Biggest Events of the Year 1910

The Top Ten

1 Japan formally annexes Korea

2 Union of South Africa established, with its parliamentary capital in Cape Town and administrative capital in Pretoria

3 Portugal overthrows its monarchy and declares itself a republic

4 China ends slavery

5 Alice Wells is first US policewoman (Los Angeles)

6 Halley's comet is observed photographically for the first time

7 Thomas Edison introduces his kinetophone, which makes talkies a reality

8 Boy Scouts of America founded

9 International Exhibition opens in Brussels

10 Angel Island, in San Francisco Bay, becomes immigration center for Asians entering U.S.

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