Is it possible to make an iCal appointment a ToDo item?

I often map out my day by making "appointments" consisting of things I need to get done. Is there a way to make those To Do's, so that when they get done, I can still have a record of the task and when it was completed?

Sorry slow to reply - I've been travelling.
They're just copies of one another. The only real benefit I can see to having them in the main calendar is for setting-out your schedule over a day. Personally, I split tasks - e.g. "phone someone", "arrange meeting" into the ToDo's and give them a priority and due date. (Note: if you sort by the priority to start with, and subsequently by due date the list will retain the first sort order - so you will have them by priority in the individual dates.) I then move the activity into the calendar once it's scheduled - so the phone call will get its slot as will the meeting - which gives me a record of what I did and when as well as scheduling fixed-time activities.

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