Historical Events In 1909

Sep 02   English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill on this day in history.  

Sep 04   Karel Horky, composer in the year 1909.  

Sep 06   On this day in history john Ridgely, Chicago IL, actor (Northern Pursuit, Air Force)  

Sep 06   On this day in history word received, Adm Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier  

Sep 07   Elia Kazan, Constaninople Turkey, director (Streetcar Named Desire) on this day in history.  

Sep 07   Eugene Lefebvre (1878-1909), while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane, crashes at Juvisy France when his controls jam. Lefebvre dies, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft on this day in history.  

Sep 07   In the year 1909 eugene Lefebvre, dies test piloting a Wright A aircraft  

Sep 09   In the year 1909 jack Johnson fights Al Kaufman to no decision in 10 for boxing title  

Sep 09   On this day in history jane Baxter, [Feodora Forde], Bremen Germany, actress (We Live Again)  

Sep 11   In the year 1909 anne Seymour, Engld, actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show)  

Sep 11   In the year 1909 max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet  

Sep 12   Spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943) on this day in history.  

Sep 13   Herbert Berghof, Vienna Austria, actor (Belarus File) in the year 1909.  

Sep 13   Ty Cobb clinches AL HR title with his 9th HR (all inside-the-park) in the year 1909.  

Sep 14   The birth of Peter Scott, British naturalist and artist on this day in history.  

Sep 15   On this day in history carlos Estrada, composer  

Sep 16   John Megaw, British Lord Justice of Appeal on this day in history.  

Sep 17   Elizabeth Wilkinson, professor German University College London in the year 1909.  

Sep 18   On this day in history largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det  

Sep 22   On this day in history david Riesman, US sociologist (Lonely Crowd)  

Sep 23   On this day in history marianne Straub, weaver  

Sep 25   Florizel A Glasspole, governor-gen of Jamaica (1973-91) in the year 1909.  

Sep 25   Hudson-Fulton Celebration opens in NY on this day in history.  

Sep 26   Helen Giuliani, mother of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002) on this day in history.  

Sep 27   29th US Mens Tennis: W A Larned beats W J Clothier (61 62 57 16 61) on this day in history.  

Sep 27   In the year 1909 jean Berger, composer  

Sep 29   Andrew Herron, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland) on this day in history.  

Oct 01   Everett Sloane, NYC, actor (Patsy, Citizen Kane, Enforcer) on this day in history.  

Oct 02   On this day in history 1st rugby match (Twickenham)  

Oct 04   James B Pritchard, US, theologist/archaeologist in the year 1909.  

Oct 06   On this day in history carol Lombard, Ft Wayne IN, actress (My Man Godfrey, In Name Only)  

Oct 06   On this day in history dudley Buck, US organist/composer, dies at 70  

Oct 07   Shura Cherkassky, pianist in the year 1909.  

Oct 08   In the year 1909 bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles)  

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

Jan 03   Victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian was born in the year 1909.  

Jan 05   Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker) was born in the year 1909.  

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

Jan 12   Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864) died on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Jan 15   Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 22   In the year 1909 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 in the year 1909.  

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