Great Fire of 1910
Time: Saturday Aug 20, 1910
Place: Montana and Idaho, U.S.
Details: The Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the Big Blowup, the Big Burn, or the Devil's Broom fire) was a wildfire in the western United States that burned three million acres (4,700 sq mi; 12,100 km2) in North Idaho and Western Montana, with extensions into Eastern Washington and Southeast British Columbia, in the summer of 1910. It killed 87 people, mostly firefighters.
Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.
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Sunday Aug 20, 451 - France
Byzantine Empire-Battle of Achelous
Friday Aug 20, 917 - Achelous river near Anchialus (Present-Day in Pomorie)
Crusades-Massacre at Ayyadieh
Tuesday Aug 20, 1191 - Acre
Lothar Meyer-Birth
Friday Aug 20, 1830 - Varel, Duchy of Oldenburg (Present Day Varel, Germany)
Xinhai Revolution-Tongmenghui (United League)
Sunday Aug 20, 1905 - Tokyo, China
Irish War of Independence-Oath of Allegiance
Wednesday Aug 20, 1919 - Ireland
Mao Zedong-The Hundred Regiments Campaign
Tuesday Aug 20, 1940 - North China
Winston Churchill-Churchill made a statement that created a famous nickname
Tuesday Aug 20, 1940 - England, United Kingdom
Slobodan Milošević-Born
Wednesday Aug 20, 1941 - Požarevac, Serbia (Then German-occupied Serbia)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle allowed to entered Paris
Sunday Aug 20, 1944 - Paris, France
World War II-Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
Sunday Aug 20, 1944 - Romania
World War II-Soviets invaded Japanese-held Manchuria
Monday Aug 20, 1945 - Manchuria, China
Korean War-China warning
Sunday Aug 20, 1950 - China
Algerian War-The massacre of Pieds-Noirs
Saturday Aug 20, 1955 - Skikda, Algeria
The Beatles-The Last Occasion on which all Four Beatles Were Together
Wednesday Aug 20, 1969 - England
Ted Bundy-Thompson flew to Seattle with two other detectives to interview Kloepfer
Wednesday Aug 20, 1975 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Johan Cruyff-To Los Angeles
Monday Aug 20, 1979 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Mass Shootings in the United States-Edmond Post Office Shooting
Wednesday Aug 20, 1986 - Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Peace
Saturday Aug 20, 1988 - Iran - Iraq
Gulf War-The ceasefire with Iran
Saturday Aug 20, 1988 - Iraq
Vladimir Putin-Resignation from KGB
Tuesday Aug 20, 1991 - Russia
Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Less centralized state
Tuesday Aug 20, 1991 - Russia
Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Estonia had officially restored its independence
Tuesday Aug 20, 1991 at 11:03:00 PM - Estonia
1997 Asian financial crisis-Bailout package
Wednesday Aug 20, 1997 - Thailand
Apple Inc.-World record
Monday Aug 20, 2012 - U.S.
Dollar Tree-Bid was rejected
Wednesday Aug 20, 2014 - U.S.
Uber-Uber raises $100 million in private equity from the Tata Opportunities Fund
Thursday Aug 20, 2015 - Bombay House, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Christian Mayer Birth
Sunday Aug 20, 1719 - Modřice
Charles-Franois de Broglie Birth
Sunday Aug 20, 1719 - Paris
Cornelis de Witt was hanged up
Saturday Aug 20, 1672 - Chatham
August 1910
Mother Teresa-Birth
Friday Aug 26, 1910 - Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Skopje, North Macedonia)
Winston Churchill-Churchill had to deal with the Tonypandy Riot
Aug, 1910 - Rhondda, Wales, United Kingdom
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Francisco Franco-Graduated
1910 - Toledo, Spain
Xinhai Revolution-Homer Lea Supported Sun Yat-sen's Military Ambitions
1910 - China
Marie Curie-She isolated Pure Radius Metal
1910 - Paris, France
Marie Curie-Curie succeeded in isolating Radium
1910 - Paris, France
Antibiotic-The Hoechst Company began To Market The Salvarsan Compound
1910 - Höchst, Frankfurt, Germany
Mexican Revolution-The Díaz Regime Had become Highly Authoritarian
1910 - Mexico City, Mexico
Mexican Revolution-The Revolutionary Movements broke out In Response To Madero's Plan
1910 - Mexico City, Mexico
Mexican Revolution-1910 Mexican Presidential Election
1910 - Mexico City, Mexico
Mexican Revolution-Madero announced His Intent To Challenge Díaz For The Presidency
1910 - Mexico City, Mexico
Robert Fulton-Bust of Fulton
1910 - Guatemala city, Guatemala
Winston Churchill-The government called the January 1910 general election
Jan, 1910 - United Kingdom
Xinhai Revolution-Gengxu New Army Uprising
Feb, 1910 - Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Marcus Garvey-The Watchman
1910 - Jamaica
Winston Churchill-Churchill was promoted to Home Secretary
Feb, 1910 - London, England, United Kingdom
Plague-Pneumonic plague breaks out in Manchuria
1910 - China
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was promoted to corporal
Apr, 1910 - France
Anna May Wong-The family moved to a neighborhood on Figueroa Street
1910 - Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Antibiotic-Ehrlich and Hata announced Their Discovery
Tuesday Apr 19, 1910 - Wiesbaden, Germany
Marcus Garvey-First assistant secretary
Apr, 1910 - Jamaica
Winston Churchill-Lords relented and the People's Budget passed into law
Apr, 1910 - United Kingdom
Edward VIII-Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay
Friday May 6, 1910 - Cornwall and Rothesay, United Kingdom
The Wright brothers-Two Family flights
Wednesday May 25, 1910 - U.S.
Elizabeth Blackwell-Death
Tuesday May 31, 1910 - Hastings, England, United Kingdom
The Wright brothers-The mountebank business
Monday Jun 13, 1910 - U.S.
Father's Day-Father's Day celebration was held in Spokane, Washington
Sunday Jun 19, 1910 - Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Edward VIII-Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester
Thursday Jun 23, 1910 - Wales, United Kingdom
Igor Stravinsky-The Firebird's Premiere
Saturday Jun 25, 1910 - Paris, France
Eiffel Tower-Father Theodor Wulf measured radiant energy at the top and bottom of the tower
1910 - Paris, France
Nikola Tesla-Tesla went on to have offices at the Metropolitan Life Tower
1910 - New York City, New York, U.S.
W. E. B. Du Bois-NAACP leaders offered Du Bois the position of Director of Publicity and Research
1910 - U.S.
Marcus Garvey-Garvey traveled to Costa Rica
1910 - Costa Rica
Mother Teresa-Birth
Friday Aug 26, 1910 - Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Skopje, North Macedonia)
Winston Churchill-Churchill had to deal with the Tonypandy Riot
Aug, 1910 - Rhondda, Wales, United Kingdom
Josip Broz Tito-Gain employment in Zagreb
Sep, 1910 - Zagreb, Croatia
Igor Stravinsky-Moving to Switzerland
Sep, 1910 - Switzerland
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle promoted to sergeant
Sep, 1910 - France
Yasunari Kawabata-Sister's Death
1910 - Osaka, Japan
Igor Stravinsky-Their Second Son Was born
Friday Sep 23, 1910 - Lausanne, Switzerland
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle took up his place at St Cyr
Oct, 1910 - France
Mexican Revolution-The Plan de San Luis Potosí
Wednesday Oct 5, 1910 - Mexico
Bank of America-Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust
1910 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
The Wright brothers-First known commercial air cargo
Monday Nov 7, 1910 - Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Franklin D. Roosevelt-1910 Elections
Tuesday Nov 8, 1910 - U.S.
Mexican Revolution-Madero Supporter Toribio Ortega Took up arms With a Group of Followers
Thursday Nov 10, 1910 - Chihuahua, México
W. E. B. Du Bois-The Crisis
Nov, 1910 - U.S.
Winston Churchill-Hugh Franklin attacked Churchill with a whip
Nov, 1910 - England, United Kingdom
Josip Broz Tito-He returned home
Dec, 1910 - Kumrovec, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (Now Croatia)
Winston Churchill-Liberals were re-elected with Churchill secure in Dundee
Dec, 1910 - Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mother's Day-The First State Officially Recognizing Mother's Day
1910 - West Virginia, U.S.
Albrecht Kossel-The Nobel Prize
Sunday Dec 11, 1910 - Stockholm, Sweden