Celebrate 50th facts
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For Donald Ducks's 50th birthday, Walt Disney World hatched 50 Peking ducks in front of Donald Duck, so they would think he is their "mother" and follow him around for a birthday celebration parade.
When the UK government did not celebrate the Royal Air Force's 50th anniversary with a flypast over London, one pilot performed his own, flew through Tower Bridge, round Big Ben...and was fired.
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In 2015, the NFL was flooded with complaints from colorblind fans after staging a Bills/Jets game in which the Bills wore all red and the Jets wore all green. It was supposed to be a "Color Rush" game celebrating the 50th anniversary of the NFL's first color transmission.
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In 1968 RAF Pilot Alan Pollock, in protest against the RAF's 50th Anniversary not being adequately celebrated, flew his Hawker Hunter into Central London. Flying over key landmarks, Pollock eventually flew through between the road and the upper walkway of Tower Bridge, a gap of less than 20m.
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The tallest statue in Africa, the African Renaissance Monument, meant to celebrate the 50th anniversary of independence from France and African ingenuity, was constructed by a North Korean company and didn't use African artists.
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The Golden Gate Bridge had a 50th anniversary celebration where 300,000 people walked on the bridge, causing it to flatten and move.
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An 82-Foot-Tall Inflatable King Kong Was Strapped to The Empire State Building in 1983 to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Movie
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US Navy's research vessel FLIP celebrated its 50th year of service in the Pacific Ocean in 2012, it is a 355ft manned spar buoy designed as a stable research platform which can flip from horizontal to a vertical position by pumping 700t seawater into the submerged end of the platform
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In 2018, McDonald's, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Big Mac, issued a currency named MacCoin. Each MacCoin was redeemable for one free Big Mac and was redeemable in more than 50 countries.
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LEGO Built a Life-Sized Astronaut Model to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11
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On June 16, 1954, five Irishmen, an artist, a writer, a poet, a lecturer and a dentist, took a pilgrimage to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the events in Ulysses. Halfway in it had to be called off as the men were too drunk to continue. Today June 16th is celebrated worldwide as Bloomsday.
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In 1929, stocks started to fall rapidly while the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the light bulb took place - a huge national event where 'the power of American business' was celebrated by Pres. Hoover, owners of major corporations and bankers like John D. Rockefeller.
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The Great Reunion of 1913, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, was attended by more than 50,000 Union and Confederate veterans, and included reenactments of elements of the battle, including Pickett's Charge.
