News and Events of 1910

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World Events

World Statistics

population by decade

Nobel Peace Prize:
Bureau International Permanent de la Paix (Switzerland)

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Union of South Africa established, with its parliamentary capital in Cape Town and administrative capital in Pretoria (May 31).
Portuguese monarchy ends. Teofilio Braga is selected as president of new republic.
Mexican revolution begins; Francisco Madero publishes his manifesto La sucesión presidencial en 1910.
Japan formally annexes Korea.

U.S. Events

U.S. Statistics

President: William H. Taft
Vice President: James S. Sherman
Population: 92,407,000

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Boy Scouts of America is incorporated.
Angel Island, in San Francisco Bay, becomes immigration center for Asians entering U.S.

Economics

Federal spending:   $0.69 billion
Unemployment:   5.9%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.02

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Sports

Sports Links

Pro Football Summary

Pro Basketball Summary

Pro Baseball Summary

World Series

Philadelphia A's d. Chicago Cubs (4-1)

Stanley Cup

Montreal Wanderers

Wimbledon

Women: Dorothea Chambers d. D. Boothby (6-2 6-2)
Men: Tony Wilding d. A. Gore (6-4 7-5 4-6 6-2)

Kentucky Derby Champion

Donau

NCAA Football Champions

Harvard (CFRA, HF) (8-0-1) & Pittsburgh (NCF) (9-0-0)

Entertainment

Entertainment Awards

Nobel Prize for Literature: Paul von Heyse (Germany)

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Events

Thomas Edison introduces his kinetophone, which makes talkies a reality.

Science

Nobel Prizes in Science

Chemistry: Otto Wallach (Germany), for work in the field of alicyclic compounds

Physics: Johannes D. van der Waals (Netherlands), for work with the equation of state for gases and liquids

Physiology or Medicine: Albrecht Kossel (Germany), for achievements in the chemistry of the cell

Halley's comet is observed photographically for the first time.

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