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   John Ridgely, Chicago IL, actor (Northern Pursuit, Air Force) in the year 1909.  

Sep 06   In the year 1909 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   In the year 1909 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   On this day in history eugene Lefebvre, dies test piloting a Wright A aircraft  

Sep 09   On this day in history jack Johnson fights Al Kaufman to no decision in 10 for boxing title  

Sep 09   In the year 1909 jane Baxter, [Feodora Forde], Bremen Germany, actress (We Live Again)  

Sep 11   Anne Seymour, Engld, actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show) on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 13   On this day in history herbert Berghof, Vienna Austria, actor (Belarus File)  

Sep 13   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Sep 15   Carlos Estrada, composer in the year 1909.  

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

Sep 17   Elizabeth Wilkinson, professor German University College London on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1909.  

Sep 23   On this day in history marianne Straub, weaver  

Sep 25   Florizel A Glasspole, governor-gen of Jamaica (1973-91) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 26   On this day in history helen Giuliani, mother of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002)  

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

Sep 27   In the year 1909 jean Berger, composer  

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

Oct 01   Everett Sloane, NYC, actor (Patsy, Citizen Kane, Enforcer) in the year 1909.  

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

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

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

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   Barry Goldwater, (Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69- )/Pres candidate (R) 1964) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile was born on this day in history.  

Jan 12   In the year 1909 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 in the year 1909.  

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   In the year 1909 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   In the year 1909 edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80