• 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.

5th June 1910 (100 years ago today) Christopher Cockerell was born
5th June 1910 (100 years ago today) George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
8th June 1810 (200 years ago today) Schumann was born
10th June 1910 (100 years ago today) Howlin’ Wolf was born
30th June 1860 (150 years ago today) The historic debate about evolution is held at the Oxford University Museum.
30th June 1960 (50 years ago today) Belgian Congo gains independence from Belgium; civil war follows.