Page 11: Historical Events In 1909

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

Aug 10   Brian Easdale, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 11   Gaston Gilbert Litaize, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 11   Liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call in the year 1909.   

Aug 11   In the year 1909 sOS first used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC   

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

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

Aug 14   In the year 1909 len Darling, cricketer (South Australian & Test batsman of 30's)   

Aug 15   On this day in history raymond O'Malley, teacher   

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   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   On this day in history first race at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway   

Aug 19   On this day in history indianapolis 500 race track opens   

Aug 19   Jerzy Andrzejewski, Warsaw Poland, writer (Ashes & Diamonds) in the year 1909.   

Aug 19   On this day in history rembt THPLA of Boneval Faure, lawyer/1st-Member of parliament, dies   

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) on this day in history.   

Aug 22   In the year 1909 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   Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal in the year 1909.   

Aug 25   On this day in history arwel Hughes, composer   

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

Aug 26   Frank Tarrant scores cricket 145 & 13-67 for Middlesex v Gloucs on this day in history.   

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

Aug 27   On this day in history lester W "Pres" Young, US jazz saxophonist   

Aug 29   AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m in the year 1909.   

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

Aug 29   Francis Henry Smith, librarian on this day in history.   

Aug 29   In the year 1909 world's first air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins   

Aug 30   Barry Appleby, cartoonist in the year 1909.   

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   In the year 1909 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 in the year 1909.   

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   On this day in history birth of victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian   

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   On this day in history death of hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864)   

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   On this day in history death of sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   Edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.