WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1910
Find out what all happened February to October 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)

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

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

The English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his Farman Aircraft biplane on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.. (14. October 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)

Robert Falcon Scott's second South Pole expedition leaves Cardiff. (1. June 1910)

Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight. (17. June 1910)

Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first time (7 times in total). (6. October 1910)

The Westmoreland County coal strike, involving 15,000 coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers, begins. (9. March 1910)

Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21. (1. October 1910)

Rockefeller Foundation: J.D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy. (3. March 1910)

Tau Epsilon Phi: Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity is founded on the campus of Columbia University in New York City, New York. (10. October 1910)

HMS Niobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy. (21. October 1910)

A fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös, Hungary, kills 312. (27. March 1910)

Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and is subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London. (22. October 1910)

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

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

SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched. (12. April 1910)

French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license. (8. March 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)