WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1910
Find out what all happened January to August 1910

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

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

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

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

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

The creation of the Union of South Africa. (31. May 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)

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

The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. (18. May 1910)

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

Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members), since Horatio Nelson. (1. January 1910)

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

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

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)

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