Today in History for July 1910

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 12 of 12

1st - Chicago's Comiskey Park opens - St Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0
1st - Union of South Africa becomes a dominion
1st - White Sox Park (Comiskey Park) opens with 2-0 loss to Browns
4th - Jack Johnson KOs James J Jeffries in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
9th - Walter Brookins becomes 1st to pilot an airplane to 1 mile altitude
10th - Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0
19th - Cy Young registers his 500th career victory
20th - Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper acquitted of corruption
24th - Matador Juan Belmonte (18) kills his 1st bull
29th - JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory
31st - Chic Cub King Cole no-hits St Louis, 4-0 in a 7 inning game
31st - Clement van Maasdijk gives flying demonstration

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 30 of 30

2nd - Earl Hawley Robinson, composer
2nd - Hans Gunther Adler, German writer
2nd - William Douglas Denny, composer
3rd - Bernard Burrows, British diplomat
3rd - Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant
4th - Francis D Foley, US lt adm (WW II, Guadalcanal)
4th - Gloria Stuart, Santa Monica California, actress (Rose-Titanic)/founder (Screen Actors Guild), (d. 2010)
4th - William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, US boxer/slaughterhouse pianist
5th - Robert K Meston, US sociologist (functionalism)
8th - Govan AM Mbeki, South African leader (ANC/SACP)
9th - Harold C Fox, fashion designer/musician
10th - Ronald Fletcher, broadcaster
11th - Irene Hervey, LA California, actress (Aunt Meg-Honey West)
11th - John Francis Boyd, journalist
14th - Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic
14th - William Hanna, Melrose New Mexico, animator (Hanna-Barbera- Tom and Jerry, Scooby Doo), (d. 2001)
15th - Ronald Binge, composer
16th - Stan McCabe, cricketer (exciting NSW & Australian batsman of 30's)
20th - Cicely Veronica Wedgwood, British historian (William the Silent)
Animator William Hanna (14th) 20th - Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (d. 2004)
22nd - Edith Abbo, daughter of Mien Wenneker/Dutch Prince Henry
23rd - Pimen, [Sergei Irzjekov], patriarch Russian-Orthodox Cathederal
24th - Edward Ford, registrat Order of Merit
24th - Harry Horner, stage/Film Designer
27th - Bea Marcia Anastasia verbrook Christoforides, writer
27th - Julien Gracq, [Louis Poirier], French writer (Andre Breton)
28th - Bill Goodwin, SF California, announcer (Jolson Story, Burns & Allen)
28th - Clive Robertson Caldwell, British fighter pilot
29th - Henry Brian Boyne, journalist
30th - Edgar de Evia, American photographer (d. 2003)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 12 of 12

1st - Marius Petipa, Fren ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies
3rd - Julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies
3rd - Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicketkeeper (Aust 1886-88), dies
4th - Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars), dies at 75
4th - Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer, dies at 70
4th - Melville Weston Fuller, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833)
10th - Johann G Galle, German discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies
12th - Charles Stewart Rolls, British engineer and aviator (b. 1887)
15th - Daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies
21st - Johan Peter Selmer, composer, dies at 66
24th - Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)
26th - Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71