Editing 1910 (section)

=== December ===
{{Main|December 1910}}
* [[December 3]] – Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
* [[December 10]] – [[Giacomo Puccini]]'s opera ''[[La fanciulla del West]]'' has its world première at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York City, conducted by [[Arturo Toscanini]] and starring [[Enrico Caruso]] and [[Emmy Destinn]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Great Welcome for New Opera|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1910-12-11|page=1}}</ref>
* [[December 19]] – The [[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|second 1910 United Kingdom general election]] (the last to be fought with an all-male electorate) concludes with confirmation of a majority for the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] in alliance with the [[Irish Parliamentary Party]], resolving the battle of wills between the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] and the [[House of Lords]] by giving a majority for restriction of the powers of the Lords and support for the [[Irish Home Rule movement]].<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=George Dangerfield|first=George|last=Dangerfield|title=[[The Strange Death of Liberal England]]|year=1935}}</ref>
* [[December 21]] – [[Pretoria Pit disaster]]: a coal mine explosion at the [[Hulton Colliery Company]] of [[Westhoughton]] in [[Lancashire]], England, kills 344 miners, with just one survivor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Westhoughton/Pretoria/index.html|title=The Pretoria Pit Disaster|work=The Parish of Westhoughton|access-date=2010-10-13|archive-date=July 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726042004/http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Westhoughton/Pretoria/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>