• 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.