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   In the year 1909 gaston Gilbert Litaize, composer  

Aug 11   Liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call in the year 1909.  

Aug 11   In the year 1909 sOS first used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC  

Aug 12   In the year 1909 maurice Heath, air marshal  

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   Paul Smith Callaway, composer on this day in history.  

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

Aug 18   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1909 albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37)  

Aug 21   C Dillon Douglas, Geneva Switz, US Secretary of Treasury (1961-65) in the year 1909.  

Aug 22   Mel Hein, NFL center (NY Giants) on this day in history.  

Aug 24   On this day in history 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   In the year 1909 eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler (5 Tests for S Africa 1935-39)  

Aug 26   In the year 1909 frank Tarrant scores cricket 145 & 13-67 for Middlesex v Gloucs  

Aug 27   Jack Chesbro's final Yankee game on this day in history.  

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

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

Aug 29   Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies in the year 1909.  

Aug 29   In the year 1909 francis Henry Smith, librarian  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 01   In the year 1909 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 in the year 1909.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian  

Jan 05   Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile was born in the year 1909.  

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   Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1909.  

Jan 17   In the year 1909 death of sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819  

Jan 22   Richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Feb 02   On this day in history adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73  

Feb 03   Johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86 in the year 1909.  

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