Page 12: Historical Events In 1909

Sep 02   English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill in the year 1909.   

Sep 04   In the year 1909 karel Horky, composer   

Sep 06   John Ridgely, Chicago IL, actor (Northern Pursuit, Air Force) on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Sep 07   On this day in history eugene Lefebvre, dies test piloting a Wright A aircraft   

Sep 09   In the year 1909 jack Johnson fights Al Kaufman to no decision in 10 for boxing title   

Sep 09   Jane Baxter, [Feodora Forde], Bremen Germany, actress (We Live Again) on this day in history.   

Sep 11   Anne Seymour, Engld, actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show) on this day in history.   

Sep 11   Max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet in the year 1909.   

Sep 12   On this day in history spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943)   

Sep 13   On this day in history herbert Berghof, Vienna Austria, actor (Belarus File)   

Sep 13   On this day in history ty Cobb clinches AL HR title with his 9th HR (all inside-the-park)   

Sep 14   The birth of Peter Scott, British naturalist and artist on this day in history.   

Sep 15   Carlos Estrada, composer on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 22   On this day in history david Riesman, US sociologist (Lonely Crowd)   

Sep 23   In the year 1909 marianne Straub, weaver   

Sep 25   In the year 1909 florizel A Glasspole, governor-gen of Jamaica (1973-91)   

Sep 25   Hudson-Fulton Celebration opens in NY on this day in history.   

Sep 26   On this day in history helen Giuliani, mother of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002)   

Sep 27   29th US Mens Tennis: W A Larned beats W J Clothier (61 62 57 16 61) in the year 1909.   

Sep 27   Jean Berger, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 29   Andrew Herron, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland) in the year 1909.   

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

Oct 02   In the year 1909 1st rugby match (Twickenham)   

Oct 04   James B Pritchard, US, theologist/archaeologist in the year 1909.   

Oct 06   Carol Lombard, Ft Wayne IN, actress (My Man Godfrey, In Name Only) on this day in history.   

Oct 06   On this day in history dudley Buck, US organist/composer, dies at 70   

Oct 07   In the year 1909 shura Cherkassky, pianist   

Oct 08   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1909 birth of victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian   

Jan 05   Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker) was born in the year 1909.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile   

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

Jan 14   In the year 1909 sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60   

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

Jan 17   Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819 died on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1909.   

Feb 03   Johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   In the year 1909 edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80