Page 12: Historical Events In 1909

Sep 02   English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill on this day in history.   

Sep 04   On this day in history karel Horky, composer   

Sep 06   John Ridgely, Chicago IL, actor (Northern Pursuit, Air Force) in the year 1909.   

Sep 06   On this day in history word received, Adm Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier   

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 in the year 1909.   

Sep 07   Eugene Lefebvre, dies test piloting a Wright A aircraft in the year 1909.   

Sep 09   On this day in history 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   Spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943) in the year 1909.   

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   In the year 1909 the birth of Peter Scott, British naturalist and artist   

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

Sep 16   In the year 1909 john Megaw, British Lord Justice of Appeal   

Sep 17   Elizabeth Wilkinson, professor German University College London on this day in history.   

Sep 18   Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det on this day in history.   

Sep 22   David Riesman, US sociologist (Lonely Crowd) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1909 hudson-Fulton Celebration opens in NY   

Sep 26   Helen Giuliani, mother of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002) in the year 1909.   

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

Sep 27   Jean Berger, composer in the year 1909.   

Sep 29   Andrew Herron, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland) on this day in history.   

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

Oct 02   On this day in history 1st rugby match (Twickenham)   

Oct 04   James B Pritchard, US, theologist/archaeologist on this day in history.   

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

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

Oct 07   Shura Cherkassky, pianist on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles) on this day in history.   

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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   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   In the year 1909 birth of stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959)   

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 in the year 1909.   

Jan 05   Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 17   On this day in history death of sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819   

Jan 22   Richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1909.