• 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