WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO OCTOBER 1910
Find out what all happened April to October 1910

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

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

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)

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

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

In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared. (5. October 1910)

Robert Falcon Scott's second South Pole expedition leaves Cardiff. (1. June 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 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 ocean liner SS France, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched. (20. September 1910)

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

Airship America launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft. (15. October 1910)

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

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

The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington. (19. June 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)

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