Events from the year 1910 in the United States. [edit] Events [edit] January–March [edit] April–June [edit] July–September [edit] October–December - October 1 – A bomb explodes at the Los Angeles Times building, leaving 21 dead and several injured. James B. McNamara and John Joseph McNamara are later arrested and sentenced.
- October 11 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first former president to ride in an airplane.
- November 7 – The first air flight for the purpose of delivering commercial freight occurs between Dayton, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse. The trip was made by Wright pilot Philip Parmalee.
- November 17 – Ralph Johnstone, a pilot for the Wright Exhibition Team, dies at Denver, Colorado after his machine breaks apart in mid air in full view of about 5,000 spectators. Johnstone becomes the first American pilot to die in the crash of an airplane in the United States.
- November 22 – U.S. Senator Aldrich and A.P. Andrews (Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Department), along with many of the country's leading financiers, who together represent about 1/6 of the world's wealth, are witnessed leaving Hoboken, New Jersey on a train together. They later arrive at the Jekyll Island Club to discuss monetary policy and the banking system, an event which some say is the impetus for the creation of the Federal Reserve.
- December 12 – New York socialite Dorothy Arnold disappears. Her family does not notify the police until 6 weeks later, after their own investigations fail to produce any results.
- December 19 – Edward Douglass White is sworn in as the 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
- December 31 – Two of America's premier pioneer aviators are killed on this day: John Moisant in New Orleans, and Wright pilot Arch Hoxsey in Los Angeles.
[edit] Undated - US census shows that 20.9% of the population classed as "Negro" are of mixed race.
- Henry Ford sells 10,000 cars.
[edit] Births [edit] January–February [edit] March–April [edit] May–June [edit] July–August [edit] September–October - September 3 – Kitty Carlisle Hart, singer and actress (d. 2007)
- September 6 – Walter Giesler, soccer coach (d. 1976)
- September 23 – Elliott Roosevelt, author and World War II hero (d. 1990)
- September 29 – Virginia Bruce, actress and singer (d. 1982)
- October 1 – Bonnie Parker, outlaw (d. 1934)
- October 7 – Henry P. McIlhenny, art collector, socialite and philanthropist (d. 1986)
- October 8 – Gus Hall, communist leader (d. 2000)
- October 10 – Julius Shulman, architectural photographer (d. 2009)
- October 12
- October 14 – John Wooden, basketball coach
[edit] November–December - November 9 – Carroll Quigley, historian, polymath, and theorist of the evolution of civilizations (d.1977)
- November 13 – William Bradford Huie, journalist, editor, publisher and author (d. 1986)
- December 11 – Mildred Cleghorn, chairwoman of the Fort Sill Apache tribe (d. 1997)
- December 15 – John Hammond, record producer (d. 1987)
- December 18 – Abe Burrows, playwright (d. 1985)
- December 29 – Frank Abbandando, gangster (d. 1942)
- December 30 – Paul Bowles, author (d. 1999)
- date unknown – Hilda Conkling, child poet (d. 1986)
[edit] Deaths [edit] January–June [edit] July–December - July 5 – Melville Fuller, Chief Justice (b. 1833)
- August 26 – William James, psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
- September 29 – Winslow Homer, painter (b. 1836)
- October 15 – Stanley Ketchel, boxer (b. 1886)
- October 17 – Julia Ward Howe, abolitionist and poet (b. 1819)
- November 17 – Ralph Johnstone, aviator (b. 1886)
- November 23 – Hawley Harvey Crippen, murderer (b. 1862)
- December 3 – Mary Baker Eddy, christian science founder (b. 1821)
- December 31 – John Moisant, aviator (b. 1868)
- December 31 – Arch Hoxsey, aviator (b. 1884)
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