Historical Events In 1909

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

Aug 10   Brian Easdale, composer in the year 1909.  

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   On this day in history sOS first used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC  

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) in the year 1909.  

Aug 14   On this day in history 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 in the year 1909.  

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

Aug 19   First race at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway in the year 1909.  

Aug 19   In the year 1909 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   In the year 1909 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   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 in the year 1909.  

Aug 25   On this day in history arwel Hughes, composer  

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 in the year 1909.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 29   In the year 1909 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 31   On this day in history a J Reach Co patents cork-centered baseball  

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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   D D Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46) was born in the year 1909.  

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

Jan 01   In the year 1909 birth of stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959)  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of rene Etiemble, French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais)  

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60  

Jan 15   In the year 1909 ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85  

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

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

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

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.