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The sewing machine was built
By 1910, the trend towards looser , lighter clothing picked up during this time. The popularity of sports like tennis helped this trend towards comfortable fitting clothing. This was a big change from earlier decades when women wore tight clothing, corsets, padding and elaborate decoration. Large hats were popular; the hats were usually floppy and were further softened by feathers. Women also carried parasols as essential accessories. Men's clothing and fashion changed very little from the prev -
First Flim Of Wizard Of Oz
We've all seen Judy Garland follow the yellow brick road in the 1939's classic film, "The Wizard Of Oz," and hopefully most of us have seen Diana Ross ease on down the road in 1978's "The Wiz." But it was news to us that the first film adaptation of Frank L. Baum's classic was actually a silent film made in 1910. -
Mexican Revolution
Throughout its history Mexico has had many revolutions. The most famous perhaps is the Mexican Revolution from 1910-1920. The people of Mexico were getting tired of the dictator rule of President Porfino Diaz. People of all classes were fighting in the revolution. -
When Baseball Being
On April 14th, 1910 President William Howard Taft started an American tradition by being the first United States President to throw out the first ball at a baseball game. -
The Agadir Crisis
"Agadir crisis" brings France and Germany to the brink of war
Manchu dynasty overthrown in China and a republic established
Triangle Shirtwaist fire leads to reforms in building codes and labor laws
First electric self-starter for automobiles
First air conditioner invented
Italy annexes Libya
Amundsen beats Scott to the South Pole
Assassination of Russian Premier Peter Stolypin
Deaths of composer Mahler and writer/librettist W.S.Gilbert -
The Sinking Of Titanic
U.S. Public Health Service is established
Arizona becomes the 48th state
Albania declares its independence
Woodrow Wilson elected as U.S. president
Sinking of the Titanic
First use of zippers in clothing -
The Panama Canal
Panama Canal completed
Ford Motor Company introduces moving assembly line -
Ireland bink civil war
Ireland on the brink of civil war
Outbreak of World War I
Anglo-French forces halt German advance at Battle of the Marne
U.S. Federal Trade Commission established
Panama Canal opens -
First Year Of Poisin Gas In Warfare
Fist use of poison gas in warfare
Liner Lusitania sunk by German U-boat
Japan’s "Twenty-One Demands"? an attempt to reduce China to a protectorate
Deaths of poet Rupert Brooke and educator Booker T. Washington -
Battle of Jutland
Battle of Jutland — major naval engagement of World War I
Battle of the Somme
First use of tanks in war
Abortive " Easter Uprising" in Dublin
Arab revolt against Ottoman rule
Albert Einstein proposes General Theory of Relativity
Woodrow Wilson reelected as U.S. president
Deaths of writers Henry James and Jack London -
United States World War l
The United States enters World War I
Revolution in Russia forces tsar’s abdication
Italian armies collapse at Caporetto
Finland proclaims independence
Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. territory
Deaths of showman "Buffalo Bill" Cody, painter Edgar Degas and sculptor Auguste Rodin -
Treaty Of Brest- Litovsk
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ends war between Bolshevik Russia and Central Powers
Civil war in Russia leads to murder of tsar and his family
President Woodrow Wilson proposes Fourteen Points, a plan for world peace
Austria becomes a Republic
T.E. Lawrence leads Arabs into Damascus
Germany accepts terms of Allied armistice
Deaths of composer -
Treaty Of Versailles Signed Paris
Communist rising crushed in Germany
Treaty of Versailles signed in Paris
Amritsar massacre British forces kill unarmed Indian demonstrators
First airline links established between London and Paris
Alcock and Brown fly the Atlantic nonstop
Paris Peace Conference redraws European frontiers
Worldwide influenza epidemic
White Sox' scandal -
Sacco & Vanszett
Arrested in May 1920, Sacco & Vanszetti were charged with executing a robbery and murder in exchange for money.
