1910s
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Centuries: | 19th century - 20th century - 21st century |
Decades: | 1880s 1890s 1900s - 1910s - 1920s 1930s 1940s |
Years: | 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 |
[edit] Events
- 1912: Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1914-1918: World War I 15,000,000 people die
- 1917: The October revolution in Russia. Communists get rid of the king (Tsar)
- 1918-1919: Influenza (the spanish flu) spreads through Europe killing 25,000,000 to 50,000,000 people.
[edit] Births
- 1911 - Ronald Reagan
- 1912 - Alan Turing
- 1912 - John Cage
- 1912 - Pope John Paul I
- 1913 - Richard Nixon
- 1913 - Gerald Ford
- 1914 - Richard Widmark
- 1916 - Gregory Peck
- 1918 - Nelson Mandela, South African prisoner of conscience and president
- 1918 - Paul Harvey, American radio hos
- 1919 - Eva Peron
[edit] Deaths
- 1914- Adlai E. Stevenson, American politician
- 1914 - John Philip Holland, early submarine designer
- 1919 - Emiliano Zapata