1910
The first edition of Crisis Magazine, edited by W. E. B.
DuBois, appears in New York. Only 1,000 copies are in print, but before the end of the
decade circulation of the magazine has increased one-hundred fold. Among the
articles in the first edition, is one by DuBois in which he maintains that
individuals should be free to marry whomever they choose. He concedes, however,
that such an enlightened policy would cause a social calamity in the United
States.
1910
Jack Johnson wins the heavyweight championship from James Jeffries in a fifteenth round knockout in Reno, Nevada.
1910
On separate lecture tours of Great Britain, DuBois and Washington paint contrasting versions of the black condition in the United States. Washington tells the British that blacks are making strides; DuBois underscores injustices and claims Washington kowtows to powerful white interests. In 1911, DuBois joins the Socialist Party and publishes a novel, The Quest of the Silver Fleece, which relates racism to economic causes.
1910
Averell Harriman's mother pays for the building of the Eugenics
Records Office, an American branch of the Galton National Laboratory in London.
1910
Jean Monnet moves to Montreal and soon becomes associated with
the Hudson Bay company and the banking firm, Lazard Brothers.
1910
Edward VII dies and is succeeded by his only surviving son, who
becomes King George V.
1910
Guido von List publishes GLB 5 (Die Bilderschrift der
Ario-Germanen or Ario-Gernische Hieroglyphik) a glossary of secret "Aryan
messages" in hieroglyphs and heraldic devices. (Roots)
1910
British politician Winston Churchill is appointed First Lord of
the Admiralty.
1910
Philipp Stauff moves to Kulmbach in Franconia from Enzisweiler
on Lake Constance where he had published a nationalist newspaper since 1907. (Roots)
1910
Philipp Stauff joins the List Society and quickly becomes a
member of the inner circle (HAO). (Roots)
1910 January
The Jewish population of Vienna increases to 175,294 out of a total 2,031,420 (8.75%). Jews in some neighborhoods accounted for 20 percent of the residents.
1910 February 9
Adolf Hitler settles into comfortable quarters at the Mannerheim, a comfortable residence for bachelors in Vienna. (Josef Greiner later claimed that Hitler had a substantial collection of Lanz von Liebenfels' Ostara. He also claimed to remember Hitler engaging in heated conversations with a fellow-boarder named Grill about Lanz's racial ideas.)(Daim)
1910 February 16
Joe Frazier knocks out Jimmy Ellis to assume undisputed possession of the heavyweight championship of the world. After the match,
Frazier indicates he will retire unless a match can be arranged with Muhammad
Ali, the former title holder.
1910 April 21
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), one of America's favorite personalities, and author of The Adventures of Tom Sayer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), dies in Redding, Connecticut.
1910 May 6
King Edward VII dies and is succeeded by his son King George V.
1910 May 30
Philipp Stauff writes a letter to Heinrich Kraeger in which he mentions the idea of an antisemitic lodge with the names of members kept secret to prevent enemy penetration. Stauff was convinced that the powerful influence of Jews in German life could be understood only as a result of a widespread Jewish secret conspiracy. It was supposed that such a conspiracy could best be combatted by a similar antisemitic organization. (Bundesarchiv, Koblenz)
1910 June 19
Father's Day is celebrated for the first time, in Spokane, Washington.
1910 July 1
Chicago's Comiskey Park (White Sox Park) opens with the St. Louis Browns defeating the White Sox 2-0.
1910 July 1
The Union of South Africa becomes a dominion.
1910 August 5
Hitler testifies in court during a lawsuit he had filed against Reinhold Hanisch, an ex-business partner.
1910 August 10
Florence Nightingale dies at home at the age of 90 and, according to her wishes, is later buried at St. Margaret’s, East Wellow, near her parent’s home, Embley Park.
1910 September
A Hammer group is established in Magdeburg.
1910 October 30
Red Cross founder Jean Henri Dunant dies in a hospice at Heiden, Switzerland. In middle age he had juxtaposed great fame with total obscurity, and success in business with bankruptcy. In old age he was virtually exiled from the Genevan society of which he had once been an ornament and died in a lonely room, leaving a bitter testament.
1910 November 8
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to the New York state senate.
