Historical Events In 1909

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

Sep 04   On this day in history 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 in the year 1909.  

Sep 07   On this day in history elia Kazan, Constaninople Turkey, director (Streetcar Named Desire)  

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 in the year 1909.  

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

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

Sep 11   On this day in history max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet  

Sep 12   On this day in history spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943)  

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

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

Sep 14   On this day in history the birth of Peter Scott, British naturalist and artist  

Sep 15   In the year 1909 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 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   In the year 1909 david Riesman, US sociologist (Lonely Crowd)  

Sep 23   In the year 1909 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 in the year 1909.  

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   Jean Berger, composer in the year 1909.  

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

Oct 04   James B Pritchard, US, theologist/archaeologist on this day in history.  

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   Shura Cherkassky, pianist on this day in history.  

Oct 08   Bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles) on this day in history.  

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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   In the year 1909 birth of d D Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46)  

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

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

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

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

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

Jan 14   Sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60 in the year 1909.  

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

Jan 17   Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819 died on this day in history.  

Jan 22   Richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Feb 02   Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73 in the year 1909.  

Feb 03   On this day in history johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86  

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