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Historical Events in February 1910

  • Feb 1 1st British labour exchange opens
  • Feb 1 Dragoumis government forms in Greece
  • Feb 7 Edmond Rostand's play "Chantecler" premieres in Paris
  • Feb 8 The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce

Elektra

Feb 19 English premiere of Richard Strauss' opera "Elektra"

Typhoid Mary Freed

Feb 19 Typhoid Mary [Mary Mallon] is freed from her first periods of forced isolation and goes on to cause several further outbreaks of typhoid in the New York area

  • Feb 21 John Galsworthy's "Justice" premieres in London
  • Feb 23 1st radio contest held (Philadelphia)

Misalliance

Feb 23 George Bernard Shaw's play "Misalliance" premieres in London

  • Feb 25 13th Dalai Lama (Thupten Gyatso) flees Tibet for British India to escape Chinese troops

South Africa Act

Feb 26 Gandhi supports the African People's Organisations resolution to declare the Prince of Wales day of arrival in South Africa a day of mourning, in protest against the South Africa Acts disenfranchisement of Indians, Coloureds and Africans