01 Jan 1910
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Simpson-Hayward (England) takes 6-43 on debut with underarm lobs
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01 Jan 1910
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Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members), since Horatio Nelson. |
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02 Jan 1910
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1st junior high schools in US opens (Berkeley, California)
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03 Jan 1910
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British miners strike for 8 hour working day
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07 Jan 1910
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators sweep Galt (Ont) in 2 games
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10 Jan 1910
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Lunt-Fontanne Theater (Globe) opens at 205 W 46th St New York City NY
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10 Jan 1910
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1st international air meet in US held, in Los Angeles
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13 Jan 1910
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The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, New York. |
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13 Jan 1910
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JM Synge's "Deirdre of the Sorrows" premieres in Dublin
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15 Jan 1910
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Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325 ft (99 m). |
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19 Jan 1910
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Germany and Bolivia ends commerce / friendship treaty
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19 Jan 1910
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National Institute of Arts & Letters incorporated by Congress
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20 Jan 1910
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Ottawa Senators sweep Edmonton in 2 for the Stanley Cup (2nd of 1910)
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21 Jan 1910
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British-Russian military intervention in Persia
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22 Jan 1910
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Opera "Germania, " premieres in New York City
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22 Jan 1910
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The opera "Germania" is 1st performed in New York City NY
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25 Jan 1910
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1st stumping by a 12th man in Tests (N C Tufnell, South Africa vs England)
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25 Jan 1910
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Children initiate idea of planting trees in Jerusalem
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26 Jan 1910
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Heavy rains cause floods in Paris
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01 Feb 1910
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1st British labour exchange opens
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01 Feb 1910
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Dragoumis government forms in Greece
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08 Feb 1910
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Boy Scouts of America incorporated and chartered (William D Boyce-Chic)
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08 Feb 1910
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The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce. |
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19 Feb 1910
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English premiere of Richard Strauss' "Elektra"
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21 Feb 1910
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John Galsworthy's "Justice" premieres in London
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23 Feb 1910
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1st radio contest held (Philadelphia)
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23 Feb 1910
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George Bernard Shaw's "Misalliance" premieres in London
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25 Feb 1910
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Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies
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01 Mar 1910
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The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people. |
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02 Mar 1910
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2 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington Washington, 118 die
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03 Mar 1910
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Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy. |
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05 Mar 1910
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Ottawa Senators, 3-1
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08 Mar 1910
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Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris is 1st licensed female pilot
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08 Mar 1910
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French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license. |
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09 Mar 1910
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The Westmoreland County coal strike, involving 15,000 coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers, begins. |
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10 Mar 1910
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China ends slavery
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10 Mar 1910
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Pittsburgh Courier, begins publishing
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11 Mar 1910
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Jack Hobbs 1st Test ton (187 vs. South Africa), his only Test hit wicket
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12 Mar 1910
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3
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12 Mar 1910
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Greek cruiser Georgios Averof is launched at Livorno. |
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12 Mar 1910
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Stanley Cup: Montr
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14 Mar 1910
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Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vents to atmosphere. |
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16 Mar 1910
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Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona
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17 Mar 1910
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DHC soccer team forms in Delft Netherlands
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18 Mar 1910
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1st opera by an US composer (Converse) performed at the Met, New York NY
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23 Mar 1910
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1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway)
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24 Mar 1910
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25 Mar 1910
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Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champion
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26 Mar 1910
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US forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers & the sick
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26 Mar 1910
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William H Lewis appointed Assistant Attorney General of US
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27 Mar 1910
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A fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös, Hungary, kills 312. |
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28 Mar 1910
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Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France. |
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28 Mar 1910
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1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martigues France (Henri Fabre)
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30 Mar 1910
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The Mississippi Legislature founds the University of Southern Mississippi. |
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31 Mar 1910
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Six North Staffordshire Pottery towns federate to form modern Stoke-on-Trent. |
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01 Apr 1910
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Dumitru Dan (Romania) completes a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk
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12 Apr 1910
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SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched. |
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14 Apr 1910
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President William Howard Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day
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15 Apr 1910
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William Howard Taft is 1st US President to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game
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16 Apr 1910
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The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time. |
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19 Apr 1910
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14th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2:28:52.4
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19 Apr 1910
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Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao)
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20 Apr 1910
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Cleveland Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0
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20 Apr 1910
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Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km
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21 Apr 1910
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Cleveland Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Detroit Tigers 5-0
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23 Apr 1910
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American President Theodore Roosevelt makes his "The Man in the Arena" speech. |
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23 Apr 1910
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International Exhibition opens in Brussels
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24 Apr 1910
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German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms
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27 Apr 1910
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Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights
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28 Apr 1910
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Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England. |
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28 Apr 1910
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1st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England)
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29 Apr 1910
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The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public. |
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29 Apr 1910
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Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam
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30 Apr 1910
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Cleveland Indian Addie Joss wins 2nd no-hitter beating White Sox
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04 May 1910
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Canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent
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04 May 1910
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Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy
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04 May 1910
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Tel Aviv founded
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04 May 1910
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The Royal Canadian Navy is created. |
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06 May 1910
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King George V ascends to British throne
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06 May 1910
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George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII. |
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07 May 1910
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35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6
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10 May 1910
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1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)
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10 May 1910
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36th Kentucky Derby: Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4
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10 May 1910
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Halley's Comet closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass
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11 May 1910
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An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana. |
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11 May 1910
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Montana's Glacier National Park forms
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12 May 1910
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2nd NAACP conference (NYC)
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12 May 1910
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Philadelphia A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0
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14 May 1910
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Canada authorizes issuing of silver dollar coins
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16 May 1910
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US Bureau of Mines forms
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17 May 1910
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Canada sets the designs for the 1 cent and 50 cent coins
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17 May 1910
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Canada sets the designs for the 1
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18 May 1910
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The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. |
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18 May 1910
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Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic
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19 May 1910
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Cleveland Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Washington 5-4 in 11 innings
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20 May 1910
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Funeral for Britain's King Edward VII
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29 May 1910
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Pope's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers
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30 May 1910
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44th Belmont Stakes: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22
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31 May 1910
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Glenn Curtiss flies from Albany to New York City
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31 May 1910
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Union of South Africa declares independence from the UK
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31 May 1910
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The creation of the Union of South Africa. |
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31 May 1910
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Cape of Good Hope becomes part of the Union of South Africa
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01 Jun 1910
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SC Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede
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01 Jun 1910
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Robert Falcon Scott's second South Pole expedition leaves Cardiff. |
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02 Jun 1910
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1st roundtrip flight over English Channel (C S Rolls, England)
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02 Jun 1910
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Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea
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02 Jun 1910
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Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane. |
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09 Jun 1910
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Passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland)
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12 Jun 1910
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PEC soccer team forms in Zwolle
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13 Jun 1910
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Pilot Charles Hamilton makes 1st 1-day round-trip from New York to Philadelphia
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13 Jun 1910
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The University of the Philippines College of Engineering is established. This unit of the university is said to be the largest degree granting unit in the Philippines. |
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13 Jun 1910
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William D Crum, a SC physician, appointed minister to Liberia
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17 Jun 1910
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Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight. |
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19 Jun 1910
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1st airship in service "Germany"
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19 Jun 1910
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The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington. |
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19 Jun 1910
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Father's Day celebrated for 1st time (Spokane, Wash)
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20 Jun 1910
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"Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in New York Journal
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22 Jun 1910
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1st airship with passengers sets afloat-Zeppelin Deutscheland
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24 Jun 1910
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50th British Golf Open: James Braid shoots a 299 at St. Andrews Scot
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25 Jun 1910
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Mann Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes)
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25 Jun 1910
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The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come. |
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25 Jun 1910
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Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer. |
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26 Jun 1910
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24th US Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss Wightman beats L Hammond (64 62)
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26 Jun 1910
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Hazel Hotchkiss wins US Lawn Tennis Association championship
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30 Jun 1910
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Russia absorbs Finland
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01 Jul 1910
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Union of South Africa becomes a dominion
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01 Jul 1910
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White Sox Park (Comiskey Park) opens with 2-0 loss to Browns
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04 Jul 1910
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Jack Johnson KOs James J Jeffries in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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04 Jul 1910
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African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States. |
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09 Jul 1910
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Walter Brookins becomes 1st to pilot an airplane to 1 mile altitude
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10 Jul 1910
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Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0
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12 Jul 1910
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J Helffrich discovers asteroid #701 Oriola
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15 Jul 1910
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In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer. |
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16 Jul 1910
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John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia. |
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16 Jul 1910
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J Helffrich discovers asteroid #702 Alauda
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19 Jul 1910
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Cy Young registers his 500th career victory
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20 Jul 1910
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Former Dutch Premier Abraham Kuyper acquitted of corruption
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24 Jul 1910
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Matador Juan Belmonte (18) kills his 1st bull
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24 Jul 1910
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The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910. |
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29 Jul 1910
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JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory
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31 Jul 1910
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Chicago Cub King Cole no-hits St. Louis, 4-0 in a 7 inning game
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31 Jul 1910
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Clement van Maasdijk gives flying demonstration
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06 Aug 1910
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New York City Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt
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09 Aug 1910
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Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine
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13 Aug 1910
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Dodgers & Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 passed ball & 1 hit by pitch
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14 Aug 1910
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6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, DC
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20 Aug 1910
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US supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua
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22 Aug 1910
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Japan annexes Korea after 5 years as a protectorate
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22 Aug 1910
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Japan annexes Korea
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23 Aug 1910
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Fred Clarke makes a record 4 outfield assists for Pittsburgh
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25 Aug 1910
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30th US Mens Tennis: Wm Larned beats Thomas Bundy (61 57 60 68 61)
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27 Aug 1910
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Using 20,137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park
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27 Aug 1910
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Washington Red Killefer sacrifices record 4 times against Detroit
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29 Aug 1910
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The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea. |
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30 Aug 1910
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Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleveland 5-0 in 11
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05 Sep 1910
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Jack Coombs begins a record streak of 53 shutout innings
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06 Sep 1910
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Saskatchewan (then Regina) Roughrider football club formed
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10 Sep 1910
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Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber
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11 Sep 1910
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1st commercially successful electric bus line opens (Hollywood)
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12 Sep 1910
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Gustav Mahlers 8th Symphony premieres in Munich with 1028 musicians
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12 Sep 1910
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Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter) |
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13 Sep 1910
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Regina Rugby Club forms
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15 Sep 1910
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Boers and Afrikaners win 1st general elections in Union of South-Africa
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18 Sep 1910
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25,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam for general male / female suffrage
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18 Sep 1910
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In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage. |
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20 Sep 1910
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The ocean liner SS France, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched. |
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22 Sep 1910
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Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union forms
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22 Sep 1910
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The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain. |
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26 Sep 1910
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Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and exiled. |
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27 Sep 1910
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1st test flight of a twin-engined airplance (France)
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01 Oct 1910
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Berkshire Cattle Fair held in Pittsfield Mass (1st state fair)
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01 Oct 1910
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Explosion at LA Times kills 21
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01 Oct 1910
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Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, killing 21. |
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02 Oct 1910
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1st 2 aircraft collision (Milan Italy)
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02 Oct 1910
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Henry Wijnmalen flies to 2,800m altitude (world record)
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04 Oct 1910
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Portugal becomes a Republic, King Manuel II flees to England
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05 Oct 1910
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Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims Republic
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05 Oct 1910
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In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared. |
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06 Oct 1910
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Braves beat Phillies 20-7
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06 Oct 1910
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Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first time (seven times in total). |
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10 Oct 1910
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Tau Epsilon Phi: Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity is founded on the campus of Columbia University in New York City, New York. |
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11 Oct 1910
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Former President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane. He flew for four minutes with Arch Hoxsey in a plane built by the Wright brothers at Kinloch Field (Lambert–St. Louis International Airport), St. Louis, Missouri. |
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14 Oct 1910
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The English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his Farman Aircraft biplane on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.. |
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15 Oct 1910
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Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft. |
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18 Oct 1910
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Edward Forster publishes "Howards End"
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20 Oct 1910
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Soccer team KFC forms in Alkmaar
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20 Oct 1910
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The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland. |
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20 Oct 1910
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1st appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series (World Series #7)
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21 Oct 1910
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HMS Niobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy. |
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22 Oct 1910
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Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and is subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London. |
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23 Oct 1910
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Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago Cubs 4 games to 1 in 7th World Series
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23 Oct 1910
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Ritz Hotel in Madrid opens: 200 chambers / 100 bathtubs
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23 Oct 1910
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Blanche Scott became 1st woman solo a public airplane flight
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29 Oct 1910
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Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game
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01 Nov 1910
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1st issue of "Crisis" published by editor W E B Du Bois
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06 Nov 1910
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SDAP / NVV initiate campaign for general males / female suffrage
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08 Nov 1910
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1st Washington State election in which women could vote
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12 Nov 1910
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1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon
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14 Nov 1910
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1st airplane flight from deck of a ship, Norfolk, Virginia
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20 Nov 1910
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Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero
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22 Nov 1910
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Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs
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26 Nov 1910
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2nd CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Hamilton Tigers, 16-7
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27 Nov 1910
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NY's Penn Station opens as world's largest railway terminal
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28 Nov 1910
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The Liberal Party, led by Eleftherios Venizelos, wins the second Greek general election of the year. |
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03 Dec 1910
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Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show)
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03 Dec 1910
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Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show. |
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09 Dec 1910
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French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir
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10 Dec 1910
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JD Van de Waals wins Nobel Prize for physics
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19 Dec 1910
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Rayon 1st commercially produced, Marcus Hook, Penn
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19 Dec 1910
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1st city ordinance requiring white & black residential areas (Baltimore)
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21 Dec 1910
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An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners. |
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21 Dec 1910
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Explosion in coal mine in Hulton England, 344 mine workers dies
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22 Dec 1910
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US postal savings stamps 1st issued
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24 Dec 1910
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Luisa Tetrazzini sings to 250,000 people at Lotta's Fountain
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28 Dec 1910
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The opera "K
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