August 1910 calendar

Events

• 06 Aug 1910 New York City Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt
• 08 Aug 1910 The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer.
• 09 Aug 1910 Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine
• 14 Aug 1910 6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, DC.
• 20 Aug 1910 US supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua
• 22 Aug 1910 Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan : Korea Annexation Treaty, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
• 23 Aug 1910 Fred Clarke makes a record 4 outfield assists for Pittsburgh
• 25 Aug 1910 30th US Mens Tennis: Wm Larned beats Thomas Bundy (61 57 60 68 61)
• 27 Aug 1910 Using 20,137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park
• 28 Aug 1910 Montenegro is proclaimed an independent kingdom under Nicholas I.
• 29 Aug 1910 Japan changes Korea's name to Chosen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.
• 20 Aug 1910 Extreme fire weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes many small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3 million acres (12,000 km) and killing 87 people.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Frances Alda - Ave Maria
2. Frank Stanley & Henry Burr - We Shall Meet Bye and Bye
3. Kitty Cheatham - I've Got a Pain in My Sawdust
4. Harry Macdonough & Lucy Isabelle Marsh - Ring O' Roses
5. John McCormack - Carmen - Il Flor Che Aveci A Me (Flower Song)