Historical Events In 1909

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

Sep 04   Karel Horky, composer on this day in history.  

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

Sep 06   In the year 1909 word received, Adm Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier  

Sep 07   In the year 1909 elia Kazan, Constaninople Turkey, director (Streetcar Named Desire)  

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 in the year 1909.  

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

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

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

Sep 11   Max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet on this day in history.  

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

Sep 13   In the year 1909 herbert Berghof, Vienna Austria, actor (Belarus File)  

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

Sep 14   In the year 1909 the birth of Peter Scott, British naturalist and artist  

Sep 15   Carlos Estrada, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 16   In the year 1909 john Megaw, British Lord Justice of Appeal  

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

Sep 18   In the year 1909 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   Marianne Straub, weaver on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 26   Helen Giuliani, mother of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002) in the year 1909.  

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   On this day in history jean Berger, composer  

Sep 29   On this day in history andrew Herron, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland)  

Oct 01   On this day in history everett Sloane, NYC, actor (Patsy, Citizen Kane, Enforcer)  

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

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

Oct 06   Carol Lombard, Ft Wayne IN, actress (My Man Godfrey, In Name Only) in the year 1909.  

Oct 06   In the year 1909 dudley Buck, US organist/composer, dies at 70  

Oct 07   On this day in history shura Cherkassky, pianist  

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

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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   In the year 1909 birth of dana Andrews, Collins Miss, actor (Battle of the Bulge, Laura)  

Jan 01   Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1909 birth of rene Etiemble, French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais)  

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

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

Jan 05   Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile was born on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864) died in the year 1909.  

Jan 14   On this day in history sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60  

Jan 15   On this day in history ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85  

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

Jan 22   Richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83 in the year 1909.  

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