page_title: June 1910
section_title: June 5, 1910 (Sunday)
hierarchical_section_title: June 1910 / June 5, 1910 (Sunday)
caption_attribution_description: Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867 – 1936), French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist
context_page_description: The following events occurred in June 1910:
context_section_description: William Sidney Porter, who, under the pen name O. Henry, was one of the most popular story writers in America, died in New York City at the age of 47.  O. Henry, who suffered from cirrhosis of the liver and diabetes, had published more than 250 stories in his lifetime, and more after his death. Despite a large income from his writing, he was continuously broke.
  Jean-Baptiste Charcot and the crew of the Antarctic exploring ship Pourquoi-Pas, returned to a hero's welcome in France, during the same week the Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen were beginning their expeditions to the South Pole.
  The Nanking Exposition, an official world's fair hosted by the Imperial government, opened in China.
caption: Jean-Baptiste Charcot
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