• The following list provides important anniversaries that could be commemorated in 2010.
• It can be used by teachers preparing assemblies, extension tasks and one-off lessons.
• I am limiting the list to multiples of 50 years (1960 (50 years ago today), 1910 (100 years ago today), 1860 (150 years ago today) etc).
• This is more meaningful than the “on this day in history” format (there is a 1/365 chance that any event from the entire history of civilisation has a 1/365 chance it happened “today”!)
• If you’d like to add to this list, please contact me with your suggestion or send a tweet using the hashtag #history2010.

1st The United States launches the first weather satellite, TIROS-1. 1960 (50 years ago today)
9th French typesetter Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville sings the French folk song “Au Clair de la Lune” to his phonautograph; producing the world’s earliest known sound recording 1860 (150 years ago today)
17th Eddie Cochran died 1960 (50 years ago today)
19th Melanchthon died 1560 (450 years ago today)
21st Twain died 1910 (100 years ago today)
27th Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise. 1810 (200 years ago today)
27th The British House of Commons passes David Lloyd George’s (1909) ‘People’s Budget’ for the second time; it is passed by the House of Lords on 28 April. 1910 (100 years ago today)
27th Togo gains independence from French-administered U.N. trusteeship. 1960 (50 years ago today)

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This began the military intervention that escalated into the Vietnam War, which lasted until 1973.

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Born 21st Feb. 1910.
In 1928, Bader joined the RAF, but, on 14 December 1931 at Woodley airfield near Reading, lost both of his legs in an aircraft crash attempting a slow roll at very low level following jibes about his not wanting to perform aerobatics that day. Bader recovered, undertook refresher training, passed his check flights, and attempted to stay in the RAF but was retired for medical reasons on 30 April 1933. After the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, he re-entered the armed forces and requested that he be assigned to the RAF. Posted to a fighter squadron in 1940 Bader scored his first kills during the Battle of France, over Dunkirk.
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Old Trafford, Manchester United football ground, opened (100 years ago today).
The stadium hosted its inaugural game on 19 February 1910, with United playing host to Liverpool. However, the home side were unable to provide their fans with a win to mark the occasion, as Liverpool won 4–3. A journalist at the game reported the stadium as “the most handsomest [sic], the most spacious and the most remarkable arena I have ever seen. As a football ground it is unrivalled in the world, it is an honour to Manchester and the home of a team who can do wonders when they are so disposed”.
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• The following list provides important anniversaries that could be commemorated in 2010.
• It can be used by teachers preparing assemblies, extension tasks and one-off lessons.
• I am limiting the list to multiples of 50 years (1960 (50 years ago today), 1910 (100 years ago today), 1860 (150 years ago today) etc).
• This is more meaningful than the “on this day in history” format (there is a 1/365 chance that any event from the entire history of civilisation has a 1/365 chance it happened “today”!)
• If you’d like to add to this list, please contact me with your suggestion or send a tweet using the hashtag #history2010.

3rd: Elvis Presley returns to USA after 2 years in army 1960 (50 years ago today)
6th: The United States announces that 3,500 American soldiers will be sent to Vietnam. 1960 (50 years ago today)
6th: The Canton of Geneva in Switzerland gives women the right to vote. 1960 (50 years ago today)
21st: The Sharpeville massacre in South Africa results in more than 69 dead, 300 injured. 1960 (50 years ago today)
28th: Thomas Clarkson was born 1810 (200 years ago today)

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Louis XV, the penultimate King of France, was born: 15th Feb. 1710 (300 years ago today)
“Popular legend holds that Louis said, “After me, the flood” (”Après moi, le déluge”). In fact this quotation is more precisely attributed to Madame de Pompadour, although it is not certain that even she ever said it. The remark was supposedly made on 5 November 1757 after Frederick the Great had defeated the French and Austrian armies at the Battle of Rossbach. It suggests that nothing matters once you are dead and has also been interpreted as a premonition of the French Revolution”
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Winston Churchill becomes Home Secretary in Asquith’s Liberal Government: 14th Feb. 1910 (100 years ago today). In this role he notoriously used troops to put down striking miners in South Wales and to assist police during a house siege in Sidney Street in East London in January 1911.

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France tests its first atomic bomb in the Sahara: 13th Feb. 1960 (50 years ago today)
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100 Years Ago Today: Prince Makalin of Abyssinia and five other members of royalty were welcomed aboard the British battleship HMS Dreadnought. The prince turned out to be prankster Horace de Vere Cole, and the group included Virginia Woolf: 10th Feb 1910.
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Thomas Crapper, English inventor of the modern toilet, died: 27th Jan. 1910.

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Django Reinhardt, jazz guitarist, was was born: 23rd Jan. 1910.

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• Here are the major events to commemorate in lessons, assemblies and extension tasks in February 2010.
• It can be used by teachers preparing assemblies, extension tasks and one-off lessons.
• I am limiting the list to multiples of 50 years (1960 (50 years ago today), 1910 (100 years ago today), 1860 (150 years ago today) etc).
• This is more meaningful than the “on this day in history” format (there is a 1/365 chance that any event from the entire history of civilisation has a 1/365 chance it happened “today”!)

• To receive each month’s anniversaries a couple of weeks in advance, follow the ActiveHistory Anniversaries RSS feed.
• To add to this list for this or other months, please contact me with your suggestion or send a tweet using the hashtag #milestone2010.

Asquith’s Liberal Party wins the “Peers Against People” Election in Britain: 1st Feb 1910 (100 years ago today)
Dreadnought hoax: Prince Makalin of Abyssinia and five other members of royalty were welcomed aboard the British battleship HMS Dreadnought. The prince turned out to be prankster Horace de Vere Cole, and the group included Virginia Woolf: 10th Feb 1910 (100 years ago today).
Greensboro Sit-Ins: 1st Feb. 1960 (50 years ago today)
France tests its first atomic bomb in the Sahara: 13th Feb. 1960 (50 years ago today)
Churchill becomes Home Secretary: 14th Feb. 1910 (100 years ago today)
Louis XV, King of France, was born: 15th Feb. 1710 (300 years ago today)
Old Trafford, Manchester United football ground, opened (100 years ago today)
Douglas Bader, WW2 fighter ace, is born: 21st Feb. 1910 (100 years ago today)
Chopin was born: 22nd Feb.1810 (200 years ago today)

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The United Kingdom “Peers v. People” General Election: 15th Jan. 1910.

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The Saar Plebiscite: The Saar, which had been given to France for 15 years by the Treaty of Versailles after World War One, voted overwhelmingly to return to Germany. One of Hitler’s earliest foreign policy successes, this event returned territory to Germany whose raw materials were immensely important for Hitler’s re-armament plans.

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