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) in the year 1909.  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 07   Eugene Lefebvre, dies test piloting a Wright A aircraft in the year 1909.  

Sep 09   In the year 1909 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   On this day in history anne Seymour, Engld, actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show)  

Sep 11   Max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet in the year 1909.  

Sep 12   Spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943) in the year 1909.  

Sep 13   In the year 1909 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   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   On this day in history elizabeth Wilkinson, professor German University College London  

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   In the year 1909 marianne Straub, weaver  

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

Sep 25   On this day in history 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) in the year 1909.  

Sep 27   In the year 1909 jean Berger, composer  

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

Oct 07   Shura Cherkassky, pianist in the year 1909.  

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

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Jan 01   Barry Goldwater, (Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69- )/Pres candidate (R) 1964) was born in the year 1909.  

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   Rene Etiemble, French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1909 birth of simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile  

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

Jan 14   In the year 1909 sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60  

Jan 15   Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1909.  

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

Jan 22   On this day in history richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83  

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   Edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1909.