Historical Events In 1909

Sep 02   In the year 1909 english King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill  

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   On this day in history 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.  

Sep 07   In the year 1909 eugene Lefebvre, dies test piloting a Wright A aircraft  

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

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) in the year 1909.  

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

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det  

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

Sep 23   Marianne Straub, weaver on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1909 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   On this day in history andrew Herron, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland)  

Oct 01   On this day in history everett Sloane, NYC, actor (Patsy, Citizen Kane, Enforcer)  

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

Oct 04   On this day in history james B Pritchard, US, theologist/archaeologist  

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   Shura Cherkassky, pianist in the year 1909.  

Oct 08   In the year 1909 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   In the year 1909 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1909 birth of jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker)  

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

Jan 15   On this day in history 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 in the year 1909.  

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