• 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)