Timeline July 1910

Events in July 1910 7

• 1877 – 1910 Charles Rolls (1877-1910) Died 12 July 1910, aged 32 British motoring and aviation pioneer who co-founded Rolls-Royce with Henry Royce in 1904. He died when his Wright biplane broke apart during a flying display in Bournemouth, becoming the first Briton to be killed in a powered aircraft accident. He had earlier been the first person to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by air.
• 1910 Wimbledon 1910 Men: Anthony Wilding · Women: Dorothea Lambert Chambers
• 1910 – 2010 Gloria Stuart (1910-2010) American actress of 1930s horror films who returned at 87 as the elderly Rose in Titanic.
• 1910 Gloria Stuart born in Santa Monica Gloria Stuart is born in Santa Monica.
• 1910 Jack Johnson defeats James Jeffries "Fight of the Century" boxing match in Reno, Nevada Reigning heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, the first Black world heavyweight champion, knocked out former champion James Jeffries, who had come out of retirement as the "Great White Hope." Johnson's victory triggered race riots across the United States. The fight became one of the most racially charged sporting events in American history.
• 1910 – 2001 William Hanna (1910-2001) Died 22 March 2001, aged 90 With Joseph Barbera, Hanna created Tom and Jerry at MGM and then co-founded Hanna-Barbera, the studio behind The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear and The Jetsons. Their assembly-line methods made television animation affordable. He worked with Barbera for more than sixty years.
• 1910 Son Eduard born The child called Tete Eduard was born in Zurich in July 1910, a gifted musician and reader who wanted to become a psychiatrist. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia in his twenties and spent much of his life in the Burgholzli clinic. Einstein never saw him again after leaving Europe in 1933.