What Happened in 1910

Emil Kraepelin Proposes Naming New Disease "Alzheimer's Disease

In 1910, Emil Kraepelin proposed naming this new disease after Alzheimer. Read more

Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer Open Practice

In 1910 Gropius left the firm of Behrens and together with fellow employee Adolf Meyer established a practice in Berlin. Together they share credit... Read more

T. S. Eliot Attends the Sorbonne

In May 1910 a suspected case of scarlet fever almost prevented Eliot's graduation. By fall, though, he was well enough to undertake a postgraduate... Read more

Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer Proposed Calling the Chemical Deficiency in Diabetics within the Pancreas 'Insulin'

In 1910, Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer suggested that people with diabetes were deficient in a single chemical that was normally produced by... Read more

Robie House Completed

The Frederick C. Robie House is a U.S National Historic Landmark in the Chicago, Illinois neighborhood of Hyde Park at 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue on... Read more

Kellogg's Offers First Cereal Premium Prize

Kellogg's Funny Jungleland This pictured edition of the Kellogg's Funny Jungleland moving pictures booklet has a copyright date of 1932 (the... Read more

International Peace Bureau Wins Nobel Peace Prize

The International Peace Bureau (IPB) was founded as a result of the third Universal Peace Congress in Rome, 1891, with Fredrik Bajer one of its... Read more

Ottawa Senators win Stanley Cup

During the season Ottawa as Cup champion played a challenge against Edmonton in addition to their regular schedule. They had played a challenge... Read more

W.D. Boyce founds the Boy Scouts of America

Boyce was lost on a foggy street in London in 1909 when an unknown Scout came to his aid, guiding him to his destination. The boy then refused... Read more

Boy Scouts of America Founded

The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated February 8, 1910 under the laws of the District of Columbia Thirty-four national representatives... Read more

The Publicity Corporation (now Caldwell VanRiper) opened for business.

Our agency surmounted the years and was successful because we had sound aims and sound policies and overall because we employed the right men and... Read more

Wellington Avalanche

The Cascade Tunnel, completed in 1900, bypassed the switchbacks. Several snowsheds were also added for safety, but winter conditions still... Read more

Montreal Wanderers win Stanley Cup

Since Ottawa won the challenges, the winner of the regular season of the NHA would take over the Stanley Cup championship. The Wanderers having won... Read more

Houdini Achieves First Powered Flight Over Australia

In 1909, Houdini became fascinated with aviation. That same year, he purchased a French Voisin biplane for $5000 and hired a full-time mechanic,... Read more

Mark Twain Dies

Samuel L. Clemens died on April 21 alter a brief illness at the age of seventy-four. A great career, characteristically American, was then closed.... Read more

Gandhi Establishes the Tolstoy Farm, which Serves as a Base of Operations for His Activities in South Africa

Since the centre of the campaign was in the Transvaal, the farm had to be close to Johannesburg. Herman Kallenbach, an architect until he became... Read more

Elizabeth Blackwell Dies

In 1907 Blackwell was injured in a fall from which she never fully recovered. She died on 31 May 1910 at her home in Hastings in Sussex after a... Read more

Great Fire of 1910

Official reports after the Big Blowup estimated that 1,736 total fires burned more than 3 million acres of private and federal land and consumed an... Read more

Mother Teresa is Born

Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), born Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (pronounced [aɡˈnɛs ˈɡɔndʒe bɔjaˈdʒiu]), was an Albanian Catholic... Read more

Kingsland, Indiana Interurban Train Wreck

The disaster, rated as the worst in all interurban history, occurred at a sharp curve, near Kingsland, six miles from Bluffton. The line is... Read more

Chicago Garment Workers Strike

Nationally, between 1880 and 1920, the needle trades were the third most strike-prone industry after mining and the building trades. By the end of... Read more

Bonnie Parker Is Born

Bonnie Parker (October 1, 1910 – May 23, 1934) and Clyde Barrow (March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934) were well known outlaws, robbers, and criminals... Read more

1910 World Series

The 1910 World Series featured the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago Cubs, with the Athletics winning in five games to earn their first... Read more

Pretoria Pit Disaster

The explosion occurred at 7.50am on 21 Dec 1910, originating at the west end of North Plodder No.2 coal face, some 640 yards (580m) NNW of No.3... Read more