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Magic related events from the year 1910.

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Events

January

• Magic : The Magazine of Wonder, a short lived periodical, begins publication, Jan

Feburary

• Soto Sunetaro, who performed a silent Japanese act, dies, Feb 10
• J. B. Bobo, author of 4 magic books, is born, Feb 11

March

• The Boy Magician, a periodical, ends publication after 1 year, Mar
• Imro Fox, a highly-skilled sleight of hand artist, dies, Mar 4
• J.G. Thompson, Jr., a prominent banker and magician who specialized in close-up magic, card magic and mentalism, is born, Mar 13
• Frances Ireland Marshall is born, Mar 25
• Henry Hay, author of many classic books on magic for beginners, is born June Barrows Mussey, Mar 30

April

• The American Magician periodical begins publication, Apr 10
• Tommy Martin, the first magician to play Radio City Music Hall in New York City, is born, Apr 20
• Signor Barnello, also known as "The Human Volcano", dies Apr 30

May

• Beatrice Foster marries Howard Thurston, May 10

June

• Edwards' Monthly, a magic periodical, ends publication, June

July

August

• Maskelyne and Devant's Mysteries is presented in St. George's Hall, Aug
• The Wizard (Selbit), a magic periodical, ends publication, Aug
• Winston Freer is born, Aug 21

September

• The Magic Wand, a periodical which ran for 47 years, begins publication
• Carl Orton Williams appears on the cover of the Magic Mirror, Sep

October

November

• The Magical World, a magic periodical published by Max Sterling in the UK, begins publication
• The Phantom Card Trick is published in Magical World Vol 1, No. 3, Nov 18

December

• David Livingston Price, Jr., an author and collector of magic history, is born, Dec 15
• Rameses appears on the cover of Sphinx Vol 9, Dec 15

Year

• Servais LeRoy takes over the City Magical Company in London
• Theodore Annemann is shown in the Barton Township, at the age of 3, by census
• Theodore DeLand markets the Two Card Monte and Million Dollar Mystery
• Kartenkünste, by Ottokar Fischer, is published
• Clement De Lion tours the United States in vaudeville
• Clementine De Vere starts performing as "Ionia, the Goddess of Mystery" and "The Enchanctress"
• Joseffy, by Carl Sandburg (promotional booklet) is published
• David Lustig starts his vaudeville career at the age of 17
• E. Brian MacCarthy, an English amateur magician and member of the Magic Circle, is born
• Nicola makes his first trip around the world
• Maurice F. Raymond, after playing in the vaudeville circuits, makes a tour of Australia
• Fred Robinson, founder and editor of Pabular, is born
• New Card Tricks, 3rd and 4th series, are published as part of Stanyon's Serial Lessons in Conjuring, by Ellis Stanyon
• Home Fun by Cecil H. Bullivant, a book that contains a chapter on Hand Shadows, is published
• The Menetekel Deck, is first credited to Burling Hull
• Remember and Forget, a card routine, is first published
• Carl Rosini tours South America
• Recil Bordner is born
• Edwin Sachs, a sports writer and amateur magician, dies
• Trevor Hall, a magic book collector, is born
• Ten Self-working Master Card Effects with Ordinary Playing Cards, by Sydney Lawrence, is published
• "The Golden Age of Automata" ends
• Rameses does a United States tour
• The London Palladium, a theater in England, opens
• Zirka, a female magician, dies
• George McAthy, also known as Mandroop the magician, is born
• The third Magician Annual, is published
• Magical Titbits, by Professor Hoffmann, is published
• Ralph Adams, who developed a black art act, is born
• Magicians' Tricks, How They Are Done, co-authored by Adrian Plate and Henry Hatton, is published
• The Art of Modern Conjuring and Drawing Room Entertainment, is published in America
• Henry Roltair, who was a vaudeville illusionist in the United States, dies
• Glen Pope, known for a period as the "Thimble King", is born

Positions

Organizations

• SAM:
  • President - Elmer P. Ransom

Periodicals

• Wizard (Selbit):
  • Editor - P. T. Selbit
• Magic Wand
  • Editor - Harry Leat
• Magic Circular
  • Editor - Sydney W. Clarke
• Conjurer (BSAM)
  • Editor - J. Albert Briggs