• 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 November 1960 (50 years ago today) Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley’s Lover case.
8th November 1960 (50 years ago today) United States presidential election, 1960 (50 years ago today): In a close race, John F. Kennedy is elected over Richard M. Nixon, becoming (at 43) the youngest man elected President.
11th November 1760 (250 years ago today) Zoffany died
13th November 1460 (550 years ago today) Henry the Navigator died
16th November 1960 (50 years ago today) Clark Gable died
20th November 1910 (100 years ago today) Tolstoy died
23rd November 1860 (150 years ago today) Billy the Kid was born