1910 Union of South Africa Main article: Union of South Africa In 1910 the Union of South Africa was created by the unification of four areas, by joining the two former independent Boer republics of the South African Republic ( Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek ) and the Orange Free State ( Oranje Vrystaat )with the British dominated Cape Province ...

The January 1910 United Kingdom general election was held from 15 January to 10 February 1910. The government called the election in the midst of a constitutional crisis caused by the rejection of the People's Budget by the Conservative-dominated House of Lords, in order to get a mandate to pass the budget.. The general election resulted in a hung parliament, with the …

An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that have human occupancy or use as their principal purpose. Etymologically, the term architect derives from the Latin architectus, which …

Gitanjali (Bengali: গীতাঞ্জলি, lit. ''Song offering'') is a collection of poems by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature, for the English translation, Gitanjali:Song Offerings, making him the first non-European to receive this honor.. It is part of the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works.

Phoebus Aaron Theodore Levene (25 February 1869 – 6 September 1940) was a Russian born American biochemist who studied the structure and function of nucleic acids.He characterized the different forms of nucleic acid, DNA from RNA, and found that DNA contained adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine, deoxyribose, and a phosphate group. [citation needed]He was born into a …

Fashion from 1910–1919 in the Western world was characterized by a rich and exotic opulence in the first half of the decade in contrast with the somber practicality of garments worn during the Great War.Men's trousers were worn cuffed to ankle-length and creased. Skirts rose from floor length to well above the ankle, women began to bob their hair, and the stage was set for the …

The Height of Buildings Act of 1910 was an Act of Congress passed by the 61st United States Congress on June 1, 1910 to limit the height of buildings in District of Columbia, amending the Height of Buildings Act of 1899. The new height restriction law was more comprehensive than the previous law, and generally restricts building heights along residential streets to 90 feet (27 …

The 1910 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the second staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board. Aghabullogue won the championship following a 3-2 to 2-0 defeat of Shamrocks in the final. Results. Final. Final: Aghabullogue: 3-02 - 2-00 ...

This is a list of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1910–1990 or whose deaths or exact circumstances thereof are not substantiated. Many people who disappear end up declared presumed dead and some of these people were possibly subjected to forced disappearance.. This list is a general catch-all; for specialty lists, see Lists of people who disappeared

This is the history of South Africa from 1910 to 1948. World War I. During the First World War, Smuts (right) and Botha were key members of the British Imperial War Cabinet. The Union of South Africa was tied closely to the British Empire, and automatically joined with Great ...

Fashion in the period 1900–1909 in the Western world continued the severe, long and elegant lines of the late 1890s.Tall, stiff collars characterize the period, as do women's broad hats and full "Gibson Girl" hairstyles.A new, columnar silhouette introduced by the couturiers of Paris late in the decade signaled the approaching abandonment of the corset as an indispensable garment.

The First Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: Primeira República Portuguesa; officially: República Portuguesa, Portuguese Republic) spans a complex 16-year period in the history of Portugal, between the end of the period of constitutional monarchy marked by the 5 October 1910 revolution and the 28 May 1926 coup d'état.The latter movement instituted a military …

Roy J. Plunkett (June 26, 1910 – May 12, 1994) was an American chemist. He discovered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), better known as Teflon, in 1938. Personal life and education. Plunkett was born in New Carlisle, Ohio and attended …

In the United States, deforestation was an ongoing process until recently. Between 2010 and 2020, the US forests increased 0.03% annually, according to FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations).Native Americans cleared millions of acres of forest for many reasons, including hunting, farming, berry production, and building materials.