15 Jan 1910
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Chuichi Nagumo was promoted to the rank of ensign.
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16 Jan 1910
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Walther Schellenberg was born.
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19 Feb 1910
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Prince Nagahisa was born.
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21 Feb 1910
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WW2 RAF fighter ace Douglas Bader was born at St. John's Wood, London, England, United Kingdom.
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22 Mar 1910
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George Brett was commissioned a second lieutenant of the Philippine Scouts of the US Army.
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05 May 1910
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Chuichi Nagumo was assigned to armored cruiser Asama.
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06 May 1910
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King Edward VII of the United Kingdom suffered several heart attacks earlier in the day, lost consciousness in the evening, and passed away at 2345 hours.
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09 May 1910
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Andrew McNaughton was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.
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23 May 1910
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Kichisaburo Nomura was made a naval attaché to Germany.
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23 May 1910
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Prince Hiroyasu arrived in Japan.
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26 May 1910
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George Patton and Beatrice Banning Ayer became married; they would later have three children.
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13 Jun 1910
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Georg von Bismarck joined the German Army and was given the rank of Fahnenjunker.
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15 Jun 1910
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Lieutenant General Shozo Sakakibara was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea.
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19 Jun 1910
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RELIGIOUS
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In Spokane, Washington, under sponsorship of the Spokane Ministerial Association and the YMCA, Father's Day was observed for the first time.
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19 Jul 1910
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Erwin Rommel was given the rank of Fahnenjunker (officer candidate) with the 124th Infantry Regiment of the Wüttemberg Army.
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20 Jul 1910
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RELIGIOUS
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The Christian Endeavor Society of Missouri began a campaign to ban all motionpictures that depicted kissing between non-relatives.
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25 Jul 1910
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Prince Hiroyasu was assigned to the Naval General Staff.
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03 Aug 1910
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Richmond Turner married Harriet Sterling in Stockton, California, United States.
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06 Aug 1910
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Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Lion was launched at Devonport Dockyard, England, United Kingdom. Lion would later see action at Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland.
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18 Aug 1910
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Wilhelm Keitel was promoted to the rank of Oberleutnant.
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03 Sep 1910
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Dwight Eisenhower wrote to Senator Joseph Bristow inquiring the status of his request for entry into the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, United States or the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, United States.
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23 Sep 1910
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Franklin Roosevelt's son Elliott was born.
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26 Sep 1910
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Prince Hiroyasu was made the commanding officer of armored cruiser Takachiho.
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03 Oct 1910
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WW2 RAF fighter ace Adolf Malan was born at Wellington, South Africa.
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05 Oct 1910
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The exiled Mexican opposition leader, Francisco I. Madero, issued a letter calling for an uprising to depose the unpopular Mexican President Porfirio Díaz.
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07 Oct 1910
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The keel of protected cruiser Zhaohe was laid down by Armstrong-Whitworth at Elswick, England, United Kingdom.
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08 Oct 1910
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Rear Admiral Yushichi Kanno was named the Chief of Staff of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan.
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25 Oct 1910
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Dwight Eisenhower wrote to Senator Joseph Bristow thanking him for the appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, United States.
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03 Nov 1910
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Verne Skjonsby was born in North Dakota, United States.
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08 Nov 1910
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Franklin Roosevelt was elected to New York State Senate in the United States, representing Dutchess, Columbia, and Putnam counties.
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12 Nov 1910
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Future RAF Air Vice Marshal John Barker (who as an Acting Group Captain would accept the Japanese surrender of Kowloon, Hong Kong in 1945) was born in Hull, England, United Kingdom.
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14 Nov 1910
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The civilian pilot Eugene Ely, in a Curtiss aircraft powered by a 50-hp pusher engine, made the first take off from a ship, the cruiser USS Birmingham, which was at anchor in Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States; she was provided with a wooden ramp at the bow. Ely took off safely and landed at nearby Willoughby Spit; in time this promotional stunt would lead to the emergence of the US Naval Aviation service.
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19 Nov 1910
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RELIGIOUS
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Swedish Pentecostal missionaries Daniel Berg, 26, and Adolf Vingren, 31, arrived in Brazil. In 1918 they established the first Pentecostal church, from which grew Brazil's largest Protestant body, the Assemblies of God.
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22 Nov 1910
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Amy Thorpe was born.
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30 Nov 1910
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General Katsusaburo Shiba was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea.
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01 Dec 1910
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Louis Slotin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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01 Dec 1910
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Vice Admiral Hikohachi Yamada succeeded Vice Admiral Baron Sadayasu Tomioka as the commanding officer of the Ryojun Naval District (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. Vice Admiral Tadamichi Kamaya was named Yamada's chief of staff.
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01 Dec 1910
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Prince Hiroyasu was promoted to the rank of captain and was made the commanding officer of armored cruiser Asahi.
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01 Dec 1910
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history
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Vice Admiral Hikojiro Ijichi was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan.
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09 Dec 1910
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history
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Stephen Jurika was born.
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12 Dec 1910
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history
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The keel of Yingrui was laid down by Vickers Limited at Barrow-in-Furness, England, United Kingdom.
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