1910 - What happened in 1910 ?

February 1910

Tuesday 08:

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

March 1910

Thursday 03:

Rockefeller Foundation: J.D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he could devote full time to being a philanthropist.

Thursday 17:

Luther Gulick and his wife Charlotte found Camp Fire Girls (now Camp Fire USA) (formally announced in 1912).

Monday 28:

Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.

April 1910

Friday 08:

The Los Angeles Motordome opened near Playa del Rey, California.

Thursday 14:

President William Howard Taft becomes the first president to throw out the first baseball on opening day.

Friday 29:

Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.

May 1910

Wednesday 04:

The Royal Canadian Navy is created.

Friday 06:

George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.

Monday 16:

The U.S. Congress authorizes the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.

Wednesday 18:

The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.

Tuesday 31:

Creation of the Union of South Africa.

June 1910

Wednesday 01:

Robert Falcon Scott's South Pole expedition leaves England.

Friday 24:

Japan invades Korea.

July 1910

Monday 04:

African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match sparking race riots across the United States.

Sunday 24:

James MacGillivray publishes first account of Paul Bunyan in the Detroit News.

August 1910

Monday 22:

Japan annexes Korea with the signing of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty. The name Korea was abolished and replaced with the ancient name Joseon.

Thursday 25:

Yellow Cab is founded.

Monday 29:

Japan changes Korea's name to Ch?sen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.

October 1910

Saturday 01:

A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 20.

Wednesday 05:

Portugal overthrows its monarchy and declares itself a republic.

Monday 10:

Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity is established at Columbia University.

Saturday 22:

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

November 1910

Monday 07:

The first air freight shipment from Dayton, Ohio to Columbus, Ohio undertaken by the Wright Brothers and Department Store owner Max Moorehouse.

Sunday 20:

Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero denounces President Porfirio Díaz, declares himself president, and calls for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico.

December 1910

Friday 16:

Henri Coanda makes first short flight in aircraft with jet engine

Thursday 22:

Chicago Union Stock Yards Fire, 21 firemen were killed.