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1910 in the United States

1910
in
the United States

Decades:
See also:

Events from the year 1910 in the United States.

Incumbents

Melville Fuller (Illinois) (until July 4)
Edward Douglass White (Louisiana) (starting December 19)

Demographics

Events

January–March

New Year's Day card
January 24: The town of Dyer, Indiana is incorporated.

April–June

  • April 6 – Wildwood Crest, New Jersey is incorporated as a borough of Cape May County, New Jersey.
  • May 11 – The U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
  • May 16 – The U.S. Congress authorizes the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.
  • June 18 – To much fanfare, former president Theodore Roosevelt returns to New York City from a year-long African safari and tour of Europe.
  • June 19 – The first unofficial Father's Day is observed.
  • June 25
    • The Mann Act, known popularly as the "White Slave Traffic Act", is passed by the U.S. Congress, prohibiting the transportation of women across state lines for "immoral purposes".[2]
    • The U.S. Parole Commission is created, making it possible for the first time for persons convicted of a federal crime to be paroled before the end of their sentences. Prior to this, a federal prisoner could only secure an early release by commutation or pardon by the president of the U.S.[3]
    • The United States Postal Savings System is created by law, adapting, for the U.S. a system that had been used in European nations for people to deposit up to $2,500 into an interest-bearing (2%) account at their local post office. The system will continue in some form until 1985.[2][4]
    • The Pickett Act becomes law, giving the president of the U.S. authority to withdraw government-owned land from public use, as necessary, for government projects.[5]
    • The "direct system" of public land surveying begins in the U.S., replacing the system of contracting with private surveyors.[6]

July–September

October–December

  • October 1 – Los Angeles Times bombing: A bomb explodes at the Los Angeles Times building, leaving 21 dead and several injured; brothers James B. and John Joseph McNamara are later arrested and sentenced.
  • October 10 – Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity is founded by ten Jewish men at Columbia University as a response to the existence of similar organizations which would not admit Jewish members.
  • October 11 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first former president to ride in an airplane.
  • November – John Lomax's pioneering collection Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads is published by Sturgis and Walton with an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt.
  • November 4 – Antonio Rodríguez is burned at the stake near Rocksprings, Texas after being arrested a few days earlier for the murder of Mrs. Lem Henderson at her ranch. His murder incites race riots in both Texas and Mexico.[7]
  • November 7 – The first air flight for the purpose of delivering commercial freight is made between Dayton and Columbus, both in Ohio, by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse. Philip Parmalee was the pilot.
  • November 8 – Emmet O'Neal is elected the 34th governor of Alabama defeating Joseph Oswalt Thompson.
  • November 17 – Ralph Johnstone, a pilot for the Wright Exhibition Team, dies at Denver, Colorado after his machine breaks apart in mid-air in full view of about 5,000 spectators. Johnstone becomes the first American pilot to die in the crash of an airplane in the United States.
  • November 22 – U.S. Senator Aldrich and A.P. Andrews (Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Department), along with many of the country's leading financiers, who together represent about 1/6 of the world's wealth, are witnessed leaving Hoboken, New Jersey on a train together. They later arrive at the Jekyll Island Club to discuss monetary policy and the banking system, an event which some say is the impetus for the creation of the Federal Reserve
  • November 26 – Following Japanese annexation of Korea in August, Japanese journalist Kioshi Kawakami publishes propaganda article in November edition of "World Today" attempting to justify Japanese colonization of Korea.[8]
  • December 12 – New York City socialite Dorothy Arnold disappears. Her family does not notify the police until 6 weeks later, after their own investigations fail to produce any results.
  • December 19 – Edward Douglass White is sworn in as the 9th Chief Justice of the United States.
  • December 31 – Two of America's premier pioneer aviators are killed on this day: John Moisant in New Orleans and Wright pilot Arch Hoxsey in Los Angeles.

Undated

Ongoing

Births

January–February

March–April

May–June

July–August

September–October

November–December

  • November 9 – Carroll Quigley, historian, polymath, and theorist of the evolution of civilizations (died 1977)
  • November 13 – William Bradford Huie, journalist, editor, publisher and author (died 1986)
  • November 17 – Jean Potts, mystery novelist (died 1999)
  • December 11 – Mildred Cleghorn, chairwoman of the Fort Sill Apache tribe (died 1997)
  • December 15 – John Hammond, record producer (died 1987)
  • December 18 – Abe Burrows, playwright (died 1985)
  • December 29 – Frank Abbandando, gangster (died 1942)
  • December 30 – Paul Bowles, author (died 1999)

Full date unknown

Deaths

January to June

July to September

October to December

See also

References

  1. ^ "Men or Money May Soon Fly". Los Angeles Times, 1909-11-16, p. II14.
  2. ^ a b Carruth, Gordon, ed. (1962). The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates (3rd ed.). Thomas Y. Crowell Company. pp. 418–422.
  3. ^ "History of The Federal Parole System" Archived 2013-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "U.S. Postal System 1775–1993".
  5. ^ Lita Epstein, et al., The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Politics of Oil (Alpha Books, 2003), p131.
  6. ^ Branch of Geographic Sciences, Bureau of Land Management Archived 2010-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Koenig, Rebeca Anne Todd (2010-06-15). "Rodríguez, Antonio". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  8. ^ "The world today". 1902. pp. 21 v.
  9. ^ Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Boston (6th ed.), Boston: Old Corner Bookstore, Inc., 1914
  10. ^ Ash, Brian (1976). Who's Who in Science Fiction. London: Elm Tree Books. p. 63. ISBN 0-241-89383-6.
  11. ^ Ruthie Tompson, pioneering Disney animator, dies aged 111
  12. ^ "Charles C. Stelle, 53, Is Dead". The New York Times. 12 June 1964.
  13. ^ "Mark Twain | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  14. ^ EDWARDS, RALPH W. (1951). "The First Woman Dentist Lucy Hobbs Taylor, D. D. S. (1833-1910)". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 25 (3): 277–283. ISSN 0007-5140. JSTOR 44443642. PMID 14848611. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
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