• 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.

1st December 1860 (150 years ago today) Charles Dickens publishes the first installment of Great Expectations
5th December 1960 (50 years ago today) Boynton v. Virginia: The U.S. Supreme Court declares segregation in public transit to be illegal.
9th December 1960 (50 years ago today) The first episode of the long-running drama Coronation Street airs.