January 1910
Encyclopedia
January – February
– March
– April
– May
– June
– July
– August
– September
– October
– November
– December
The following events occurred in January 1910.
February 1910
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November-DecemberThe following events occurred in February 1910.-February 1, 1910 :...
– March
March 1910
January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November -DecemberThe following events occurred in March, 1910:-March 1, 1910 :...
– April
April 1910
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in April 1910-April 1, 1910 :...
– May
May 1910
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in May, 1910:-May 1, 1910 :...
– June
June 1910
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in June 1910:-June 1, 1910 :...
– July
July 1910
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in July 1910-July 1, 1910 :...
– August
August 1910
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in August 1910:-August 1, 1910 :...
– September
September 1910
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in September 1910.-September 1, 1910 :...
– October
October 1910
January – February – March – April – May – June – July -August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in October 1910:-October 1, 1910 :...
– November
November 1910
January – February – March – April – May – June – July -August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in November 1910:-November 1, 1910 :...
– December
December 1910
January – February – March – April – May – June – July -August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in December 1910:-December 1, 1910 :...
January 1, 1910 (Saturday)
- Russia extended its boundaries to twelve miles off of its coasts.
- By agreement with the labor union, the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, American railroad companies in the South implemented a quota against further hiring of African Americans, providing that "No larger percentage of Negro trainmen or yardmen will be employed on any division or in any yard than was employed on January 1, 1910".
- U.S. President William H. Taft opened the New Year by inviting the general public private citizens to visit him in the White HouseWhite HouseThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
. He shook hands with 5,575 people.
January 2, 1910 (Sunday)
- Twelve people in Sawtelle, California (now part of Los Angeles) were fatally poisoned by a contaminated can of pears, served as dessert following dinner at the home of Mrs. D.G. Valdez. Mrs. Valdez, her daughter, five grandchildren, two sons-in-law and three guests all died within days.
- Died: Agnes BoothAgnes Booth-References:* Asia Booth Clarke . The Elder and the Younger Booth, Boston: J.R. Osgood and Co.* McKay and Wingate . Famous American Actors of To-day, New York: T. Y. Crowell....
, 66, American stage actress
January 3, 1910 (Monday)
- The first junior high school classes in the United States began, as a new program in Berkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
, was started for seventh, eighth and ninth grade students, at McKinley High School and Washington High School. The idea of the "introductory high school" was conceived by educator Frank Forest Bunker, - The first injunction in favor of the Wright BrothersWright brothersThe Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur , were two Americans credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903...
, against their competitors, was issued by a federal court in Buffalo, barring Glenn CurtissGlenn CurtissGlenn Hammond Curtiss was an American aviation pioneer and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle then motorcycle builder and racer, later also manufacturing engines for airships as early as 1906...
from flying airplanes for profit while the patent infringement case of Wright v. Herring-Curtis was in progress. An injunction was sought by the Wrights the next day against Louis PaulhanLouis PaulhanIsidore Auguste Marie Louis Paulhan, known as Louis Paulhan, was a pioneering French aviator who in 1910 flew "Le Canard", the world's first seaplane, designed by Henri Fabre....
. Curtis filed an interlocutory appeal and posted a $10,000 bond to stay the injunction. - In a half billion dollar merger agreement, J.P. Morgan's Guaranty Trust Company announced the acquisition of Levi P. MortonLevi P. MortonLevi Parsons Morton was a Representative from New York and the 22nd Vice President of the United States . He also later served as the 31st Governor of New York.-Biography:...
's Morton Trust and Thomas Fortune RyanThomas Fortune RyanThomas Fortune Ryan was a U.S. tobacco and transport magnate. Part of his fortune paid for the construction of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond, Virginia.-Early days:...
's Fifth Avenue Trust. On the same day, President Taft conferred at the White House with presidents of the major American railroads, who were unsuccessful in attempting to persuade the President to call off antitrust litigation against the railways.
January 4, 1910 (Tuesday)
- French aviator Léon DelagrangeLéon DelagrangeLéon Delagrange Léon Delagrange Léon Delagrange (Ferdinand Léon Delagrange; March 13, 1873 was a pioneer French aviator and also a sculptor .He was born at Orléans and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris...
, who had set a flying speed record the previous Thursday, was killed during an airshow at BordeauxBordeauxBordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
. The wings on his Blériot monoplaneMonoplaneA monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with one main set of wing surfaces, in contrast to a biplane or triplane. Since the late 1930s it has been the most common form for a fixed wing aircraft.-Types of monoplane:...
broke as he was making a turn, and he plunged 65 feet to his death. - On the same day, aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-DumontAlberto Santos-DumontAlberto Santos-Dumont , was a Brazilian early pioneer of aviation. The heir of a wealthy family of coffee producers, Santos Dumont dedicated himself to science studies in Paris, France, where he spent most of his adult life....
escaped fatal injury when his Demoiselle airplane lost a wing at an altitude of 100 feet. He was entangled in wire, and spared from being thrown on impact, but never piloted an airplane again. - French forces under the command of Captain Fiegenschuh were massacred in a battle by the forces of the Sultan Dudmurrah in the DarfurDarfurDarfur is a region in western Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. The region is divided into three federal states: West Darfur, South Darfur, and North Darfur...
region of the SudanSudanSudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
.
January 5, 1910 (Wednesday)
- The Montreal CanadiensMontreal CanadiensThe Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
played their first game, defeating the Cobalt Silver Kings, 7–6. Edouard "Newsy" Lalonde scored the first Canadiens' goal. - Born: Jack LovelockJack LovelockJohn Edward Lovelock was a New Zealand athlete, and the 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres....
, New Zealand track star, Olympic medalist in 1936, in CrushingtonCrushington, New ZealandCrushington is a town in New Zealand. It is known as the birthplace of Olympic athlete John Edward "Jack" Lovelock.The settlement is located three kilometres inland from Reefton, on the Lewis Pass road between the West Coast of the South Island and north Canterbury.The town was originally a...
athlete (killed in accident, 1949) - Died: Léon WalrasLéon WalrasMarie-Esprit-Léon Walras was a French mathematical economist associated with the creation of the general equilibrium theory.-Life and career:...
, 75, French economist, founder of theory of general economic equilibrium
January 6, 1910 (Thursday)
- The AbéAbé languageAbé is a language of uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken in Côte d'Ivoire.The dialects of Abé are Tioffo, Morie, Abbey-Ve, and Kos...
people, in the French West AfricaFrench West AfricaFrench West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan , French Guinea , Côte d'Ivoire , Upper Volta , Dahomey and Niger...
colony of Côte d'IvoireCôte d'IvoireThe Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...
, rose in rebellion against the administration of Governor Gabriel Angoulvant, attacking railway stations and cutting the railway line at 25 separate points. Governor-General Merlaud-PontyWilliam Merlaud-PontyAmédée William Merlaud-Ponty was a French colonial administrator...
ordered 1,400 troops to brutally suppress the rebellion. - Born: Wright MorrisWright MorrisWright Marion Morris was an American novelist, photographer, and essayist. He is known for his portrayals of the people and artifacts of the Great Plains in words and pictures, as well as for experimenting with narrative forms. Wright Morris died April 25, 1998 at the age of 88 years. He is...
, American photographer and writer, in Central City, NebraskaCentral City, NebraskaCentral City is a city in Merrick County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Grand Island, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,998 at the 2000 census...
(d. 1998), and Kid ChocolateKid ChocolateFor the boxer of the same nickname see Peter Quillin.Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo , better known as Kid Chocolate, was a Cuban boxer who enjoyed wild success both in the boxing ring and in society life during a span of the 1930s.-Biography:Eligio Montaldo, also nicknamed The Cuban Bon Bon, learned how...
, Cuban boxer (real name Eligio Sardinias-Montalbo), in Cerro, Havana province (d.1988)
January 7, 1910 (Friday)
- The Pinchot-Ballinger controversyPinchot-Ballinger ControversyThe Pinchot–Ballinger controversy, also known as the "Ballinger Affair", was a dispute between U.S. Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Richard Achilles Ballinger that contributed to the split of the Republican Party before the 1912 Presidential Election and...
, which would ultimately split the Republican Party and lead to the election of Woodrow WilsonWoodrow WilsonThomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
as President of the United States, began when President Taft ordered the firing of Forestry Director Gifford PinchotGifford PinchotGifford Pinchot was the first Chief of the United States Forest Service and the 28th Governor of Pennsylvania...
. Pinchot's criticism of Interior Secretary Richard Ballinger, including a letter read on the floor of Congress, led to the dismissal. "By your conduct you have destroyed your usefulness as a helpful subordinate of the government", Taft wrote, "and it therefore now becomes my duty to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to remove you from your office as the Forester." - Hubert LathamHubert LathamArthur Charles Hubert Latham was a French aviation pioneer. He was the first person to attempt to cross the English Channel in an aeroplane...
became the first person to fly an airplane to an altitude of more than one kilometer, breaking his own world record at Mourmelon-le-GrandMourmelon-le-GrandMourmelon-le-Grand is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.-Camp Châlons:'Camp Châlons' is a military camp of circa 10,000 hectares nearby Mourmelon-le-Grand...
, France. - Born: Orval FaubusOrval FaubusOrval Eugene Faubus was the 36th Governor of Arkansas, serving from 1955 to 1967. He is best known for his 1957 stand against the desegregation of Little Rock public schools during the Little Rock Crisis, in which he defied a unanimous decision of the United States Supreme Court by ordering the...
, Governor of Arkansas 1955–1967, at Huntsville, ArkansasHuntsville, ArkansasHuntsville is a city in mountainous Madison County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,046 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Madison County. During the American Civil War it was the site of what became known as the Huntsville Massacre...
(d. 1994)
January 8, 1910 (Saturday)
- BhutanBhutanBhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
became a protectorateProtectorateIn history, the term protectorate has two different meanings. In its earliest inception, which has been adopted by modern international law, it is an autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity...
of the British Empire by the signing of the Treaty of PunakhaHistory of BhutanBhutan's early history is steeped in mythology and remains obscure. It may have been inhabited as early as 2000 BC, but not much was known until the introduction of Tibetan Buddhism in the 9th century, when turmoil in Tibet forced many monks to flee to Bhutan. In the 12th century, the Drukpa...
. The agreement, executed by King Ugyen Wangchuk and British representative Charles Alfred BellCharles Alfred BellSir Charles Alfred Bell K.C.I.E. , born in Calcutta, was a British-Indian tibetologist. He was educated at Winchester College. After joining the Indian Civil Service, he was appointed Political Officer in Sikkim in 1908...
, kept the Himalayan kingdom separate from British India. - Born: Galina UlanovaGalina UlanovaGalina Sergeyevna Ulánova is frequently cited as being one of the greatest 20th Century ballerinas. Her flat in Moscow is designated a national museum, and there are monuments to her in Saint Petersburg and Stockholm....
, Russian ballerina, in St. Petersburg (d. 1998)
January 9, 1910 (Sunday)
- Rioting broke out in BukharaBukharaBukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time...
, at that time a Russian protectorateProtectorateIn history, the term protectorate has two different meanings. In its earliest inception, which has been adopted by modern international law, it is an autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity...
, when Sunni Muslim students insulted a Shi'ite Muslim group that was celebrating the Mourning of MuharramMourning of MuharramThe Mourning of Muharram is an important period of mourning in Shia Islam, taking place in Muharram which is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is also called the Remembrance of Muharram...
. Russian troops were sent in to maintain order. After several more interventions, Bukhara eventually became part of the Soviet Union and is now part of UzbekistanUzbekistanUzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
.
January 10, 1910 (Monday)
- Parliament was dissolved in the United Kingdom, and new elections were held over a two week period beginning on January 15.
- Died: Chief CharloChief CharloChief Charlo lived from 1830-1910 in the Bitterroot Valley and served as head chief of the Bitterroot Salish from 1870 to 1910. He was appointed chief upon death of his father, Chief Victor . Chief Victor was a principal signer of the Treaty of Hellgate in 1855...
, 79, Chief of the Bitteroot Salish Indian tribe from 1870 to 1910
January 11, 1910 (Tuesday)
- Charcot IslandCharcot IslandCharcot Island or Charcot Land is an island of the British Antarctic Territory, long and wide, which is ice covered except for prominent mountains overlooking the north coast, west of Alexander Island.-History:...
discovered by AntarcticAntarcticThe Antarctic is the region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica and the ice shelves, waters and island territories in the Southern Ocean situated south of the Antarctic Convergence...
expedition led by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who was sailing on the ship Pourquoi Pas?. Charcot Land, later proven to be an island, was named in honor Charcot's father. - Born: Maurice BuckmasterMaurice BuckmasterColonel Maurice James Buckmaster OBE was the leader of the French section of Special Operations Executive and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. He was a corporate manager with the French branch of the Ford Motor Company, in the postwar years serving in Dagenham...
, English head of Special Operations ExecutiveSpecial Operations ExecutiveThe Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct and aid local...
, at Brereton, StaffordshireBrereton, StaffordshireBrereton is a village in the Cannock Chase District of Staffordshire, England. It once had its own separate identity but is now effectively part of the town of Rugeley, although it is in the civil parish of Brereton and Ravenhill...
(d.1992)
January 12, 1910 (Wednesday)
- İbrahim Hakkı Pasha became the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, replacing Hüseyin Hilmi PashaHüseyin Hilmi PashaHüseyin Hilmi Pasha was a statesman and twice Grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire in the wake of the Second Constitutional Era and was also Co-founder and Head of the Turkish Red Crescent...
. - The steamer Czarina wrecked on the rocks off of the coast of Marshfield, Oregon. Despite the attempts of city residents and the U.S. life-saving station, only one of the 30 people on board survived.
- Andover, IowaAndover, IowaAndover is a city in Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 87 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Andover is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
, was incorporated as a city. - Born: Luise RainerLuise RainerLuise Rainer is a former German film actress. Known as The "Viennese Teardrop", she was the first woman to win two Academy Awards, and the first person to win them consecutively. She was discovered by MGM talent scouts while acting on stage in Austria and Germany and after appearing in Austrian...
, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1936 and 1937, in DüsseldorfDüsseldorfDüsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
(still living in 2010)
January 13, 1910 (Thursday)
- The first radio broadcast of a live musical performance took place from New York's Metropolitan OperaMetropolitan OperaThe Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...
, which inaugurated use of a new system set up by Lee DeForest. The one act opera "Cavalleria rusticanaCavalleria rusticanaCavalleria rusticana is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from a play written by Giovanni Verga based on his short story. Considered one of the classic verismo operas, it premiered on May 17, 1890 at the Teatro...
" was "borne by Hertzian waves over the turbulent waters of the sea to transcontinental and coastwise ships, and over the mountain peaks, amid undulating valleys of the country" with the aid of a microphone connected to a 500 watt transmitter. Wireless receivers at buildings on Park Avenue, the Metropolitan Life Building, and Times Square picked up the broadcast, as did radio sets used by ship operators and amateur radio enthusiasts.
January 14, 1910 (Friday)
- Spain's King Alfonso ordered the arrest of 80 high-ranking military officers suspected of plotting a coup, and removed the Captains General of Madrid, Valencia, Valladolid and Coronna. Police surrounded the Military Club in Madrid and took the officers inside into custody.
January 15, 1910 (Saturday)
- The Shoshone River DamBuffalo Bill DamBuffalo Bill Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Shoshone River in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The dam is named after the famous old West figure William "Buffalo Bill" Cody who founded the nearby town of Cody and who owned much of the land now covered by the reservoir formed by the dam, which...
, later the Buffalo Bill Dam, was completed in Wyoming. At 325 feet in height, it was, at that time, the tallest dam in the world. - Voting began in the United Kingdom for a new parliament.
January 16, 1910 (Sunday)
- A boycottBoycottA boycott is an act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons...
against the high price of meat began in Cleveland, OhioCleveland, OhioCleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
, with 460 people pledging not to purchase meat until prices came down. Within ten days, the boycott spread to include 150,000 Clevelanders refusing to purchase meat and similar protests were spreading across the nation. - Stephanos DragoumisStephanos DragoumisStephanos Dragoumis was a judge, writer and Prime Minister of Greece in January-October 1910. He was the father of Ion Dragoumis.-Early years:...
became the new Prime Minister of Greece, succeeding Kyriakoulis MavromichalisKyriakoulis MavromichalisKyriakoulis Petrou Mavromichalis was a Greek politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who briefly served as Prime Minister of Greece....
. Dragoumis was approved by the Crown Council with a 14–4 vote over Stephanos SkouloudisStephanos SkouloudisStephanos Skouloudis was a Greek banker, diplomat and prime minister.- Early life :He was born in Istanbul on November 23, 1838. His parents, John and Zena Skouloudis, were originally from Crete and his father was a businessman in Constantinople, where Skouloudis completed grade school...
. - Born: Dizzy DeanDizzy DeanJay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in one season. Dean was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953....
(Jay Hanna Dean), legendary pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals, in Lucas, ArkansasLogan County, ArkansasLogan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2010, the population was 22,353. There are two county seats: Booneville and Paris.-History :...
(d. 1974)
January 17, 1910 (Monday)
- By a voice vote, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill calling for statehood for the territories of ArizonaArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
and New MexicoNew MexicoNew Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
. House Resolution 18166, sponsored by Michigan Congressman Edward L. HamiltonEdward L. HamiltonEdward La Rue Hamilton was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Hamilton was born in Niles Township, Michigan, where he attended grade school and graduated from the Niles High School in 1876...
, moved on to the United States Senate. - Born: Edith GreenEdith GreenEdith Louise Starrett Green was an American politician and educator in the state of Oregon. A native of South Dakota, she was raised in Oregon and completed her education at the University of Oregon and Stanford University...
, as Edith Starret, U.S. Congresswoman (D-Oregon, 1955–1975), in Trent, South DakotaTrent, South DakotaTrent is a town in Moody County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 232 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Trent is located at , along the Big Sioux River....
(d. 1987)
January 18, 1910 (Tuesday)
- John R. Walsh, the 72 year old former President of the Chicago National Bank, began a five year sentence at the federal prison in Leavenworth. The day before, the United States Supreme Court declined to review the appeal of his conviction for misuse of the funds of the Bank, which had failed in 1906. Walsh had been a self-made millionaire, working his way "from newsboy to the control of millions of dollars in banks, railroads, newspapers and coal-fields"
- A fire at ConstantinopleIstanbulIstanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, the Turkish capital of the Ottoman EmpireOttoman EmpireThe Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
, destroyed the Palace of Charagan, residence of the Sultan, as well as the parliament buildings.
January 19, 1910 (Wednesday)
- The United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
first experimented with aerial bombardmentStrategic bombingStrategic bombing is a military strategy used in a total war with the goal of defeating an enemy nation-state by destroying its economic ability and public will to wage war rather than destroying its land or naval forces...
from an airplane, with Louis PaulhanLouis PaulhanIsidore Auguste Marie Louis Paulhan, known as Louis Paulhan, was a pioneering French aviator who in 1910 flew "Le Canard", the world's first seaplane, designed by Henri Fabre....
piloting and Lieutenant Paul Beck dropping dummy bombs (sacks of sand) upon targets from an altitude of 350 feet.
January 20, 1910 (Thursday)
- Heavyweight boxing champion Jack JohnsonJack Johnson (boxer)John Arthur Johnson , nicknamed the “Galveston Giant,” was an American boxer. At the height of the Jim Crow era, Johnson became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion...
was arrested for assault in New York, but released later. He would defend his title later in the year in the "Fight of the Century" against former champion James J. JeffriesJames J. JeffriesJames Jackson Jeffries was a world heavyweight boxing champion.His greatest assets were his enormous strength and stamina. Using a technique taught to him by his trainer, former welterweight and middleweight champion Tommy Ryan, Jeffries fought out of a crouch with his left arm extended forward...
. - Born: Joy AdamsonJoy AdamsonJoy Adamson was a naturalist, artist, and author best known for her book, Born Free, which describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa...
, author of Born Free, as Friederike Gessner in Troppau, Austria-Hungary (now Opava, Czech Republic; d. 1980)
January 21, 1910 (Friday)
- 1910 Great Flood of Paris1910 Great Flood of ParisThe 1910 Great Flood of Paris was a catastrophe in which the Seine River, carrying winter rains from its tributaries, flooded Paris, France, and several nearby communities....
: Two days after heavy rains poured upon France, the Seine River overflowed its banks at Over the next several days, the rains continued and the waters rose 24 feet, overran power stations and blacked out the city, forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes, and contaminated the water supply with disease. The waters did not begin receding until January 28, and would cause francs of damage. - Spanish River derailmentSpanish River derailmentThe Spanish River derailment is a rail transport accident that occurred on January 21, 1910, on the CPR line where the railway crosses the Spanish River near the settlement of Nairn in Northern Ontario, Canada....
: A Canadian Pacific train ran off the rails as it was crossing a bridge, plunging into the Spanish RiverSpanish River (Ontario)The Spanish River is a river in Algoma District, Sudbury District and Greater Sudbury in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It flows in a southerly direction from its headwaters at Spanish Lake and Duke Lake to its mouth at the North Channel on Georgian Bay, Lake Huron just outside of the community...
. The final death toll was 63. - The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it would seek to break up the "beef trust".
- Born: Albert RoselliniAlbert RoselliniAlbert Dean Rosellini was the 15th Governor of the state of Washington for two terms, from 1957 to 1965, and was the first Italian American, Roman Catholic governor elected west of the Mississippi River...
, Governor of Washington, 1957–1965 (died in 2011)
January 22, 1910 (Saturday)
- At 9:30 in the evening, the Vigarano Meteorite split as it fell to Earth in Italy at the locality of the same name, near EmiliaEmilia-RomagnaEmilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....
. Weighing 11.5 kg (or 25 lb.), the stone that was recovered was the first of the CV chondrites named for Vigarano. CV chondrites are described as the oldest rocks in the solar system The other piece of the meteorite, weighing 4.5 kg, was found a month later. The famous Allende meteoriteAllende meteoriteThe Allende meteorite is the largest carbonaceous chondrite ever found on Earth. The fireball was witnessed at 1:05 a.m. on February 8, 1969, falling over the Mexican state of Chihuahua. After breaking up in the atmosphere, an extensive search for pieces was conducted and it is often described as...
of 1969 is a CV3. - The completion of construction of New York's Metropolitan Life Insurance Company TowerMetropolitan Life Insurance Company TowerThe Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, also known as the Metropolitan Life Tower or Met Life Tower, is a landmark skyscraper located on East 23rd Street between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue South, off of Madison Square Park. in the borough of Manhattan in New York City...
, at 700 feet tall the world's tallest skyscraper at the time, was celebrated by the company at the Hotel Astor. - Born: Harold GeneenHarold GeneenHarold "Hal" Sydney Geneen , was an American businessman most famous for serving as president of the ITT Corporation.-Biography:...
, Chairman of ITT, in BournemouthBournemouthBournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth...
, England (d. 1997)
January 23, 1910 (Sunday)
- 1910 Great Flood of Paris1910 Great Flood of ParisThe 1910 Great Flood of Paris was a catastrophe in which the Seine River, carrying winter rains from its tributaries, flooded Paris, France, and several nearby communities....
: Two days after heavy rains had caused the River Seine to overflow its banks, flooding of the river valleys of France broke the previous records, and the waters kept rising. - Born: Django ReinhardtDjango ReinhardtDjango Reinhardt was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique that has since become a living musical tradition within French gypsy culture...
, Belgian guitarist, in LiberchiesLiberchiesLiberchies is a village in the municipality of Pont-à-Celles, in the Belgian province of Hainaut.It is situated along the previous Roman highway Bavay-Tongeren where a vicus was discovered. Geminiacum is the name of the vicus that developed along the Roman highway next to the center of today's...
; (d. 1953)
January 24, 1910 (Monday)
- At the annual meetings of baseball's major leagues, held in Pittsburgh, the National LeagueNational LeagueThe National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
's schedule committee tentatively approved a resolution to add another 14 games to each team's sechedule, for 168 regular season games. The American League declined to follow suit, so the NL retained a 154 game schedule for 1910, and the next 50 seasons. In 1961, the American LeagueAmerican LeagueThe American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...
went to the current 162 games, followed by the NL the next year.
January 25, 1910 (Tuesday)
- The army of NicaraguaNicaraguaNicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
was defeated by rebel troops in a battle at La LibertadLa Libertad, ChontalesLa Libertad is a municipality in the Chontales department of Nicaragua.It is the birthplace of the President Daniel Ortega and of Miguel Cardinal Obando Bravo. It is were the river is known to be river of milk and rocks of cheese....
. President José MadrizJosé MadrizJosé Madriz Rodriguez was the President of Nicaragua from 21 December 1909 to 20 August 1910.Madriz was born on 21 July 1867, in León, Nicaragua. After President José Santos Zelaya resigned on December 21, 1909 in the face of an armed revolt and United States opposition, Madriz assumed the...
would finally yield to the rebels in August. - The Poás VolcanoPoás VolcanoThe Poás Volcano, in Spanish Volcán Poás, is an active stratovolcano in central Costa Rica. Poás has erupted 39 times since 1828.- Crater lakes :...
erupted in Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
for the first time since 1885, sending ash 26,000 feet into the air.
January 26, 1910 (Wednesday)
- The Hague Convention of 1907, governing naval warfare, entered into effect by its terms.
- The Mann ActMann ActThe White-Slave Traffic Act, better known as the Mann Act, is a United States law, passed June 25, 1910 . It is named after Congressman James Robert Mann, and in its original form prohibited white slavery and the interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes”...
, sponsored by Congressman James Mann of IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a voice vote. The bill made a federal crime of transporting a person in interstate travel (initially by "purchase of a ticket") for purposes of prostitution, punishable by a $5,000 fine, a five year jail term, or both. The bill moved on to the U.S. Senate. - Glenn CurtissGlenn CurtissGlenn Hammond Curtiss was an American aviation pioneer and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle then motorcycle builder and racer, later also manufacturing engines for airships as early as 1906...
tested the first seaplaneSeaplaneA seaplane is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing on water. Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are a subclass called amphibian aircraft...
, which he had made by attaching a broad main float to the underside, with three takeoffs and landings made at San Diego BaySan Diego BaySan Diego Bay is a natural harbor and deepwater port adjacent to San Diego, California. It is 12 mi/19 km long, 1 mi/1.6 km–3 mi/4.8 km wide...
. - As parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom continued, the coalition led by Prime MinisterPrime Minister of the United KingdomThe Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
H.H. Asquith retained power. In spite of Asquith's Liberal Party, along with the Labor and Irish Nationalist parties, combined for at least 345 of the 670 seats in the House of Commons. Asquith himself was confronted by angry suffragettes until the police came to his rescue. - Carry Nation made her last attempt at wrecking a saloon, as she invaded a dance hall in Butte, Montana, but was warded off by proprietor May Malloy. Nation, who destroyed saloons and taverns at the beginning of the century, would die the following year.
January 27, 1910 (Thursday)
- Gunnar KnudsenGunnar KnudsenGunnar Knudsen , born Aanon Gunerius Knudsen, was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party who had two spells as Prime Minister of Norway from 1908 to 1910 and from 1913 to 1920...
resigned his position as Prime Minister of NorwayPrime Minister of NorwayThe Prime Minister of Norway is the political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Stortinget , to their political party, and ultimately the...
, and was succeeded on February 2February 1910January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November-DecemberThe following events occurred in February 1910.-February 1, 1910 :...
by Wollert Konow. - Although many sources list January 27, 1910, as the date of the first University of North Carolina basketball game, the first game was played on January 27, 1911.
- Born: Félix CandelaFélix CandelaFélix Candela Outeriño was a Spanish architect known for his significant role in the development of Mexican architecture and structural engineering. Candela’s major contribution to architecture was the development of thin shells made out of reinforced concrete...
, Spanish architectural engineer, in MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
(d. 1997) and Edvard KardeljEdvard KardeljEdvard Kardelj also known under the pseudonyms Sperans and Krištof was a Yugoslav communist political leader, economist, partisan, publicist, and full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts...
, Yugoslav political leader, economist, partisan and publicist (d. 1979). - Died: Thomas CrapperThomas CrapperThomas Crapper was a plumber who founded Thomas Crapper & Co. in London. Contrary to widespread misconceptions, Crapper did not invent the flush toilet. He did, however, do much to increase the popularity of the toilet, and developed some important related inventions, such as the ballcock...
, 73, manufacturer who popularized the flush toilet.
January 28, 1910 (Friday)
- Shortly after the original gift, from Japan, of 2,000 Japanese cherry blossom trees arrived in Washington, D.C., the Sakuras turned out to be unsuitable for replanting. Much to the dismay of First Lady Helen Taft, her husband had to give a presidential order to destroy the trees. Two years later, in the spring of 1912, the cherry blossoms would become a permanent fixture in Washington.
- Born: John BannerJohn BannerJohn Banner , born Johann Banner, was an American film and television actor, who was born and died in Vienna, Austria....
, Austrian-born TV actor famous as "Sergeant Schultz" on Hogan's Heroes, as Johann Banner in ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
(d. 1973)
January 29, 1910 (Saturday)
- The town of Zimmerman, MinnesotaZimmerman, MinnesotaZimmerman is a rural community located about 45 miles northwest of St. Paul, in Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,228 at the 2010 census.U.S. Route 169 serves as a main arterial route in the city.-History:...
, was incorporated as the village of Lake Fremont. After 57 years, the town changed its name to Zimmerman.
January 30, 1910 (Sunday)
- "Uncle WiggilyUncle WiggilyUncle Wiggily Longears is the main character of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis. He began writing the stories for the Newark News in 1910. Garis penned an Uncle Wiggily story every day for more than 30 years, and published 79 books within the author's lifetime....
", created by Howard R. Garis, made its debut in the Newark News. Stories featuring Uncle Wiggily Longears, a "rheumatic rabbit", became popular in a series of children's books, toys and other merchandise over the next 37 years. - Born: Chidambaram SubramaniamChidambaram SubramaniamChidambaram Subramaniam , was an Indian statesman...
, Indian politician, architect, with Dr. Norman Borlaug, of Green Revolution in IndiaGreen Revolution in IndiaThe introduction of high-yielding varieties of seeds and the increased use of fertilizers and irrigation are known collectively as the Green Revolution, which provided the increase in production needed to make India self-sufficient in food grains, thus improving agriculture in India...
(d. 2000) - Died: Granville T. Woods, 53, prolific African-American inventor nicknamed "the Black Edison".
January 31, 1910 (Monday)
- An explosion at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Primero, Colorado, killed 75 coal miners.