WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1910
Find out what all happened February to September 1910

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

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

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)

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

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

The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea. (29. August 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)

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)

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

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

The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910. (24. July 1910)

In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer. (15. July 1910)

The ocean liner SS France, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched. (20. September 1910)

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

The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain. (22. September 1910)

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

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

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

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