Page 12: Historical Events In 1909

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

Sep 04   In the year 1909 karel Horky, composer   

Sep 06   In the year 1909 john Ridgely, Chicago IL, actor (Northern Pursuit, Air Force)   

Sep 06   In the year 1909 word received, Adm Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier   

Sep 07   In the year 1909 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   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) in the year 1909.   

Sep 11   On this day in history anne Seymour, Engld, actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show)   

Sep 11   On this day in history max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet   

Sep 12   Spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943) on this day in history.   

Sep 13   Herbert Berghof, Vienna Austria, actor (Belarus File) in the year 1909.   

Sep 13   Ty Cobb clinches AL HR title with his 9th HR (all inside-the-park) in the year 1909.   

Sep 14   In the year 1909 the birth of Peter Scott, British naturalist and artist   

Sep 15   In the year 1909 carlos Estrada, composer   

Sep 16   On this day in history 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 in the year 1909.   

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

Sep 23   Marianne Straub, weaver in the year 1909.   

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

Sep 25   On this day in history hudson-Fulton Celebration opens in NY   

Sep 26   Helen Giuliani, mother of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002) on this day in history.   

Sep 27   On this day in history 29th US Mens Tennis: W A Larned beats W J Clothier (61 62 57 16 61)   

Sep 27   In the year 1909 jean Berger, composer   

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   1st rugby match (Twickenham) in the year 1909.   

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

Oct 06   In the year 1909 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   On this day in history shura Cherkassky, pianist   

Oct 08   On this day in history bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles)   

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

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

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

Jan 17   In the year 1909 death of sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819   

Jan 22   On this day in history richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83   

Feb 02   On this day in history adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73   

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.