Friday, July 29, 1910. The Slocum Massacre.

The Slocum Massacre commenced in Anderson County, Texas, in which at least 18 Texan African Americans were killed.  The origin of the atrocity remains obscure.

King Alfonso of Spain and Prime Minister Canalejas severed relations with the Vatican. This inspired Carlist Pretender to the Spanish throne, Don Jaime, to send a message to his followers saying that "I think the day is not far distant when my followers must rally to our flag, and I will lead the battle."

The Philippine Anti-Tuberculosis Society was founded in Manila.

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Thursday, July 28, 1910. State party.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, El Dorado National Forest, Keystone Party, Pennsylvania, Politics, Third Parties, William Howard Taft

Thursday, July 28, 1910. State party.

The El Dorado National Forest was established in California by President Taft.  Mike Lee is probably crying thinking about it.

The "Keystone Party" was founded in Pennsylvania, as an alternative to the Republicans and Democrats.

We could use some state parties today.  Specifically, we could use a Wyoming Party (thread coming more or less soon).

The term "Keystone Party" has been used three times in Pennsylvania. This was the first.  The most recent was in 2022.

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Tuesday, July 19, 1910. Cy Young.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, baseball, Germany, Lighter than air aircraft

Tuesday, July 19, 1910. Cy Young.

Cy Young of the Cleveland Naps became the only Major League Baseball pitcher to record 500 wins, in a 5–2 win over the Washington Senators.

The plant at Carbonium PLC, Friedrichshafen, Germany exploded, and was not rebuilt until 1914.  The facility supplied hydrogen to Luftschiffbau Zeppelin.

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Egg Sandwich Number 4 (1910) on Sandwiches of History

Sunday, July 10, 1910. Tinkers ever to chance.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, baseball, Illinois (Chicago), Sports, The Press, The written word

Sunday, July 10, 1910. Tinkers ever to chance.

 These are the saddest of possible words:

      “Tinker to Evers to Chance.”

Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,

      Tinker and Evers and Chance.

Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,

      Making a Giant hit into a double—

Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:

      “Tinker to Evers to Chance.”

New York Evening Mail, this day, by Franklin P. Adams.  It refers to the Chicago Cub's infield, shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance, who played together from 1902 to 1912.

Joe Tinker.

Johnny Evers.

Frank Chance.

Acme Alberta was incorporated.

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Saturday, July 9, 1910. Mile High.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, 1950s, 1953, Aircraft, Personalities

Saturday, July 9, 1910. Mile High.

Walter Brookins became the first person to fly an airplane to an altitude of more than one mile.

He lived until age 63, in 1953, which was an achievement in its own right for an early aviator.

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Monday, July 4, 1910. The Fight of the Century.

Labels: 1910, 1910 at the movies, 1910s, boxing, Diplomacy, Independence Day, Japan, Manchuria, Movies, Railroads, Russia, Sports

Monday, July 4, 1910. The Fight of the Century.

Given that this was Independence Day, a lot of Americans had a two day (yes, two day) weekend.

A few had three day weekends.

Injuries and deaths went down on the July 4th holiday by 40%, compared to the prior year, through a public education program.

Saturdays off wasn't all that common.

Boxing legend Jack Johnson defeated James J. Jeffries for the heavyweight boxing championship, making the controversial and colorful Johnson the first black to take the title.  The match was held in Reno, and the results sparked riots.  Depending upon how you viewed the boxing title, Johnson may have claimed it, and quite legitimately, since 1908.

Jeffries was "the great white hope" who was expected to beat Johnson.

He didn't, suffering a TKO in the 14th round.

The fight was billed The Fight of the Century.  It was filmed, with both men making around $100,000 from the film.

Russia and Japan signed a treaty defining their spheres of influence in Manchuria.  Both countries were building railroads there.

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Saturday, July 2, 1910. Binder clips.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, 2020s, 2025, Michael Lee, Public Land, technology, William Howard Taft

Saturday, July 2, 1910. Binder clips.

The patent for the binder clip was granted.

President Taft withdrew 8,495,731 acres under the General Withdrawal Act of 1910, something that causes Mike Lee to go into corners and cry.

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Friday, July 1, 1910. Comiskey Park.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, baseball, Chicago Illinois, Illinois (Chicago)

Friday, July 1, 1910. Comiskey Park.

The Chicago White Sox played their first game at Comiskey Park.  They lost to the St. Louis Browns 2–0.

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Thursday, June 30, 1910. Moves on Finland. Dropping bombs.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, Aircraft, Finland, law, Monarchy, Personalities, Russia, Weapons

Thursday, June 30, 1910. Moves on Finland. Dropping bombs.

Czar Nicholas II signed legislation "concerning the procedure to be complied with issuing laws and decrees of all-Empire significance for Finland", bringing the Grand Duchy of Finland and the Finnish people under direct Russian rule.

Glenn H. Curtiss demonstrated the practicality of aerial bombardment by dropping 20 mock explosives from a biplane over Lake Keuka in New York.

Glenn Cutis, 1909.

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Tuesday, June 28, 1910. The Wireless Ship Act

Labels: 1910, 1910s, boats and ships, law, Radio

Tuesday, June 28, 1910. The Wireless Ship Act

Congress passed the Wireless Ship Act (PL 262, 61st Congress) requiring ships carrying more than 60 people to be equipped with a radio and radio operator.

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Sunday, June 26, 1910. The ballots that would lead to bullets. Election in Mexico.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, Francisco I. Madero, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Porfirio Díaz, The Law of Unintended Consequences, The Press

Sunday, June 26, 1910. The ballots that would lead to bullets. Election in Mexico.

Liberal Mexican general and long time President Porfirio Diaz was re-elected President of Mexico for the eighth time, defeating the jailed liberal politician Francisco I. Madero.

The election had been sparked by Diaz's interview in the journal Pearson's, as he'd had little opposition prior to that.  In the article, he commented:

It is true there is no opposition party. I have so many friends in the republic that my enemies seem unwilling to identify themselves with so small a minority. I appreciate the kindness of my friends and the confidence of my country; but such absolute confidence imposes responsibilities and duties that tire me more and more. No matter what my friends and supporters say, I retire when my present term of office ends, and I shall not serve again. I shall be eighty years old then. My country has relied on me and it has been kind to me. My friends have praised my merits and overlooked my faults. But they may not be willing to deal so generously with my successor and he may need my advice and support; therefore I desire to be alive when he assumes office so that I may help him. I welcome an opposition party in the Mexican Republic. If it appears, I will regard it as a blessing, not as an evil. And if it can develop power, not to exploit but to govern, I will stand by it, support it, advise it and forget myself in the successful inauguration of complete democratic government in the country. It is enough for me that I have seen Mexico rise among the peaceful and useful nations. I have no desire to continue in the Presidency. This nation is ready for her ultimate life of freedom. At the age of seventy-seven years, I am satisfied with robust health. That is one thing which neither law nor force can create. I would not exchange it for all the millions of your American oil king.

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Saturday, June 25, 1910. The Mann Act.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, 61st Congress, Art, law, Public Land, Sex, Women

Saturday, June 25, 1910. The Mann Act.

The Mann Act, sometimes called the White Slave Traffic Act, was passed banning the transportation of a woman across state lines for "immoral purposes".

The Pickett Act became law, giving the President authority to withdraw land from public use, as necessary, for government projects.

It was Saturday, so the weeklys were out.

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Monday, June 20, 1910. Enabling Act of 1910

Labels: 1910, 1910s, Arizona, New Mexico, William Howard Taft

Monday, June 20, 1910. Enabling Act of 1910

President Taft signed the Enabling Act of 1910, granting the conditions for the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona to be admitted as states.

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Sunday, June 19, 1910. The first Father's Day.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, Father's Day, Holidays, Men, Spokane Washington, Washington (Spokane)

Sunday, June 19, 1910. The first Father's Day.

Today In Wyoming's History: June 19: 1910    Father's Day was celebrated for the first time, in Spokane, Wash.

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Saturday, June 18, 1910. Welcoming home TR.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, New York, Theodore Roosevelt

Saturday, June 18, 1910. Welcoming home TR.

Theodore Roosevelt was given a tape parade as a welcome back from his post Presidential trip to Africa and Europe.

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Friday, June 17, 1910. Creation of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, 1930s, 1935, U.S. Coast Guard

Friday, June 17, 1910. Creation of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

The United States Lighthouse Service was created The office of the Commissioner was transferred to the United States Coast Guard in 1935.

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Tuesday, June 7, 1910. Suppressing a rebellion, incorporating a town, birth of a famous photographer.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, Caste War of Yucatán, Farm Security Administration, Great Depression, Mayan people, Mexico, Personalities, Photography, Women, Wyoming (Byron), Yucatan Mexico

Tuesday, June 7, 1910. Suppressing a rebellion, incorporating a town, birth of a famous photographer.

Mexican troops were dispatched to suppress an uprising by the Maya Indians in Yucatán.

Byron Wyoming was incorporated.

Farm Security Administration Marion Post Wolcott was born in New Jersey.

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Sunday, June 5, 1910. Death of O. Henry.

Labels: 1900s, 1910, The written word

Sunday, June 5, 1910. Death of O. Henry.

William Sidney Porter, known to the public as  "O. Henry", one of the greatest American short story authors, died at the age of 47 from cirrhosis of the liver and diabetes.

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Saturday, June 4, 1910. An attack during the Caste War of Yucatán.

Labels: 1900s, 1910, Art, Caste War of Yucatán, hunting, J. C. Leyendecker, Mayan people, Mexican Army, Mexican Navy, Mexico, Theodore Roosevelt, Yucatan Mexico

Saturday, June 4, 1910. An attack during the Caste War of Yucatán.

Mayan rebels attacked the town of Valladolid, Mexico. They killed 40 people, including local police resulting in the dispatch of the gunboat Morelos with 600 troops.

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Wednesday, June 1, 1910. The first European American settlements on the banks of the Iditarod.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, Alaska, British Antarctic Expedition, Iditarod, Mining

Wednesday, June 1, 1910. The first European American settlements on the banks of the Iditarod.

The British Antarctic Expedition departed from London with a goal of reaching the South Pole in December..

The first European American settlements on the banks of the Iditarod were made when a steamer brought gold prospectors to within eight miles of a gold strike.

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Tuesday, May 31, 1910. Union of South Africa created.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, Boer War, British Empire, Orange Free State, South Africa, South African Republic (Transvaal), The Boer Republics

Tuesday, May 31, 1910. Union of South Africa created.

The Union of South Africa was created from a merger of the British Cape Colony and Colony of Natal, and the conquered Boer  republics.

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Wednesday, May 25, 1910. Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright flew on the same plane for the only time, Wilbur made his last flight as a pilot.

Labels: 1900s, 1910, Aircraft