of Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2018
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 World War One and Dylan Thomas centenaries will also be reflected.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2014
Haller had collected the cases of many centenaries, amounting to sixty-two who had reached from 100 to 120; twenty-nine from 120 to 130; and fifteen from 130 to 140.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
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Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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