Historical Events In 1909

Sep 02   In the year 1909 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 on this day in history.  

Sep 07   On this day in history 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   In the year 1909 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   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) on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

Sep 14   The birth of Peter Scott, British naturalist and artist in the year 1909.  

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 in the year 1909.  

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

Sep 22   In the year 1909 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   On this day in history helen Giuliani, mother of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002)  

Sep 27   In the year 1909 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   In the year 1909 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   1st rugby match (Twickenham) in the year 1909.  

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

Oct 07   In the year 1909 shura Cherkassky, pianist  

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 in the year 1909.  

Jan 01   In the year 1909 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   Rene Etiemble, French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais) was born in the year 1909.  

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 in the year 1909.  

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

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

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

Jan 17   In the year 1909 death of sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819  

Jan 22   On this day in history 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   Edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.