Historical Events In 1909

Sep 02   English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill in the year 1909.  

Sep 04   In the year 1909 karel Horky, composer  

Sep 06   John Ridgely, Chicago IL, actor (Northern Pursuit, Air Force) on this day in history.  

Sep 06   Word received, Adm Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier on this day in history.  

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

Sep 07   On this day in history 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.  

Sep 07   Eugene Lefebvre, dies test piloting a Wright A aircraft on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 11   On this day in history anne Seymour, Engld, actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show)  

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

Sep 12   In the year 1909 spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943)  

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

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

Sep 14   The birth of Peter Scott, British naturalist and artist in the year 1909.  

Sep 15   On this day in history carlos Estrada, composer  

Sep 16   John Megaw, British Lord Justice of Appeal in the year 1909.  

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

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

Sep 22   David Riesman, US sociologist (Lonely Crowd) on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Marianne Straub, weaver on this day in history.  

Sep 25   On this day in history florizel A Glasspole, governor-gen of Jamaica (1973-91)  

Sep 25   In the year 1909 hudson-Fulton Celebration opens in NY  

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   Jean Berger, composer in the year 1909.  

Sep 29   Andrew Herron, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland) in the year 1909.  

Oct 01   In the year 1909 everett Sloane, NYC, actor (Patsy, Citizen Kane, Enforcer)  

Oct 02   1st rugby match (Twickenham) in the year 1909.  

Oct 04   In the year 1909 james B Pritchard, US, theologist/archaeologist  

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

Oct 06   Dudley Buck, US organist/composer, dies at 70 in the year 1909.  

Oct 07   Shura Cherkassky, pianist on this day in history.  

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

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Jan 01   In the year 1909 birth of barry Goldwater, (Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69- )/Pres candidate (R) 1964)  

Jan 01   In the year 1909 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   In the year 1909 birth of rene Etiemble, French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais)  

Jan 03   In the year 1909 birth of victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker)  

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   Sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60 in the year 1909.  

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

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

Jan 22   In the year 1909 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   Johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86 in the year 1909.  

Feb 08   On this day in history edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80