The Great Fire of 1910, a wildfire that consumed about 3 million acres in Washington, Idaho and Montana?an area about the size of Connecticut?claimed the lives of 78 firefighters over two days. It is believed to be the largest, although not deadliest, fire in U.S. history - 1910
Radio station WEVD, named for Eugene V. Debs, goes on the air in New York City, operated by The Forward Association as a memorial to the labor and socialist leader - 1927