Year 1910 in History

Author James Weldon Johnson (38) weds civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson (24) at her family's home

13th Dalai Lama (Thupten Gyatso) flees Tibet for British India to escape Chinese troops

The Dalai Lama (UK: , US: ; Tibetan: ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ་, Wylie: Tā la'i bla ma [táːlɛː láma]) is the head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.

First seaplane takes off from water under its own power, piloted by Henri Fabre from the Étang de Berre lagoon in Martig

First seaplane takes off from water under its own power, piloted by Henri Fabre from the Étang de Berre lagoon in Martigues, France

First night air flight by Claude Grahame-White takes place in England

The 1910 London to Manchester air race took place between two aviators, each of whom attempted to win a heavier-than-air powered flight challenge between London and Manchester.

Film producer Samuel Goldwyn (27) weds first wife Blanche Lasky

Funeral for Britain's King Edward VII is held in Westminster Abbey, attended by one of the largest assemblies of Europea

Funeral for Britain's King Edward VII is held in Westminster Abbey, attended by one of the largest assemblies of European royalty

US General George S. Patton (24) weds Frederick Ayer's daughter Beatrice Ayer at Beverly Farms Episcopal Church near Bos

US General George S. Patton (24) weds Frederick Ayer's daughter Beatrice Ayer at Beverly Farms Episcopal Church near Boston, Massachusetts

Union of South Africa declares independence from the United Kingdom

The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is a customs union among five countries of Southern Africa: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa.

Actor John Barrymore (28) marries first wife actress Katherine Corri Harris (19) (divorced 1917)

John Barrymore was an American actor on stage, screen, and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage and briefly attempted a career as an...

Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony "Symphony of a Thousand" premieres in Munich with 1,028 musicians

Greek physician and zoologist Georgios Papanicolaou (27) weds his future laboratory assistant and pap smear research sub

Greek physician and zoologist Georgios Papanicolaou (27) weds his future laboratory assistant and pap smear research subject Andromachi Mavrogeni in Athens

American baseball legend Connie Mack (47) weds second wife, Katherine Holahan (31), until his death in 1956

Arthur Knight patents steel-shafted golf clubs

Arthur Franklin Knight (1865 – May 7, 1936) was an American inventor credited with invention of steel golf clubs in 1909, who also invented the Schenectady putter.

The first US patent for a traffic light system is issued to Chicago engineer Ernest Sirrine [1]

Editor Maxwell Perkins (26) weds Louise Saunders at Holy Cross Episcopal Church in North Plainfield, New Jersey

The first junior high school in the US opens in Berkeley, California

British miners strike for 8 hour working day

Coal miners in South Wales staged a major strike in 1910-1911 over wages and working conditions, culminating in violent confrontations with police and the deployment of military forces.

Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (ON), 3-1 for a 2-0 sweep of challenge series

1st international air meet in US held, in LA

The Los Angeles International Air Meet (January 10 to January 20, 1910) was among the earliest airshows in the world and the first major airshow in the United States.

John Millington Synge's play "Deirdre of the Sorrows" premieres in Dublin

Constructions ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming

Buffalo Bill Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Shoshone River in the U.S. state of Wyoming.

Germany & Bolivia end commerce and friendship treaty

Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators outclass Edmonton HC, 13-7 for a 2-0 sweep of challenge series

The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce

William Dickson Boyce (June 16, 1858 – June 11, 1929) was an American newspaper man, entrepreneur, magazine publisher, and explorer.

John Galsworthy's play "Justice" premieres in London, aimned at highlighting conditions in prisons

1st radio contest held (Philadelphia)

Philadelphia ( FIL-ə-DEL-fee-ə), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

Wall of snow collapse in Cascade Mountain Range buries three passenger trains, killing 96, near Steven's Pass, Washingto

Wall of snow collapse in Cascade Mountain Range buries three passenger trains, killing 96, near Steven's Pass, Washington; 23 people survive the worst avalanche in US history [1]

Avalanche at Bear Creek in Rogers Pass, British Columbia, kills 58 railway line workers - Canada's worst avalanche disas

Avalanche at Bear Creek in Rogers Pass, British Columbia, kills 58 railway line workers - Canada's worst avalanche disaster [1]

Ramon Inclan's "La Farsa Infantil de la Cabeza del Dragon" premieres

Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris becomes the first licensed female pilot

Raymonde de Laroche (22 August 1882 – 18 July 1919) was a French pilot, thought to be the first woman to pilot a plane.

Pittsburgh Courier begins publishing

Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin Dutchmen (ON), 7-3

Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vented to atmosphere

Barney Oldfield uses a Benz to break the existing records at Daytona Beach Road Course (131.25mph)

Frederick Converse's opera "The Pipe of Desire" is the first American opera to be performed at the Metropolitan Opera, N

Frederick Converse's opera "The Pipe of Desire" is the first American opera to be performed at the Metropolitan Opera, NYC

83°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March

Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champ

US forbids immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers and the sick

Fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös, Hungary, kills 312

Ököritófülpös is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

Mississippi Legislature founded The University of Southern Mississippi

The Mississippi Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi.

Dumitru Dan (Romania) completes a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk

Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mt McKinley claimed to have been 1st climbed by 4 local men

Alaska ( ə-LASS-kə) is a non-contiguous U.S. state located in the northwestern regions of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S.

1st race at the Playa Del Ray Motordrome, 1st US auto speedway, is held near Los Angeles, California

First recorded sighting in 1910 of Halley's Comet, seen in Gore, New Zealand

Pan American Union forms

Cleveland Naps Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0

Cleveland Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Detroit Tigers 5-0

The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division.

International Exhibition opens in Brussels, Belgium

Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms

Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights

Cleveland Naps Addie Joss limits St.Louis Browns to 8 hits in 2-1 victory

The Cleveland Guardians are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio. They play in the American League Central division.

Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is renamed the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and 1 in Canada.

Canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent

1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)

Montana's Glacier National Park forms

Glacier National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Montana, on the Canada–United States border.

Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Charles "Chief" Bender no-hits Cleveland Naps, 4-0

Charles Albert "Chief" Bender (Ojibwe: Mandowescence; May 5, 1884 – May 22, 1954) was a Native American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball during the 1900s and 1910s.

Canada authorizes issuing of silver dollar coins

Dollar () is the name of more than 25 currencies. The United States dollar, named after the international currency known as the Spanish dollar, was established in 1792 and is the first so named that...

Last major earthquake on the Elsinore Fault Zone in Southern California

The Elsinore Fault Zone is a large, right-lateral strike-slip geological fault structure in Southern California.

US Bureau of Mines forms

Canada sets the designs for the 1-50 cent coins

Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic

Halley's Comet is the only known short-period comet that is consistently visible to the naked eye from Earth, appearing every 72–80 years, though with the majority of recorded apparitions (25 of 30)...

Reform of Prussian three-class voting system fails

Pope Pius X's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers

Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa

The Cape of Good Hopeʃpɨˈɾɐ̃sɐ]) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa,...

Sportclub Enschede soccer club forms in Enschede, Netherlands; merge with Enschedese Boys to form FC Twente in 1965

1st roundtrip flight over English Channel (C S Rolls, England)

A passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland)

Dutch soccer club PEC forms in Zwolle; renamed FC Zwolle in 1990 and back to PEC Zwolle in 2012

Pilot Charles Hamilton makes 1st 1-day round-trip from NY to Philadelphia

Father's Day is celebrated for the first time, in Spokane, Washington

Father's Day is a day set aside for honoring one's father, as well as fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society.

Chicago's White Sox Park (later Comiskey Park) opens - St Louis Browns beat White Sox, 2-0

Comiskey Park was a ballpark in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Armour Square neighborhood on the near-south side of the city.

Walter Brookins, flying a Wright biplane over Atlantic City, New Jersey, becomes first to fly an airplane to an altitude

Walter Brookins, flying a Wright biplane over Atlantic City, New Jersey, becomes first to fly an airplane to an altitude of 1 mile (actually reaching 6,175 feet or 1.169 miles) [1]

Matador Juan Belmonte (18) kills his first bull

Juan Belmonte García (14 April 1892 – 8 April 1962) was a Spanish bullfighter. He fought in a record number of bull fights and was responsible for changing the art of bullfighting.

J.W.E.L. Hilgers is the first Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory

Chicago Cub King Cole no-hits St. Louis 4-0 in a 7-inning game

NYC Mayor William J. Gaynor is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt

The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer

Chicago resident Alva Fisher receives a US patent for an electric washing machine

Brooklyn Superbas and Pittsburgh Pirates play "the game of perfect symmetry" in baseball to an 8-8 tie, both have 8 runs

Brooklyn Superbas and Pittsburgh Pirates play "the game of perfect symmetry" in baseball to an 8-8 tie, both have 8 runs, 13 hits, 2 errors, 12 assists, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 hit batsman, and 1 passed ball

6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, D.C.

Great Fire destroys three million acres of timber and results in 87 deaths over two days in Idaho and Montana [1]

The Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the Big Blowup, the Big Burn, or the Devil's Broom fire) was a wildfire in the Inland Northwest region of the United States which burned three...

Japan annexes Korea after 5 years as a protectorate

From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled by the Empire of Japan as a colony under the name Chōsen (朝鮮), the Japanese reading of "Joseon". Japan first took Korea into its sphere of influence during the late...

Fred Clarke sets a record with four outfield assists for Pittsburgh

Fred Clifford Clarke (October 3, 1872 – August 14, 1960) was an American Major League Baseball player from 1894 to 1915 and manager from 1897 to 1915.

Yellow Cab is founded

Yellow cab taxicab operators exist all around the world (some with common heritage, some without).

Using twenty 137,000 candlepower arc lights, two amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park

Nicholas I of Montenegro again proclaims himself king (first assumed power 1860) after his reign interrupted by Turkish

Nicholas I of Montenegro again proclaims himself king (first assumed power 1860) after his reign interrupted by Turkish rule

Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony

MLB New York Highlanders' Tom Hughes pitches 9-1/3 no-hit innings but loses to Cleveland 5-0 in 11 innings; the 1991 rul

MLB New York Highlanders' Tom Hughes pitches 9-1/3 no-hit innings but loses to Cleveland 5-0 in 11 innings; the 1991 rule change removes credit for a no-hitter [1]

Philadelphia Athletics player Jack Coombs begins a record streak of 53 consecutive shutout innings

Saskatchewan (then Regina) Roughriders football club is formed

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan.

In The Hague, the International Court arbitrates a fishing rights dispute between the US and Newfoundland (still separat

In The Hague, the International Court arbitrates a fishing rights dispute between the US and Newfoundland (still separate from Canada)

First commercially successful electric bus line opens in Los Angeles

Los Angeles (often referred to by its initials, LA) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California.

Regina Rugby Club forms

The Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union was a Canadian football league created on September 22, 1910 and disbanded after the 1936 season.

Boers & Afrikaners win 1st general elections in Union of South-Africa

25,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam for general male and female suffrage

Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union forms with a nine-team competition

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan.

First test flight of a twin-engine airplane in France

National Urban League founded as Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edm

National Urban League founded as Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Haynes in New York City

Berkshire Cattle Fair is held in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (first state fair)

First collision between two aircrafts in Milan, Italy

Adoption of the Flag of Bermuda.

Portugal overthrows the monarchy and proclaims a republic

The national flag of the Portuguese Republic, often referred to as the Portuguese flag, consists of a rectangular bicolour with a field divided into green on the hoist, and red on the fly.

Braves beat Phillies 20-7

Nap Lajoie challenges Ty Cobb's batting average with eight hits, six of which are bunts, as Browns' third baseman Red Co

Nap Lajoie challenges Ty Cobb's batting average with eight hits, six of which are bunts, as Browns' third baseman Red Corriden plays deep, but Cobb still wins

Soccer team KFC (Kooger Football Club) forms in Koog aan de Zaan, Netherlands

Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and is subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in Lon

Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and is subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London

Blanche Scott becomes the first woman to fly at a public event in the US in Fort Wayne, Indiana

1st Israeli kibbutz Deganya Alef, is founded at Umm Juni, Ottoman Empire

SDAP/NVV initiate campaign for general males/female suffrage

First air freight shipment is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Morehouse from Dayton, Oh

First air freight shipment is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Morehouse from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio

1st Washington State election in which women could vote

The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, though the official founding date is Novemb

The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, though the official founding date is November 23, 1910.

First possible movie stunt: A man jumps into the Hudson River from a burning balloon

First airplane flight from deck of a ship in Norfolk, Virginia

Ferenc Molnàr's play "Tester" premieres in Budapest

New York's Penn Station opens as the world's largest railway terminal

Pennsylvania Station (often abbreviated to Penn Station) was a historic railroad station in New York City that was built for, named after, and originally occupied by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR).

Neon lights are first publicly displayed at the Paris Auto Show

French troops occupy the Moroccan harbor city of Agadir

Dutch Physicist Johannes van der Waals wins the Nobel Prize for physics

The Nobel Prize in Physics (Swedish: Nobelpriset i fysik) is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists who have made outstanding contributions in Physics.

1st US city ordinance requiring white & black residential areas in Baltimore

Baltimore, also known as Baltimore City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is the 30th-most populous U.S.

Explosion in coal mine in Hulton England, 344 mine workers dies

US postal savings stamps 1st issued

Luisa Tetrazzini sings to 250,000 people at Lotta's Fountain, San Francisco

Luisa Tetrazzini (29 June 1871 – 28 April 1940) was an Italian coloratura soprano of great international fame.

Englebert Humperdink's opera "Konigskinder" premiers at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City

US tobacco industry produced 9 billion cigarettes in 1910

Famous Births

Luise Rainer is born

Luise Rainer, German german-born actress, known for german-born actress, was born on 1910-01-12. Luise Rainer was a German-born film actress.

David McCampbell is born

Django Reinhardt is born

Django Reinhardt, Belgian musician, known for romani-french jazz musician, was born on 1910-01-23.

William Shockley is born

William Shockley, American solid-state physicist, known for american solid-state physicist, was born on 1910-02-13.

Archer John Porter Martin is born

Archer John Porter Martin, British chemist, known for british chemist, was born on 1910-03-01.

David Niven is born

David Niven, English actor, memoirist and novelist, known for english actor, memoirist and novelist, was born on 1910-03-01.

Claire Trevor is born

Claire Trevor, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1910-03-08. Claire Trevor was an American actress.

Samuel Barber is born

Samuel Barber, American musician, known for american composer, was born on 1910-03-09.

Bayard Rustin is born

Akira Kurosawa is born

Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director, known for japanese film director, was born on 1910-03-23.

Dorothy Hodgkin is born

Dorothy Hodgkin, English chemist, known for english chemist, was born on 1910-05-12.

Jimmy Demaret is born

Jimmy Demaret, American athlete, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1910-05-24. James Newton Demaret (May 24, 1910 – December 28, 1983) was an American professional golfer.

Jacques Cousteau is born

Jacques Cousteau, French oceanographer and author, known for french oceanographer and author, was born on 1910-06-11.

Frank Loesser is born

Frank Loesser, American musician, known for american songwriter, was born on 1910-06-29.

Gloria Stuart is born

Gloria Stuart, American actress and painter, known for american actress and painter, was born on 1910-07-04. Gloria Frances Stuart was an American actress, visual artist and activist.

Jane Wyatt is born

Jane Wyatt, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1910-08-12. Jane Waddington Wyatt ( WY-ət; August 12, 1910 – October 20, 2006) was an American actress.

Mother Teresa is born

Mother Teresa, Albanian albanian-indian catholic saint, known for albanian-indian catholic saint, was born on 1910-08-26.

Jean Genet is born

Jean Genet, French novelist, playwright, and poet, known for french novelist, playwright, and poet, was born on 1910-12-19.

Jean Anouilh is born

Jean Anouilh, French playwright, known for french playwright, was born on 1910-06-23. Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist and screenwriter whose career spanned five decades.

Raemer Schreiber is born

Raemer Schreiber, American nuclear physicist, known for american nuclear physicist, was born on 1910-11-11.

Notable Deaths

Mark Twain dies

Mark Twain, American author and humorist, known for american author and humorist, died on 1910-04-21.

Robert Koch dies

Robert Koch, German physician and bacteriologist, known for german physician and bacteriologist, died on 1910-05-27. Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch was a German physician and microbiologist.

O. Henry dies

O. Henry writer, known for american writer, died on 1910-06-05. William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O.

Charles Rolls dies

Charles Rolls, British motoring and aviation pioneer, known for british motoring and aviation pioneer, died on 1910-07-12.