• 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.

2nd September 1910 (100 years ago today) Rousseau died
5th September 1960 (50 years ago today) Summer Olympics: Cassius Clay wins the gold medal in boxing.
7th September 1910 (100 years ago today) Holman Hunt died
13th September 1860 (150 years ago today) General “Blackjack” Pershing was born
21st September 1860 (150 years ago today) Schopenhauer died
26th September 1960 (50 years ago today) Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy, participate in the first televised presidential debate.
27th September 1960 (50 years ago today) Sylvia Pankhurst died
29th September 1810 (200 years ago today) Elizabeth Gaskell was born

I’ve just completed uploading a complete scheme of work – worksheets, interactivities, teacher notes – for a new study unit for IB / A-Level on the Middle East.

1914-47
1947-1949
1956: Suez
1967: 6-Day War

…more will follow in due course as I teach further into the unit next year!

I’ve just finished writing a new program which goes through the main UK TV / Radio channels and lists all upcoming history programmes for the next three days.

Check it out here!

• 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.

6th August 1660 (350 years ago today) Velazquez died
10th August 1810 (200 years ago today) Cavour was born
13th August 1860 (150 years ago today) Annie Oakley was born
13th August 1910 (100 years ago today) Florence Nightingale died
17th August 1960 (50 years ago today) The trial of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers begins in Moscow.
26th August 1910 (100 years ago today) Mother Teresa was born

• 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 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.

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1st July 1860 (150 years ago today) Charles Goodyear died
4th July 1910 (100 years ago today) Schiaparelli died
4th July 1910 (100 years ago today) African-American boxer Jack Johnson defeats American boxer James J. Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States.
5th July 1810 (200 years ago today) Barnum was born
6th July 1960 (50 years ago today) Aneurin Bevan died
7th July 1860 (150 years ago today) Gustav Mahler was born
9th July 1810 (200 years ago today) Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland.
10th July 1960 (50 years ago today) The Soviet Union beats Yugoslavia 2–1 to win the first European Football Championship.
11th July 1960 (50 years ago today) Harper Lee releases her critically acclaimed novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
18th July 1610 (400 years ago today) Caravaggio died
18th July 1610 (400 years ago today) Michelangelo died
22nd July 1910 (100 years ago today) A wireless telegraph sent from the S.S. Montrose results in the identification and later arrest and execution of murderer Dr. Hawley Crippen.

• 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.

5th June 1910 (100 years ago today) Christopher Cockerell was born
5th June 1910 (100 years ago today) George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
8th June 1810 (200 years ago today) Schumann was born
10th June 1910 (100 years ago today) Howlin’ Wolf was born
30th June 1860 (150 years ago today) The historic debate about evolution is held at the Oxford University Museum.
30th June 1960 (50 years ago today) Belgian Congo gains independence from Belgium; civil war follows.