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Historical Events in November 1910

Crisis

Nov 1 First issue of "Crisis" published by editor W.E.B. Du Bois

Nicholas II Visits Wilhelm II

Nov 4 Russian Tsar Nicholas II visits German Emperor Wilhelm II at Potsdam; they force tentative agreements on spheres of influence in the Middle East

  • Nov 4 Start of South Africa's 1st F-C game in Aust (v S Aust). It rained
  • Nov 6 SDAP/NVV initiate campaign for general males/female suffrage
  • Nov 7 The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
  • Nov 8 1st Washington State election in which women could vote
  • Nov 8 For the first time since 1894, the US elects a Democratic Congress, including the first socialist ever to sit in Congress, Victor L Berger of Milwaukee
  • Nov 8 William H. Frost receives the first U.S. patent for an electrical insect destroyer
  • Nov 10 The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, though the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
  • Nov 12 1st possible movie stunt: man jumps into the Hudson river from a burning balloon
  • Nov 14 1st airplane flight from deck of a ship, Norfolk, Virginia
  • Nov 19 Ferenc Molnàr's play "Tester" premieres in Budapest
  • Nov 20 Revolution breaks out in Mexico, led by Francisco I. Madero
  • Nov 22 Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs
  • Nov 26 CFL Grey Cup, AAA Grounds, Hamilton: University of Toronto Blues retain title; beat Hamilton Tigers, 16-7
  • Nov 27 NY's Penn Station opens as world's largest railway terminal
  • Nov 29 The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest Sirrine