Historical Events In 1909

Aug 10   In the year 1909 algemeene Netherland Toonkunstenars Ver (ANTV) begins  

Aug 10   On this day in history brian Easdale, composer  

Aug 11   In the year 1909 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   In the year 1909 maurice Heath, air marshal  

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 16   On this day in history paul Smith Callaway, composer  

Aug 17   On this day in history richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78  

Aug 18   On this day in history 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   In the year 1909 miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress (Great Waltz)  

Aug 19   First race at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway in the year 1909.  

Aug 19   In the year 1909 indianapolis 500 race track opens  

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   On this day in history albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37)  

Aug 21   C Dillon Douglas, Geneva Switz, US Secretary of Treasury (1961-65) in the year 1909.  

Aug 22   Mel Hein, NFL center (NY Giants) on this day in history.  

Aug 24   On this day in history ronnie Grieveson, S Afr cricket keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939)  

Aug 24   Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal on this day in history.  

Aug 25   In the year 1909 arwel Hughes, composer  

Aug 26   In the year 1909 eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler (5 Tests for S Africa 1935-39)  

Aug 26   Frank Tarrant scores cricket 145 & 13-67 for Middlesex v Gloucs in the year 1909.  

Aug 27   Jack Chesbro's final Yankee game in the year 1909.  

Aug 27   Lester W "Pres" Young, US jazz saxophonist in the year 1909.  

Aug 29   AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m on this day in history.  

Aug 29   Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1909.  

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

Aug 30   Burgess Shale fossils discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott on this day in history.  

Aug 31   On this day in history a J Reach Co patents cork-centered baseball  

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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   D D Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1909.  

Jan 02   Rene Etiemble, French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian was born in the year 1909.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker)  

Jan 05   Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile was born in the year 1909.  

Jan 12   Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864) died in the year 1909.  

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

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   In the year 1909 richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83  

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.