Historical Events In 1909

Aug 10   In the year 1909 algemeene Netherland Toonkunstenars Ver (ANTV) begins  

Aug 10   On this day in history brian Easdale, composer  

Aug 11   Gaston Gilbert Litaize, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 11   In the year 1909 liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call  

Aug 11   SOS first used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC on this day in history.  

Aug 12   Maurice Heath, air marshal in the year 1909.  

Aug 13   On this day in history john Beal, Joplin MO, actor (10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D)  

Aug 14   Len Darling, cricketer (South Australian & Test batsman of 30's) in the year 1909.  

Aug 15   On this day in history raymond O'Malley, teacher  

Aug 16   Paul Smith Callaway, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 17   On this day in history richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78  

Aug 18   Mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River on this day in history.  

Aug 18   In the year 1909 miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress (Great Waltz)  

Aug 19   First race at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway on this day in history.  

Aug 19   On this day in history indianapolis 500 race track opens  

Aug 19   In the year 1909 jerzy Andrzejewski, Warsaw Poland, writer (Ashes & Diamonds)  

Aug 19   Rembt THPLA of Boneval Faure, lawyer/1st-Member of parliament, dies in the year 1909.  

Aug 20   On this day in history albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37)  

Aug 21   On this day in history c Dillon Douglas, Geneva Switz, US Secretary of Treasury (1961-65)  

Aug 22   Mel Hein, NFL center (NY Giants) in the year 1909.  

Aug 24   On this day in history ronnie Grieveson, S Afr cricket keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939)  

Aug 24   In the year 1909 workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal  

Aug 25   Arwel Hughes, composer in the year 1909.  

Aug 26   In the year 1909 eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler (5 Tests for S Africa 1935-39)  

Aug 26   Frank Tarrant scores cricket 145 & 13-67 for Middlesex v Gloucs on this day in history.  

Aug 27   Jack Chesbro's final Yankee game in the year 1909.  

Aug 27   On this day in history lester W "Pres" Young, US jazz saxophonist  

Aug 29   On this day in history aH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m  

Aug 29   In the year 1909 emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies  

Aug 29   Francis Henry Smith, librarian in the year 1909.  

Aug 29   World's first air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins in the year 1909.  

Aug 30   In the year 1909 barry Appleby, cartoonist  

Aug 30   Burgess Shale fossils discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott in the year 1909.  

Aug 31   A J Reach Co patents cork-centered baseball on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of barry Goldwater, (Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69- )/Pres candidate (R) 1964)  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of d D Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46)  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of dana Andrews, Collins Miss, actor (Battle of the Bulge, Laura)  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959)  

Jan 02   Rene Etiemble, French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1909 birth of victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian  

Jan 05   In the year 1909 birth of jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile  

Jan 12   In the year 1909 death of hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864)  

Jan 14   Sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Jan 15   On this day in history ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85  

Jan 17   Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819 died in the year 1909.  

Jan 22   Richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83 in the year 1909.  

Feb 02   Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73 in the year 1909.  

Feb 03   In the year 1909 johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86  

Feb 08   Edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.