Events Date 1910 May | History by KabAstro

May 3 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is renamed the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
May 4 Canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent

Royal Canadian Navy Established

May 4 Wilfrid Laurier passes the Naval Service Act, which creates the Royal Canadian Navy

May 6 George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII

May 7 35th Preakness: R. Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6
May 10 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)
May 10 36th Kentucky Derby: Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4
May 10 Halley's Comet closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass
May 10 The British House of Commons pass three major resolutions on political reform
May 11 Montana's Glacier National Park forms
May 12 Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Charles "Chief" Bender no-hits Cleveland Naps, 4-0

May 12 Second NAACP conference in NYC

May 20 Funeral for Britain's King Edward VII held in Westminster Abbey, has one of the largest assemblages of European royalty

May 21 Louis Botha becomes the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa

May 27 Reform of Prussian three-class voting system fails
May 29 Pope Pius X's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers
May 30 44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22
May 31 Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa
May 31 Glenn Curtiss flies from Albany to NYC
May 31 Union of South Africa declares its independence from the United Kingdom