WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1910
Find out what all happened January to September 1910

The Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the "Big Blowup" or the "Big Burn") occurs in northeast Washington, northern Idaho (the panhandle), and western Montana, burning approximately 3 million acres (12,000 km2). (20. August 1910)

In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage. (18. September 1910)

The University of the Philippines College of Engineering is established. This unit of the university is said to be the largest degree granting unit in the Philippines. (13. June 1910)

Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer. (25. June 1910)

Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and exiled. (26. September 1910)

Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter) (12. September 1910)

Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II. (22. August 1910)

The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people. (1. March 1910)

An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana. (11. May 1910)

Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325 ft (99 m). (15. January 1910)

The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, New York. (13. January 1910)

John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia. (16. July 1910)

Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane. (2. June 1910)

The Mississippi Legislature founds The University of Southern Mississippi. (30. March 1910)

African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States. (4. July 1910)

The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce. (8. February 1910)

Six North Staffordshire Pottery towns federate to form modern Stoke-on-Trent. (31. March 1910)

The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come. (25. June 1910)

George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII. (6. May 1910)

Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France. (28. March 1910)

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