Historical Events In 1909

Sep 02   On this day in history english King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill  

Sep 04   On this day in history karel Horky, composer  

Sep 06   In the year 1909 john Ridgely, Chicago IL, actor (Northern Pursuit, Air Force)  

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

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

Sep 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1909 max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet  

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

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

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

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

Sep 15   Carlos Estrada, composer in the year 1909.  

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

Sep 17   In the year 1909 elizabeth Wilkinson, professor German University College London  

Sep 18   Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det in the year 1909.  

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

Sep 23   On this day in history marianne Straub, weaver  

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

Sep 25   Hudson-Fulton Celebration opens in NY in the year 1909.  

Sep 26   In the year 1909 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   Andrew Herron, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland) on this day in history.  

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

Oct 02   On this day in history 1st rugby match (Twickenham)  

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   On this day in history shura Cherkassky, pianist  

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

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

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1909 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   Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864) died in the year 1909.  

Jan 14   Sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 02   Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Feb 03   In the year 1909 johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86  

Feb 08   Edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1909.