LIFE 1910
Historical Highlights from 1910 :
- Joyce Hall founds Hallmark Cards.
- A wildfire burns about 3 million acres in WA, ID and MT in 2 days and kills 86 people (believed to be the largest fire in recorded United States history).
- Boutros Ghali, prime minister of Egypt, is assassinated.
- George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
- Jack Johnson defeats James J. Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the US.
- Former president Theodore Roosevelt returns to NYC from a year-long African safari and tour of Europe.
- The Lakeview Gusher in Kern County, California, created the largest accidental oil spill in history, lasting 18 months and releasing an estimated 9 million barrels of crude oil.
- US census shows that 20.9% of the population classed as “Negro” are of mixed race.
- Henry Ford sells 10,000 cars.
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