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".[1]
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.[2]
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.[1][3]
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.[4]
The "direct system" of public land surveying begins in the U.S., replacing the system of contracting with private surveyors.[5]
July 22 – A wireless telegraph sent from the S.S. Montrose results in the identification and later arrest and execution of murderer Dr. Hawley Crippen.
August 20–21 – The Great Fire of 1910 wildfire burns about 3 million acres (12,000 km2) in northeast Washington, northern Idaho, and western Montana over 2 days and kills 86 people (believed to be the largest fire in recorded United States history).
October–Decemberedit
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.
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.[6]
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.[7]
December 12 – New York CitysocialiteDorothy Arnold disappears. Her family does not notify the police until 6 weeks later, after their own investigations fail to produce any results.
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.
Undatededit
US census shows that 20.9% of the population classed as "Negro" are of mixed race.
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Events from the year 1910 in the United States 1909 1908 1907 1910 in the United States 1911 1912 1913Decades 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930sSee also History of the United States 1865 1918 Timeline of United States history 1900 1929 List of years in the United StatesThis article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1910 in the United States news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Contents 1 Incumbents 1 1 Federal government 1 2 Governors 1 3 Lieutenant governors 2 Events 2 1 January March 2 2 April June 2 3 July September 2 4 October December 2 5 Undated 2 6 Ongoing 3 Births 3 1 January February 3 2 March April 3 3 May June 3 4 July August 3 5 September October 3 6 November December 3 7 Full date unknown 4 Deaths 4 1 January to June 4 2 July to September 4 3 October to December 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksIncumbents editFederal government edit President William Howard Taft R Ohio Vice President James S Sherman R New York Chief Justice Melville Fuller Illinois until July 4 Edward Douglass White Louisiana starting December 19 Speaker of the House of Representatives Joseph Gurney Cannon R Illinois Congress 61stGovernors and lieutenant governorsGovernors edit Governor of Alabama B B Comer Democratic Governor of Arkansas George Washington Donaghey Democratic Governor of California James Gillett Republican Governor of Colorado John F Shafroth Democratic Governor of Connecticut Frank B Weeks Republican Governor of Delaware Simeon S Pennewill Republican Governor of Florida Albert W Gilchrist Democratic Governor of Georgia Joseph M Brown Democratic Governor of Idaho James H Brady Republican Governor of Illinois Charles S Deneen Republican Governor of Indiana Thomas R Marshall Democratic Governor of Iowa Beryl F Carroll Republican Governor of Kansas Walter R Stubbs Republican Governor of Kentucky Augustus E Willson Republican Governor of Louisiana Jared Young Sanders Sr Democratic Governor of Maine Bert M Fernald Republican Governor of Maryland Austin Lane Crothers Democratic Governor of Massachusetts Eben Sumner Draper Republican Governor of Michigan Fred M Warner Republican Governor of Minnesota Adolph O Eberhart Republican Governor of Mississippi Edmond Noel Democratic Governor of Missouri Herbert S Hadley Republican Governor of Montana Edwin L Norris Democratic Governor of Nebraska Ashton C Shallenberger Democratic Governor of Nevada Denver S Dickerson Silver Governor of New Hampshire Henry B Quinby Republican Governor of New Jersey John Franklin Fort Republican Governor of New York until October 6 Charles Evans Hughes Republican October 6 end of December 31 Horace White Republican Governor of North Carolina William Walton Kitchin Democratic Governor of North Dakota John Burke Democratic Governor of Ohio Judson Harmon Democratic Governor of Oklahoma Charles N Haskell Democratic Governor of Oregon Frank W Benson Republican until June 17 Jay Bowerman Republican starting June 17 Governor of Pennsylvania Edwin Sydney Stuart Republican Governor of Rhode Island Aram J Pothier Republican Governor of South Carolina Martin Frederick Ansel Democratic Governor of South Dakota Robert S Vessey Republican Governor of Tennessee Malcolm R Patterson Democratic Governor of Texas Thomas Mitchell Campbell Democratic Governor of Utah William Spry Republican Governor of Vermont George H Prouty Republican until October 5 John A Mead Republican starting October 5 Governor of Virginia Claude A Swanson Democratic until February 10 William Hodges Mann Democratic starting February 10 Governor of Washington Marion E Hay Republican Governor of West Virginia William E Glasscock Republican Governor of Wisconsin James O Davidson Republican Governor of Wyoming Bryant B Brooks Republican Lieutenant governors edit Lieutenant Governor of Alabama Henry B Gray Democratic Lieutenant Governor of California Warren R Porter Republican Lieutenant Governor of Colorado Stephen R Fitzgarrald Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut vacant Lieutenant Governor of Delaware John M Mendinhall Republican Lieutenant Governor of Idaho Lewis H Sweetser Republican Lieutenant Governor of Illinois John G Oglesby Republican Lieutenant Governor of Indiana Frank J Hall Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Iowa George W Clarke Republican Lieutenant Governor of Kansas William J Fitzgerald Republican Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky William Hopkinson Cox Republican Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana Paul M Lambremont Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Louis A Frothingham Republican Lieutenant Governor of Michigan Patrick H Kelley Republican Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota Edward Everett Smith Republican Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi Luther Manship Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Missouri Jacob Friedrich Gmelich Republican Lieutenant Governor of Montana William R Allen Republican Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska Melville R Hopewell Republican Lieutenant Governor of Nevada vacant Lieutenant Governor of New York until October 6 Horace White Republican October 6 end of December 31 George H Cobb Republican Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina William C Newland Democratic Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota Robert S Lewis Republican Lieutenant Governor of Ohio Francis W Treadway Republican Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma George W Bellamy Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Robert S Murphy Republican Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island Arthur W Dennis Republican until month and day unknown Zenas Work Bliss Republican starting month and day unknown Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina Thomas Gordon McLeod Democratic Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota Howard C Shober Republican Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee William Kinney Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Texas Asbury Bascom Davidson Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Vermont John A Mead Republican until October 5 Leighton P Slack Republican starting October 5 Lieutenant Governor of Virginia James Taylor Ellyson Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Washington vacant Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin John Strange Republican Events editJanuary March edit nbsp New Year s Day card nbsp January 24 The town of Dyer Indiana is incorporated January 10 20 The 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet at Dominguez Field is held near Los Angeles California the first aviation meet to be held in the United States January 10 Joyce Hall founds Hallmark Cards January 24 Dyer Indiana is incorporated February 8 The Boy Scouts of America youth organization is incorporated by William D Boyce February 16 18 The state of Ohio is crippled by a snowstorm March 9 The 17 month long Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910 11 which at its peak will involve 15 000 coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers across 65 mines begins in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania March 14 The Lakeview Gusher is vented into the atmosphere March 19 Republicans reduce the powers of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to influence committee membership March 30 The Mississippi Legislature founds The University of Southern Mississippi April June edit 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 1 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 2 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 1 3 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 4 The direct system of public land surveying begins in the U S replacing the system of contracting with private surveyors 5 July September edit July 4 African American boxer Jack Johnson defeats white boxer James J Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match sparking race riots across the United States July 22 A wireless telegraph sent from the S S Montrose results in the identification and later arrest and execution of murderer Dr Hawley Crippen July 24 James MacGillivray publishes an account of Paul Bunyan in The Detroit News August 20 21 The Great Fire of 1910 wildfire burns about 3 million acres 12 000 km2 in northeast Washington northern Idaho and western Montana over 2 days and kills 86 people believed to be the largest fire in recorded United States history October December edit 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 Rodriguez 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 6 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 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 7 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 edit US census shows that 20 9 of the population classed as Negro are of mixed race Henry Ford sells 10 000 cars World Peace Foundation established 8 Ongoing edit Progressive Era 1890s 1920s Lochner era c 1897 c 1937 Births editJanuary February edit January 6 Wright Morris photographer and writer died 1998 January 7 Orval Faubus governor of Arkansas died 1994 January 16 Dizzy Dean baseball player died 1974 January 21 Albert Rosellini politician died 2011 February 3 Robert Earl Jones actor died 2006 February 19 Dorothy Janis actress died 2010 February 27 Joan Bennett actress died 1990 March April edit March 3 Kittens Reichert silent movies child actor died 1990 March 9 Samuel Barber composer died 1981 March 10 Albert Facchiano Italian American criminal died 2011 March 24 Clyde Barrow outlaw died 1934 March 28 Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr librarian died 2001 April 9 Abraham A Ribicoff United States Senator from Connecticut from 1963 till 1981 died 1998 April 10 Paul Sweezy economist and editor died 2004 April 16 Eddie Mayo baseball player died 2006 Berton Roueche medical writer died 1994 May June edit May 3 Norman Corwin screenwriter died 2011 May 12 Charles B Fulton jurist died 1996 May 22 Johnny Olson game show announcer died 1985 May 23 Scatman Crothers actor and musician died 1986 Artie Shaw clarinetist and bandleader died 2004 May 28 T Bone Walker singer died 1976 May 30 Ralph Metcalfe athlete died 1978 June 3 Paulette Goddard actress died 1990 June 8 C C Beck illustrator died 1989 John W Campbell journalist and author died 1971 9 June 17 H Owen Reed composer died 2014 June 18 E G Marshall actor died 1998 June 19 Paul Flory chemist Nobel laureate died 1985 June 23 Peaches Browning actress died 1956 Gordon B Hinckley fifteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints died 2008 July August edit July 4 Gloria Stuart actress died 2010 July 14 William Hanna animator died 2001 July 22 Ruthie Tompson animator died 2021 10 July 30 Edgar de Evia photographer died 2003 August 4 Anita Page actress died 2008 Hedda Sterne Romanian born painter and printmaker died 2011 August 12 Jane Wyatt actress died 2006 August 15 Thomas Kuchel United States Senator from California from 1953 till 1969 died 1994 August 23 Lonny Frey baseball player died 2009 August 25 Dorothea Tanning artist died 2012 September October edit September 3 Kitty Carlisle Hart singer and actress died 2007 September 6 Walter Giesler soccer coach died 1976 September 18 Joseph F Enright naval officer died 2000 September 23 Elliott Roosevelt author and World War II hero died 1990 September 29 Virginia Bruce actress and singer died 1982 October 1 Bonnie Parker outlaw died 1934 October 7 Henry P McIlhenny art collector socialite and philanthropist died 1986 October 8 Gus Hall communist leader died 2000 October 10 Julius Shulman architectural photographer died 2009 October 12 Bob Sheppard baseball announcer died 2010 Robert Fitzgerald poet and translator died 1985 October 14 John Wooden basketball coach died 2010 October 20 Bob Sheppard sportscaster died 2010 October 21 William Vitarelli educator and architect died 2010 October 25 Charles C Stelle United States diplomat died 1964 11 November December edit 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 edit Hilda Conkling child poet died 1986 Deaths editJanuary to June edit January 12 Bass Reeves one of the first black Deputy U S Marshals west of the Mississippi River born 1838 January 25 Lotta Faust Broadway actress born 1880 February 19 Neil Burgess comedian born 1846 March 27 Alexander Emanuel Agassiz scientist born 1835 March 28 William Paul Roberts Confederate brigadier general born 1841 March 29 Thomas L Rosser Confederate major general born 1836 April 12 William G Sumner social scientist Yale professor born 1840 April 21 Mark Twain writer entrepreneur publisher and lecturer born 1835 12 May 3 Howard T Ricketts pathologist born 1871 May 31 Elizabeth Blackwell physician born 1821 June 5 O Henry novelist born 1862 June 23 John McGraw 2nd Governor of Washington born 1850 June 28 Samuel D McEnery U S Senator from Louisiana from 1897 to 1910 born 1837 July to September edit July 5 Melville Fuller Chief Justice born 1833 July 31 John G Carlisle U S Senator from Kentucky from 1890 to 1893 born 1834 August 10 Joe Gans professional boxer World Lightweight Champion from 1902 1908 born 1874 August 24 Wilkinson Call U S Senator from Florida from 1879 to 1897 born 1834 August 26 William James psychologist and philosopher born 1842 September 5 Julian Edwards composer born 1855 September 11 Isaac L Ellwood businessman rancher and inventor born 1833 September 18 Lelia P Roby philanthropist founder Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic born 1848 September 29 Winslow Homer painter born 1836 October to December edit October 3 Rufus Blodgett U S Senator from New Jersey from 1887 to 1893 born 1834 Lucy Hobbs Taylor dentist and teacher born 1833 13 October 15 Byron Andrews journalist statesman author and businessman born 1852 Stanley Ketchel boxer born 1886 October 17 Julia Ward Howe abolitionist and poet born 1819 William Vaughn Moody dramatist and poet born 1869 October 20 David B Hill 29th Governor of New York born 1843 November 17 Ralph Johnstone aviator born 1886 November 18 William A B Branch politician born 1847 November 23 Hawley Harvey Crippen murderer executed in the United Kingdom born 1862 December 3 Mary Baker Eddy Christian science founder born 1821 December 31 in separate aviation accidents Archibald Hoxsey aviator born 1884 John Moisant aviator born 1868 See also editList of American films of 1910 Timeline of United States history 1900 1929 References edit a b Carruth Gordon ed 1962 The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates 3rd ed Thomas Y Crowell Company pp 418 422 History of The Federal Parole System Archived 2013 03 13 at the Wayback Machine U S Postal System 1775 1993 permanent dead link Lita Epstein et al The Complete Idiot s Guide to the Politics of Oil Alpha Books 2003 p131 Branch of Geographic Sciences Bureau of Land Management Archived 2010 04 04 at the Wayback Machine Koenig Rebeca Anne Todd 2010 06 15 Rodriguez Antonio Handbook of Texas Online Texas State Historical Association Retrieved 2016 12 24 The world today 1902 pp 21 v Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Boston 6th ed Boston Old Corner Bookstore Inc 1914 Ash Brian 1976 Who s Who in Science Fiction London Elm Tree Books p 63 ISBN 0 241 89383 6 Ruthie Tompson pioneering Disney animator dies aged 111 Charles C Stelle 53 Is Dead The New York Times 12 June 1964 Mark Twain Biography amp Facts Encyclopedia Britannica Retrieved 30 November 2020 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 External links edit nbsp Media related to 1910 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1910 in the United States amp oldid 1186834115, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
