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1910 Calendar

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•  January 1, 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.
•  January 13, 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 City.
•  February 10, 1910 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dog in Chinese astrology.
•  March 9, 1910 – The Westmoreland County Coal Strike, involving 15,000 coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers, begins.
•  April 29, 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.
•  June 2, 1910 – Charles Rolls, co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
•  August 20, 1910 – The Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the Big Blowup or the Big Burn) occurred in northeast Washington, northern Idaho (the panhandle), and western Montana, burning approximately 3 e6acre.
•  September 1, 1910 – Sport Club Corinthians Paulista is created in São Paulo.
•  November 10, 1910 – The date of Thomas A. Davis’ opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, though the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
•  November 20, 1910 – Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosi, denouncing President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.

•  February 13, 1910 – William Shockley, British-American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1989)
•  May 22, 1910 – Johnny Olson, American game show announcer (d. 1985)
•  May 28, 1910 – Lady Rachel Kempson, English actress (d. 2003)
•  July 18, 1910 – Diptendu Pramanick, Indian film personality (d.1989)
•  August 8, 1910 – Sylvia Sidney, American actress (d. 1999)
•  August 25, 1910 – Dorothea Tanning, American painter
•  September 19, 1910 – Jack Dunham, American animator and television producer (d. 2009)
•  October 4, 1910 – Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player (d. 2002)
•  October 6, 1910 – Barbara Castle, British politician (d. 2002)