WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1910
Find out what all happened February to April 1910

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

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

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

Greek cruiser Georgios Averof is launched at Livorno. (12. March 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)

The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public. (29. April 1910)

Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vents to atmosphere. (14. March 1910)

Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England. (28. April 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)

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

American President Theodore Roosevelt makes his "The Man in the Arena" speech. (23. April 1910)

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

French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license. (8. March 1910)

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

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