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October 22, 1910
On October 22, 1910, hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
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Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
Hawley Harvey Crippen, colloquially known as Dr. Crippen, was an American homeopath, ear and eye specialist and medicine dispenser who was hanged in Pentonville Prison, London, for the murder of his second wife, Cora Henrietta Crippen. He was the first criminal to be captured with the aid of wireless telegraphy.
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1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1910th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 910th year of the 2nd millennium, the 10th year of the 20th…
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On October 22, 1910
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1910 Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife. American executed homeopath
Hawley Harvey Crippen, colloquially known as Dr. Crippen, was an American homeopath, ear and eye specialist and medicine dispenser who was hanged in Pentonville Prison, London, for the murder of his second wife, Cora Henrietta Crippen. He was the first criminal to be captured with the aid of wireless telegraphy.
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Other moments from 1910
- April 12 SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
- April 16 The oldest indoor ice hockey arena used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
- April 28 Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom.
- April 29 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
- April 5 The Transandine Railway connecting Chile and Argentina is inaugurated.
- August 20 Extreme fire weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes many small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3 million acres (12,000 km2) and killing 87 people.
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