Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher. Date: November 14, 1910 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1910 📅 On This Day…
The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910. Date: November 10, 1910 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 10 📅 Events on this day in 1910 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Morehouse. Date: November 7, 1910 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1910 📅 On This Day (Today)
Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife. Date: October 22, 1910 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 22 📅 Events on this day in 1910 📅 On This Day (Today)
HMS Niobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy. Date: October 21, 1910 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 21 📅 Events on this day in 1910 📅 On This Day (Today)
British ocean liner RMS Olympic is launched. Date: October 20, 1910 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 20 📅 Events on this day in 1910 📅 On This Day (Today)
Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft. Date: October 15, 1910 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 15 📅 Events on this day in 1910 📅 On This Day (Today)
English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C. Date: October 14, 1910 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1910 📅 On This Day (Today)
Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane. Date: October 11, 1910 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 11 📅 Events on this day in 1910 📅 On This Day (Today)
Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first of seven times. Date: October 6, 1910 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 6 📅 Events on this day in 1910 📅 On This Day (Today)