Historical Events In 1909

Aug 10   Algemeene Netherland Toonkunstenars Ver (ANTV) begins in the year 1909.  

Aug 10   In the year 1909 brian Easdale, composer  

Aug 11   On this day in history gaston Gilbert Litaize, composer  

Aug 11   In the year 1909 liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call  

Aug 11   SOS first used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC on this day in history.  

Aug 12   Maurice Heath, air marshal on this day in history.  

Aug 13   In the year 1909 john Beal, Joplin MO, actor (10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D)  

Aug 14   Len Darling, cricketer (South Australian & Test batsman of 30's) on this day in history.  

Aug 15   Raymond O'Malley, teacher in the year 1909.  

Aug 16   In the year 1909 paul Smith Callaway, composer  

Aug 17   Richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Aug 18   In the year 1909 mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River.  

Aug 18   Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress (Great Waltz) on this day in history.  

Aug 19   First race at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway on this day in history.  

Aug 19   Indianapolis 500 race track opens on this day in history.  

Aug 19   Jerzy Andrzejewski, Warsaw Poland, writer (Ashes & Diamonds) on this day in history.  

Aug 19   Rembt THPLA of Boneval Faure, lawyer/1st-Member of parliament, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 20   Albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37) in the year 1909.  

Aug 21   C Dillon Douglas, Geneva Switz, US Secretary of Treasury (1961-65) on this day in history.  

Aug 22   On this day in history mel Hein, NFL center (NY Giants)  

Aug 24   In the year 1909 ronnie Grieveson, S Afr cricket keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939)  

Aug 24   In the year 1909 workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal  

Aug 25   Arwel Hughes, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 26   On this day in history eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler (5 Tests for S Africa 1935-39)  

Aug 26   In the year 1909 frank Tarrant scores cricket 145 & 13-67 for Middlesex v Gloucs  

Aug 27   On this day in history jack Chesbro's final Yankee game  

Aug 27   In the year 1909 lester W "Pres" Young, US jazz saxophonist  

Aug 29   On this day in history aH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m  

Aug 29   On this day in history emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies  

Aug 29   In the year 1909 francis Henry Smith, librarian  

Aug 29   World's first air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins on this day in history.  

Aug 30   Barry Appleby, cartoonist on this day in history.  

Aug 30   Burgess Shale fossils discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott in the year 1909.  

Aug 31   A J Reach Co patents cork-centered baseball in the year 1909.  

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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   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 in the year 1909.  

Jan 05   Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker) was born on this day in history.  

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   Johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86 in the year 1909.  

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