A Golden Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 50th anniversary.
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King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, celebrated his Golden Jubilee on 9 June 1996.
In the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth Realms, a Golden Jubilee celebration is held in the 50th year of a monarch's reign.
Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 2002, having acceded to the throne in 1952.
In 1887, the United Kingdom and the British Empire celebrated Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. Victoria marked 20 June 1887—the fiftieth anniversary of her accession—with a banquet, to which fifty European kings and princes were invited. Although she could not have been aware of it, there was a plan by Irish Republicans to blow up Westminster Abbey while the Queen attended a service of thanksgiving. This assassination attempt, when it was discovered, became known as the Jubilee Plot. At the time, Victoria was an extremely popular monarch: the next day, she participated in a procession that, in the words of Mark Twain, "stretched to the limit of sight in both directions".
In Japan, Golden Jubilee refers to a 50th anniversary and is called Go-Zai-i gojūnen kinen (御在位50年記念). Emperor Hirohito (or Emperor Shōwa), celebrated his Golden Jubilee on 10 November 1976. Showa Memorial Park was established as part of a project to commemorate his Golden Jubilee.
In Pakistan and India, a golden jubilee film is one shown in cinemas for 50 weeks or more. The success measure for a 'superhit golden jubilee film' is a minimum of four months on its main cinema.