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  • Cornwall and Rothesay, United Kingdom
    Friday May 6, 1910
    Edward VIII

    Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay

    Cornwall and Rothesay, United Kingdom
    Friday May 6, 1910

    Edward automatically became Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay on 6 May 1910 when his father ascended the throne as George V on the death of Edward VII.




  • U.S.
    Wednesday May 25, 1910
    The Wright brothers

    Two Family flights

    U.S.
    Wednesday May 25, 1910

    On May 25, 1910, back at Huffman Prairie, Orville piloted two unique flights. First, he took off on a six-minute flight with Wilbur as his passenger, the only time the Wright brothers ever flew together. They received permission from their father to make the flight. They had always promised Milton they would never fly together to avoid the chance of a double tragedy and to ensure one brother would remain to continue their experiments. Next, Orville took his 82-year-old father on a nearly seven-minute flight, the only one of Milton Wright's life. The aircraft rose to about 350 feet (107 m) while the elderly Wright called to his son, "Higher, Orville, higher!"




  • Hastings, England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday May 31, 1910
    Elizabeth Blackwell

    Death

    Hastings, England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday May 31, 1910

    On 31 May 1910, she died at her home in Hastings, Sussex, after suffering a stroke that paralyzed half her body. Her ashes were buried in the graveyard of St Munn's Parish Church, Kilmun, and obituaries honouring her appeared in publications such as The Lancet and The British Medical Journal.




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