A herd of nine escaped circus elephants rampaged through Danville, Illinois.
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Thursday, April 21, 1910. Samuel Clemens passes.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, died at the age of 74 at his home in Redding, Connecticut.
His last word were written, being "Give me my glasses". He wrote them to his daughter.
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Wednesday, April 20, 1910. Halley's Comet was visible to the naked eye for the first time since its return to the Solar System.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Tuesday, April 19, 1910. 606.
Paul Ehrlich announced his discovery of what was termed "606", the first medicine that could cure syphilis.
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The Philadelphia General Strike of 1910 came to an end.
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Thursday, April 14, 1910. Taft throws out the first pitch.
William Howard Taft threw the first pitch of the 1910 Washington Senators game, the first "first pitch" to be thrown by a U.S. President.
The Senators played the Philadelphia Athletics and won 3 to 0.
The Sperry Gyroscope Company was founded.
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Saturday, April 9, 1910. Transfer of Lourdes.
Labels: 1910, 1910s, Catholic, Christianity, Communism, France, France (Lourdes), Indochina, Laos, Laotian Civil War, Pathet Lao, religion, Thailand
Friday, April 9, 2010
Saturday, April 9, 1910. Transfer of Lourdes.
Under the French confiscatory policy of disestablishment, the shrine at Lourdes was turned over to the local commune. The town council, in turn, turned it's ownership into a trust under the authority of the local Bishop.
Nouhak Phoumsavan, Pathed Lao revolutionary and President of Laos 1992 to 1998; in Ban Phalouka, Mukdahan province, Thailand.
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Saturday, March 26, 1910. The Immigration Act of 1910.
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