Historical Events In 1909

Aug 10   Algemeene Netherland Toonkunstenars Ver (ANTV) begins in the year 1909.  

Aug 10   In the year 1909 brian Easdale, composer  

Aug 11   On this day in history gaston Gilbert Litaize, composer  

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 in the year 1909.  

Aug 12   Maurice Heath, air marshal on this day in history.  

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

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

Aug 15   In the year 1909 raymond O'Malley, teacher  

Aug 16   On this day in history paul Smith Callaway, composer  

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

Aug 18   In the year 1909 mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River.  

Aug 18   On this day in history miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress (Great Waltz)  

Aug 19   In the year 1909 first race at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway  

Aug 19   Indianapolis 500 race track opens on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

Aug 24   In the year 1909 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   On this day in history arwel Hughes, composer  

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

Aug 26   Frank Tarrant scores cricket 145 & 13-67 for Middlesex v Gloucs in the year 1909.  

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

Aug 27   In the year 1909 lester W "Pres" Young, US jazz saxophonist  

Aug 29   AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m in the year 1909.  

Aug 29   On this day in history emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies  

Aug 29   Francis Henry Smith, librarian on this day in history.  

Aug 29   On this day in history world's first air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins  

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   Barry Goldwater, (Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69- )/Pres candidate (R) 1964) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1909 birth of d D Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46)  

Jan 01   Dana Andrews, Collins Miss, actor (Battle of the Bulge, Laura) was born in the year 1909.  

Jan 01   Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959) was born in the year 1909.  

Jan 02   In the year 1909 birth of rene Etiemble, French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais)  

Jan 03   Victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian was born on this day in history.  

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   Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864) died in the year 1909.  

Jan 14   Sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60 in the year 1909.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 03   Johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Feb 08   In the year 1909 edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80