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Born :12/18/1910Abe Burrows, Bkln NY, Broadway composer (Guys & Dolls 1951 TONY)
Born :04/09/1910Abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct)
Born :12/05/1910Abraham L Polonsky, US writer/director (Tell them Willie Boy is Here)
Born :01/20/1910Abram Hill, director/playwright/founder (American Negro Theater)
Born :03/23/1910Akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living)
Born :03/16/1910Aladar Gerevich, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1948)
Born :01/07/1910Alain JG de Rothschild, France, banker/baron
Born :12/04/1910Alex North, Chester Penn, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata)
Born :10/29/1910Alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician
Born :03/15/1910An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race)
Born :04/19/1910Andrew Gilchrist, historian/diplomat
Born :08/10/1910Angus Campbell, US, psychologist (Elections & Political Order)
Born :04/11/1910Anna Magnani, Ital's actress (Awakening, Roma)
Born :04/11/1910Antonio de Sp¡nola, general/president Portugal
Born :04/02/1910Arnie Herber, NFL QB (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants)
Born :11/11/1910Arnold D W Tilanus, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CHU)
Born :01/28/1910Arnold Moss, NYC, actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Qu‚bec, Viva Zapata)
Born :10/13/1910Art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer
Born :05/23/1910Artie Shaw, [Arthur Arshawsky], NYC, bandleader (Come'on my House)
Born :06/18/1910Avon Long, Balt Md, actor (Roots: Next Generation)
Born :05/09/1910Barbara Woodhouse, dog training expert
Born :08/12/1910Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary (Natl Assn of Women)
Born :03/17/1910Bayard Rustin, civil rights leader
Born :07/03/1910Bernard Burrows, British diplomat
Born :01/01/1910Bernard Printer, organist/pianist/orch leader (Folies-Bergres)
Born :07/28/1910Bill Goodwin, SF Calif, announcer (Burns & Allen, Boing Boing Show)
Born :02/03/1910Blas Galindo, San Gabriel M‚xico, composer (A la Patria)
Born :08/06/1910Charles Crichton, director (Battle of Sexes)
Born :06/26/1910Charles Spry, Australian security chief
Born :06/10/1910Chester Burnette, hamonica player (Howlin Wolf)
Born :06/04/1910Christopher Cockerell, inventor (Hovercraft)
Born :07/20/1910Cicely Veronica Wedgwood, British historian (William the Silent)
Born :05/01/1910Cliff Battles, Akron Oh, NFL hall of famer (Braves, Redskins)
Born :05/15/1910Constance Cummings, US, actress (John & Julie, 7 Sinners, Glamour)
Born :11/26/1910Cyril Cusack, South Africa, actress (Day of the Jackal)
Born :05/27/1910Daniel Greenway, CEO (Daniel Greenway & Sons)
Born :06/15/1910David Rose, London England, orch leader (Red Skelton Show, Stripper)
Born :12/10/1910Dennis Morgan, Prentice Wisc, actor (Dennis-21 Beacon Street)
Born :12/09/1910Dick Elffers, graphic artist
Born :06/18/1910Dick Foran, Flemington NJ, actor (OK Crackerby)
Born :12/31/1910Dick Kollmar, Rigewood NJ, actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What)
Born :01/23/1910Django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist
Born :02/10/1910Dominique Pire, Belgium, educator, aided WW II refugees (Nobel 1958)
Born :08/30/1910Donald Bisset, actor/children book writer
Born :09/03/1910Dorothy Maynor, Norfolk Va, soprano/founder (Harlem School of Arts)
Born :06/16/1910E G Marshall, Owatonna Minn, actor (Lawrence-Defenders, Caine Mutiny)
Born :03/09/1910Ed[uard] Hoornik, writer/poet (Outlive)
Born :07/22/1910Edith Abbo, daughter of Mien Wenneker/Prince Henry?
Born :01/17/1910Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore)
Born :07/24/1910Edward Ford, registrat Order of Merit
Born :08/20/1910Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel)
Born :09/23/1910Elliot Roosevelt, son of FDR/writer (Murder in the Oval Office)
Born :07/03/1910Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant
Born :04/22/1910Eric Scowen, physician
Born :01/05/1910Erica Morini, Austria, violinist
Born :09/28/1910Fran Lee, NYC, actress (Ms Wong-Major Dell Conway)
Born :06/29/1910Franc H Loesser, US songwriter/composer (Most Happy Fella)
Born :08/08/1910Francisco Brochado Da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962)
Born :01/30/1910Frans Dohmen, union leader (Dutch Catholic Mineworker's Union)
Born :05/23/1910Franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter
Born :11/11/1910Franz Kemser, Germany, 4 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1952)
Born :10/27/1910Fred de Cordova, film/TV producer (Tonight Show)
Born :12/24/1910Fritz [Reuter] Leiber Jr, US, sci-fi author (Bazaar of the Bizarre)
Born :01/10/1910Galina Ulanova, Russia, ballerina (Bolshoi)
Born :09/14/1910Gaston Deferre, French politician
Born :04/08/1910George Musso, NFL guard (Chicago Bears)
Born :09/11/1910Gerhard Schr”der, German minister of Defense
Born :05/12/1910Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove Mo, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour)
Born :10/23/1910Hayden Rorke, Bkln NY, actor (Dr Bellows-I Dream of Jeannie)
Born :09/18/1910Henri A Cornelis, gov-general Belgian Congo/Rwanda-Urundi
Born :12/30/1910Herman van der Horst, cinematographer (Faja Lobbi)
Born :06/10/1910Howlin' Wolf, [Chester Arthur Burnett], rocker (Evil, Big City Blues)
Born :05/23/1910Hugh Casson CH, architect
Born :06/16/1910Ilona Massey, Budapest Hungary, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show)
Born :03/28/1910Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark
Born :07/11/1910Irene Hervey, LA Calif, actress (Aunt Meg-Honey West)
Born :04/02/1910Irene Mayer Selznick, producer (Street Car Named Desire)
Born :02/06/1910Irmgard Keun, West German writer (Das kunstseidene M„dchen)
Born :01/11/1910Izler Solomon, St Paul, Minn, conductor
Born :08/17/1910J A Manusama, Moluccan politician
Born :08/25/1910J B Charles, [Willem H Nagel], criminologist/writer
Born :10/27/1910Jack Carson, Manitoba Canada, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce)
Born :09/01/1910Jack Hawkins, London England, actor (Ben-Four Just Men)
Born :02/09/1910Jacques Monod, French biochemist
Born :09/20/1910Jacques-Baptise LeBrun, France, finn yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1932)
Born :06/11/1910Jacques-Yves Cousteau, France, oceanic explorer aboard Calypso
Born :04/18/1910Jamie L Whitten, (Rep-D-MS, 1941- )
Born :06/23/1910Jean Anouilh, France, dramatist (Thieves' Carnival)
Born :12/19/1910Jean Genˆt, France, novelist/playwright (The Blacks)
Born :01/10/1910Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor
Born :09/08/1910Jean-Louis Barrault, France, actor (Les Enfants du Paradis)
Born :05/10/1910Jimmy Demaret, winner of 44 golf tournaments, but not the Open
Born :02/27/1910Joan Bennett, Palasades NJ, actress (Little Women, Disraeli)
Born :01/27/1910Joan Bennett, US, actress (Little Women, Disraeli)
Born :04/02/1910Joeri German, Russian writer
Born :04/26/1910Johan Thorn, writer/journalist/resistance fighter (Orange Newspaper)
Born :01/28/1910John Banner, Vienna Austria, actor (Hans Schultz-Hogan's Heroes)
Born :10/26/1910John Cardinal Krol, former archbishop of Philadelphia
Born :12/10/1910John Hammond Sr, NYC, rock/jazz producer (I Can Tell, So Many Roads)
Born :10/26/1910John Krol, archbishop/cardinal Philadelphia
Born :09/07/1910John Shea, US, 500m/1500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1932)
Born :06/08/1910John W Campbell, US, sci-fi writer (Moon is Hell)
Born :10/14/1910John Wooden, basketball coach (UCLA-10 national championships)
Born :08/15/1910Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria (1966-70)
Born :10/11/1910Joseph Alsop, political newspaper columnist (Men Around the President)
Born :01/20/1910Joy Adamson, naturalist/author (Born Free)
Born :02/20/1910Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter/collage maker
Born :07/27/1910Julien Gracq, [Louis Poirier], French writer (Andr‚ Breton)
Born :04/12/1910Jrgen Rausch, German philosopher/author (End of the Playboys)
Born :06/22/1910Katherine Dunham, US, dancer/choreographer/anthropologist
Born :03/23/1910Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, German singer
Born :05/26/1910Laurance S Rockefeller, CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank)
Born :01/20/1910Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician
Born :02/12/1910Lee Byung Chull, Korean industrialist, founder of Samsung Business
Born :09/14/1910Lehman Engel, Jackson Miss, conductor/comp (Streetcar Named Desire)
Born :12/13/1910Lillian Roth, singer/actress (Animal Crackers)
Born :04/15/1910Lord Grey of Naunton, chancellor (Ulster University)
Born :06/16/1910Lord Richardson, president (General Medical Council)
Born :08/02/1910Lou Zara, NYC, writer (Stump the Authors)
Born :01/12/1910Luise Rainer, Austria, actress (Escapade, Good Earth, Big City)
Born :01/04/1910L‚on Delagrange, France, air pioneer
Born :08/16/1910Mae Clarke, Phila, actress (Frankenstein, Nana, Parole Girl)
Born :02/17/1910Marc Lawrence, NYC, actor (Man With Golden Gun)
Born :09/19/1910Margaret Lindsay, Dubuque Iowa, actress (Take a Guess)
Born :05/10/1910Margot Turner, matron-in-chief (Army Nursing Service)
Born :10/28/1910Marie Dollinger, Germany, dropped bataan in 1936 Olympic sprint
Born :03/25/1910Mario Peragallo, Italian composer
Born :10/30/1910Miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spanish screenwriter (Viento del pueblo)
Born :02/25/1910Millicent Fenwick, NYC, (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82) (Doonesbury)
Born :12/24/1910Mitchell Ayres, Milwaukee Wisc, orch leader (Hollywood Palace)
Born :08/27/1910Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Yugoslavia (Nobel 1979)
Born :02/03/1910Nelson Case, Long Beach Calif, TV host (Trash or Treasure)
Born :03/22/1910Nicholas Monsarret, England, writer (Cruel Sea)
Born :03/21/1910Nick Castle, Bkln, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland)
Born :03/16/1910Norman Wooland, Germany, actor (Hamlet)
Born :01/12/1910Patsy Kelly, Bkln, actress (Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars)
Born :12/30/1910Paul Bowles, US composer/writer (Shelting Sky)
Born :11/30/1910Paul Cerutti, Monaco, trap shooter, disqualified for drugs in 76 oly
Born :11/20/1910Pauli Murray, famous African
Born :02/27/1910Peter De Vries, Chicago, author (Reuben Reuben, Prick of Noon)
Born :06/22/1910Peter Pears, Farnham England, tenor (Death in Venice)
Born :10/09/1910Phil Hanna, River Forest Ill, singer (Once Upon a Tune)
Born :08/25/1910Pierre Musy, Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1936)
Born :07/23/1910Pimen, [Sergei Irzjekov], patriarch Russian-Orthodox Cathederal
Born :10/10/1910Price Daniel, (Gov/Sen-D-Texas)
Born :04/22/1910R J Ritchie, tennis player
Born :05/28/1910Rachel Kempson, actress (Captive Heart)
Born :12/04/1910Ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India (1987- )
Born :06/18/1910Ray McKinley, Ft Worth Tx, orch leader (Glenn Miller Time)
Born :10/08/1910Raymod Gray Lewis, Ontario Canada, 4X400 relayer (Olympic-bronze-1932)
Born :06/17/1910Red Foley, Blue Lick Ky, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington)
Born :07/18/1910Red Skelton, comedian (Clem Kadiddlehopper, Freddie the Freeloader)
Born :03/24/1910Richard Conte, Jersey City NJ, actor (4 Just Men, Jean Arthur Show)
Born :05/15/1910Robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1949-65)
Born :04/20/1910Robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1954-65)
Born :03/11/1910Robert H G Havemann, German chemist
Born :08/09/1910Robert H van Gulik, diplomat/writer (Rechter Tie)
Born :07/05/1910Robert K Meston, US sociologist (functionalism)
Born :12/02/1910Robert Paige, Indianapolis Ind, actor (Colgate Comedy Hour)
Born :12/07/1910Rod Cameron, Calgary Alberta, actor (City Detective, State Trooper)
Born :03/12/1910Roger L Stevens, producer
Born :09/14/1910Rolf Liebermann, Zrich Switzerland, composer (Leonore)
Born :09/12/1910Rolf [Robert] Liebermann, Swiss composer
Born :11/14/1910Rosemary DeCamp, Prescott Az, actress (Love That Bob, That Girl)
Born :03/27/1910Rudi Ball, Germany, Jewish ice hockey star (Olympic-bronze-1932)
Born :06/14/1910Rudolf Kempe, Niederpoyritz Germany, conductor (Tonhalle Orch 1965-72)
Born :03/13/1910Sammy Kaye, Rocky River Ohio, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show)
Born :03/09/1910Samuel Barber, West Chester Pa, composer (Pulitz, School for Scandal)
Born :09/23/1910Soulima Stravinsky, Lausanne Switz, Russian pianist (Igor's son)
Born :05/28/1910Stuart Piggott, archealogist
Born :10/19/1910Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, India, astrophysicist (Nobel 1983)
Born :04/18/1910Sylvia Fisher, soprano
Born :08/08/1910Sylvia Sidney, Bronx NY, actress (WKRP, Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon)
Born :05/28/1910T-Bone Walker, Linden Tx, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done)
Born :01/11/1910Trygve Martin Bratteli, Norwegian PM (Labour) (1971-72, 1973-76)
Born :02/04/1910Uys Krige, South African playwright/novelist (Orphan of the Desert)
Born :12/13/1910Van Heflin, Walters Okla, actor (Great Adventure, Madame Bovary)
Born :09/17/1910Vernon Thompson, thoracic surgeon
Born :02/28/1910Vincente Minnelli, movie director (American in Paris)
Born :09/29/1910Virginia Bruce, actress (Action in Arabia)
Born :06/03/1910Wilfred Thesiger, explorer
Born :01/19/1910Willi Schmidt, Germany, director
Born :02/13/1910William B Shockley, London, US physicist (Nobel 1956), racist
Born :08/04/1910William H Schuman, NYC, composer (Amer Festival Overture, Julliard)
Born :07/14/1910William Hanna, animator (Hanna-Barbera)
Born :07/04/1910William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, US boxer/slaughterhouse pianist
Born :01/06/1910Wright Morris, US writer




Died :03/27/1910Alexander E Agassiz, US businessman/biologist/geologist, dies
Died :04/26/1910Bjírnstjerne Bjírnson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies
Died :02/20/1910Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered
Died :08/27/1910Clement of Maasd˜k, 1st Dutch aircraft death
Died :07/15/1910Dani‰l Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies
Died :01/29/1910Edouard Rod, French/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies
Died :03/28/1910Edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist/conductor, dies
Died :03/16/1910Eduard FW Pflger, German physiologist, dies at 80
Died :05/06/1910Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), dies
Died :05/31/1910Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89
Died :08/13/1910Florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies
Died :04/02/1910Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, dies
Died :03/20/1910F‚lix Tournachon, [Nadar], French writer/photographer, dies
Died :07/04/1910Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars), dies
Died :11/23/1910Hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed
Died :09/02/1910Henri "le Douanier" Rousseau, French ambassador/painter, dies
Died :10/30/1910J Henri Dunant, Swiss writer/founder (Red Cross)/YMCA, dies
Died :03/30/1910Jean Mor‚as, [Yannis Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet, dies
Died :07/10/1910Johann G Galle, German discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies
Died :05/22/1910Jules Renard, French writer (Le plaisir the rompre), dies at 46
Died :10/17/1910Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91
Died :07/03/1910Julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies
Died :03/10/1910Karl Lueger, Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies
Died :03/25/1910K lm n Miksz th, Hungarian author (Szent P‚ter Eserny”je), dies at 63
Died :06/17/1910Lady Mosley, biographer, dies
Died :11/20/1910Leo Tolstoy, Russia, author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82
Died :01/04/1910L‚on Delagrange, French aviation pioneer, dies
Died :01/25/1910L‚on Walras, French economist (School of Lausanne), dies
Died :10/19/1910L£tzen Wagenaar, Fries writer/vicar (Tsjerk Ages), dies
Died :06/22/1910Marie, Princess of Wied/Orange Nassau, dies
Died :07/01/1910Marius Petipa, Fren ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies
Died :04/21/1910Mark Twain, [Samuel Langhorne Clemens], author, dies in Redding Conn
Died :12/03/1910Mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies
Died :08/03/1910Nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies
Died :02/01/1910Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44
Died :07/26/1910Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71
Died :05/27/1910Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel), dies
Died :10/15/1910Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, HW boxing champ, shot & killed
Died :10/18/1910Thadd„us Robl, German bicyclist (world record), dies
Died :01/17/1910Thomas Crapper, inventor (flush toilet), dies
Died :10/10/1910Willem Maris, painter (Hague School), dies
Died :04/12/1910William G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist, dies
Died :05/10/1910William Huggins, discoverer of stellar nature of Andromeda, dies
Died :10/17/1910William V Moody, US poet (Sabine Woman, Great Divide), dies
Interest:12/02/1910[Ang] Mem of Channing Moore Williams, missionary bp in China & Japan
Interest:12/11/1910[Luth] Commemoration of Lars Skrefsrud, missionary to India
Interest:02/09/1910[RC] Commemoration of St Miguel Febres Cordero, Ecuadoran monk




Special :06/20/1910"Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in NY Journal
Special :10/02/19101st 2 aircraft collision (Milan Italy)
Special :11/12/19101st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon
Special :11/08/19101st Washington State election in which women could vote
Special :05/10/19101st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)
Special :11/14/19101st airplane flight from deck of a ship, Norfolk, Va
Special :06/22/19101st airship with passengers sets afloat-Zeppelin Deutscheland
Special :10/20/19101st appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series
Special :12/19/19101st city ordinace requiring white & black residential areas (Balt)
Special :09/11/19101st commercially successful electric bus line opens (Hollywood)
Special :01/10/19101st international air meet in US held, in LA
Special :11/01/19101st issue of "Crisis" published by editor W E B Du Bois
Special :01/02/19101st junior high schools in US open in Berkeley, Calif
Special :04/28/19101st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England)
Special :03/18/19101st opera by an US composer (Converse) performed at the Met, NYC
Special :03/23/19101st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway)
Special :02/23/19101st radio contest held, Philadelphia
Special :06/02/19101st roundtrip flight over English Channel (C.S. Rolls, England)
Special :03/28/19101st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre)
Special :09/27/19101st test flight of a twin-engined airplance (France)
Special :03/02/19102 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington Washington, 118 die
Special :05/12/19102nd NAACP conference (NYC)
Special :08/14/19106th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, DC
Special :08/04/1910A's Jack Coombs & White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 16 inn scoreless tie
Special :11/22/1910Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs
Special :03/16/1910Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona
Special :03/08/1910Baronne Raymonde de Laroche, France becomes 1st licensed female pilot
Special :04/27/1910Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights
Special :10/01/1910Berkshire Cattle Fair held in Pittsfield Mass (1st state fair)
Special :10/23/1910Blanche Scott became 1st woman solo a public airplane flight
Special :10/29/1910Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game
Special :02/08/1910Boy Scouts of America incorporated
Special :10/06/1910Braves beat Phillies 20-7
Special :01/21/1910British-Russian military intervention in Persia
Special :05/31/1910Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa
Special :07/31/1910Chic Cub King Cole no-hits St Louis, 4-0 in a 7 inning game
Special :07/10/1910Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0
Special :07/01/1910Chicago's Comiskey Park opens
Special :05/19/1910Cleve Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Wash 5-4 in 11 innings
Special :04/20/1910Cleve Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0
Special :04/21/1910Cleve Indians play 1st game at League Park, lose to Tigers 5-0
Special :05/10/1910Comet Halley's closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass
Special :02/25/1910Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies
Special :04/01/1910Dumitru Dan (Romania) completed a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk
Special :10/06/1910E Ernst discovers asteroid #705 Erminia
Special :10/18/1910Edward Forster publishes "Howards End"
Special :02/19/1910English premier of Richard Strauss' "Electricity"
Special :04/29/1910Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam
Special :10/01/1910Explosion at LA Times (bomb/gas?), kills 21
Special :12/21/1910Explosion in coal mine in Hulton England, 344 mine workers dies
Special :06/19/1910Father's Day celebrated for 1st time (Spokane, Wash)
Special :12/09/1910French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir
Special :05/20/1910Funeral for Britian's King Edward VII
Special :01/19/1910Germany & Bolivia ends commerce/friendship treaty
Special :05/11/1910Glacier National Park established
Special :01/03/1910Great Britain adopts 8 hour working day
Special :09/10/1910Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber
Special :04/20/1910Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km
Special :04/19/1910Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao)
Special :01/26/1910Heavy rains cause floods in Paris
Special :10/02/1910Henry W˜nmalen flies to 2,800m altitude (world record)
Special :04/03/1910Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mt McKinley climbed
Special :04/23/1910International Exhibition opens in Brussels
Special :01/10/1910J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #696 Leonora
Special :02/14/1910J Helffrich discovers asteroid #697 Galilea
Special :03/05/1910J Helffrich discovers asteroid #698 Ernestina
Special :07/12/1910J Helffrich discovers asteroid #701 Oriola
Special :07/16/1910J Helffrich discovers asteroid #702 Alauda
Special :10/09/1910J Helffrich discovers asteroid #706 Hirundo
Special :06/05/1910J Helffrich discovers asteroids #699 Hela & #700 Auravictrix
Special :10/03/1910J Palisa discovers asteroid #703 Noemi
Special :07/04/1910Jack Johnson KOs James Jeffries in 15 rounds, ending come-back try
Special :08/22/1910Japan annexes Korea
Special :05/06/1910King George V ascends to British throne
Special :12/24/1910Luisa Tetrazzini sings to 250,000 people at Lotta's Fountain
Special :02/02/1910M Wolf discovers asteroid #330 Adalberta
Special :12/22/1910M Wolf discovers asteroid #707 Steina
Special :03/12/1910Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener) 7-3 for the Stanley Cup
Special :11/27/1910NY's Penn Station opens as world's largest railway terminal
Special :01/22/1910Opera "Germania" is 1st performed in NYC
Special :12/28/1910Opera "K”nigskinder" is produced (NYC)
Special :01/20/1910Ottawa Senators sweep Edmonton in 2 for the Stanley Cup (2nd of 1910)
Special :01/07/1910Ottawa Senators sweep Galt in 2 games for the Stanley Cup
Special :05/18/1910Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic
Special :05/12/1910Phil A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0
Special :10/23/1910Phila A's beat Chicago Cubs 4 games to 1 in 7th World Series
Special :06/13/1910Pilot Charles Hamilton makes 1st 1-day round-trip from NY to Phila
Special :03/10/1910Pittsburgh Courier, begins publishing
Special :05/29/1910Pope's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers
Special :10/04/1910Portugal becomes a republic, King Manuel II flees to England
Special :10/05/1910Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims republic
Special :04/14/1910President Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day
Special :06/02/1910Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea
Special :12/19/1910Rayon 1st commercially produced, Marcus Hook, Penn
Special :11/20/1910Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero
Special :06/30/1910Russia absorbs Finland
Special :09/06/1910Saskatchewan (then Regina) Roughrider football club formed
Special :05/04/1910Tel Aviv founded
Special :03/26/1910US forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers & the sick
Special :12/22/1910US postal savings stamps 1st issued
Special :08/20/1910US supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua
Special :07/01/1910Union of South Africa becomes a dominion
Special :05/31/1910Union of South Africa declares independence from UK
Special :10/02/1910V Cerulli discovers asteroid #704 Interamnia
Special :07/09/1910Walter Brookins becomes 1st to pilot an airplane to 1 mile altitude
Special :06/13/1910William D Crum, a SC physician, appointed minister to Liberia
Special :03/26/1910William H Lewis appointed asst attorney general of US
Special :08/30/1910Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleve 5-0 in 11

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