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   Liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call in the year 1909.  

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

Aug 12   On this day in history maurice Heath, air marshal  

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

Aug 14   In the year 1909 len Darling, cricketer (South Australian & Test batsman of 30's)  

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

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

Aug 17   In the year 1909 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   Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress (Great Waltz) in the year 1909.  

Aug 19   On this day in history first race at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway  

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 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   C Dillon Douglas, Geneva Switz, US Secretary of Treasury (1961-65) on this day in history.  

Aug 22   In the year 1909 mel Hein, NFL center (NY Giants)  

Aug 24   In the year 1909 ronnie Grieveson, S Afr cricket keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939)  

Aug 24   Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal on this day in history.  

Aug 25   Arwel Hughes, composer on this day in history.  

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   Lester W "Pres" Young, US jazz saxophonist on this day in history.  

Aug 29   AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m on this day in history.  

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

Aug 29   In the year 1909 francis Henry Smith, librarian  

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

Aug 30   Barry Appleby, cartoonist in the year 1909.  

Aug 30   On this day in history burgess Shale fossils discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.  

Aug 31   In the year 1909 a J Reach Co patents cork-centered baseball  

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Jan 01   Barry Goldwater, (Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69- )/Pres candidate (R) 1964) was born in the year 1909.  

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   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   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   In the year 1909 birth of simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile  

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

Jan 14   In the year 1909 sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60  

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

Jan 17   Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819 died on this day in history.  

Jan 22   On this day in history richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83  

Feb 02   Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 08   Edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1909.