1910
ID: 1191
German Society for Sociology founded in Berlin, with Max Weber and Georg Simmel debating social evolution
ID: 1191
1910
ID: 1192
Eugenics Record Office established, funded by Mrs. E.H. Harriman with over $500,000; Harry Hamilton Laughlin appointed superintendent
ID: 1192
1910
ID: 1193
Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead begin publishing Principia Mathematica - Attempts to derive all mathematics from pure logic
ID: 1193
1910
ID: 1194
Bakelite first sold commercially, launching the age of synthetic plastics
ID: 1194
1910
ID: 1195
Over 25% urban population served by water works
ID: 1195
1910
ID: 1196
New York diphtheria outbreak - 60 cases daily
ID: 1196
1910
ID: 1197
Dr. Millard: 'The danger of unvaccinated persons contracting small-pox... has been somewhat overrated'
ID: 1197
1910
ID: 1198
St. Maximilian Kolbe has vision of two crowns - Our Lady offers white (purity) and red (martyrdom) - 'I choose both!' - prophecy of Auschwitz
ID: 1198
1910
ID: 4278
Frank Gilbreth applies time-motion studies to office work - standardizes filing motions and cabinet heights
ID: 4278
1910
ID: 4284
U.S. Census reports 100,000 stenographers and typists employed - 80% are women, transforming office workforce
ID: 4284
1910
ID: 1189
August 8, 1910
Pope Pius X lowers age for First Communion to 7 years old with decree 'Quam Singulari' - 'The age of discretion for receiving Holy Communion is when a child knows the difference between ordinary bread and the Eucharist'
ID: 1189
1910
ID: 1190
September 1, 1910
Pope Pius X institutes anti-Modernist oath for all clergy in 'Sacrorum Antistitum' - 'I sincerely hold that the doctrine of faith was handed down to us from the apostles through the orthodox Fathers'
ID: 1190
1910
ID: 368
December 1910
Russell and Whitehead publish Volume 1 of Principia Mathematica, attempting to derive all mathematics from logical foundations
ID: 368