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London celebrations

​Some globes commemorate events that have occurred in places

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This globe represents the  wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton taking place on Friday, 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey (in the background) in London, England.

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The 2012 Summer Olympics,(Games of the XXX Olympiad) and also known as London 2012, was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London.

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The millennium celebrations  celebrated the end of 1999 and  start of the year 2000 Gregorian calendar). The globe features the Millennium dome as it was called at the time  - now O2 and the fireworks used in London at midnight

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