The hull of White Star ocean liner is launched, at the Harland and Wolff Shipyards in Belfast. October 23 Vajiravudh (Rama VI) is crowned King of Siam, after the death of his father, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the Chicago Cubs, 7–2, to win the 1910 World Series in baseball in Game 5 (Jack Coombs has been the winning pitcher in three of the Athletics' four wins). November November 7 – The first air flight for the purpose of delivering commercial freight takes place in the United States. The flight, made by Wright brothers pilot Philip Parmalee, is between Dayton and Columbus, Ohio. November 14 – In the first takeoff from a ship by a fixed-wing aircraft, Eugene Ely takes off from a temporary platform erected over the bow of the light cruiser USS Birmingham in Hampton Roads, Virginia. November 20 – The Mexican Revolution begins, when Francisco I. Madero proclaims the elections of 1910 null and void, and calls for an armed revolution at 6 p.m. against the illegitimate presidency/dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. November 22 – Revolt of the Lash at Rio de Janeiro: Mutineers in the Brazilian Navy, led by João Cândido Felisberto, seize control of the new dreadnought battleship Minas Geraes, and other ships whose guns are aimed at the city, as the crews demand improvements in their conditions (which are conceded on November 26 by the Brazilian government). November 23 – Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden. December December 3 – Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show. Undated The electric streetcars of Austria-Hungary, France, Germany and Great Britain are carrying 6.7 million riders per year. Henry Ford sells 10,000 automobiles. Births January January 4 Josephine McKim, American Olympic swimmer (d. 1992) Hilde Schrader, German swimmer (d. 1966) January 5 – Jack Lovelock, New Zealand Olympic athlete (d. 1949) January 8 – Galina Ulanova, Russian dancer (d. 1998) January 10 Alioune Diop, Senegalese writer, editor (d. 1980) Allal al-Fassi, Moroccan politician, writer, poet and Islamic scholar (d. 1974) January 11 – Trygve Bratteli, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1984) January 12 Luise Rainer, German-born actress (d. 2014) Patsy Kelly, American actress and comedienne (d. 1981) January 16 – Mario Tobino, Italian poet, writer and psychiatrist (d. 1991) January 21 – Károly Takács, Hungarian Olympic shooter (d. 1976) January