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1910 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1910th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 910th year of the 2nd millennium, the 10th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1910, the ...
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.
The 1910s (pronounced "nineteen-tens" often shortened to the "'10s" or the "Tens") was the decade that began on January 1, 1910, and ended on December 31, 1919.. The 1910s represented the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th century.
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1910 Headset. A headset is a headphone combined with a microphone. Headsets provide the equivalent functionality of a telephone handset with hands-free operation. They are used in call centers and by people in telephone-intensive jobs. The first-ever headset was invented in 1910, by a Stanford University student named Nathaniel Baldwin. [132]
The 1910s saw the origins of Hollywood as the centre of the American film industry relocated from New York to California.By 1912, major motion-picture companies had set up production near or in Los Angeles. [1]
It was the first flight made by a latin american aviator in Latin America. 10–20 January – The first aviation meet to be held in the United States, the 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet at Dominguez Field, is held near Los Angeles, California. 15 February - In the United Kingdom, the Royal Aero Club is granted its "Royal" prefix. [6]
January 12 – Great January Comet of 1910 first observed (perihelion: January 17). [1] January 22 – At 9:30 in the evening, the Vigarano Meteorite splits as it falls to Earth in Italy at the locality of the same name, near Emilia. Weighing 11.5 kg (or 25 lb.), the stone that is recovered is the first of the CV chondrites named for the location.