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

Aug 21   In the year 1909 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   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   Arwel Hughes, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 26   On this day in history 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 in the year 1909.  

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 in the year 1909.  

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

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   In the year 1909 burgess Shale fossils discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.  

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 in the year 1909.  

Jan 01   In the year 1909 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 in the year 1909.  

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

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

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

Jan 12   On this day in history 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   Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819 died on this day in history.  

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 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.