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

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   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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history jane Baxter, [Feodora Forde], Bremen Germany, actress (We Live Again)  

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   In the year 1909 spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943)  

Sep 13   Herbert Berghof, Vienna Austria, actor (Belarus File) on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history carlos Estrada, composer  

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 in the year 1909.  

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

Sep 23   On this day in history marianne Straub, weaver  

Sep 25   Florizel A Glasspole, governor-gen of Jamaica (1973-91) in the year 1909.  

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

Sep 27   On this day in history jean Berger, composer  

Sep 29   In the year 1909 andrew Herron, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland)  

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   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   Dudley Buck, US organist/composer, dies at 70 in the year 1909.  

Oct 07   Shura Cherkassky, pianist in the year 1909.  

Oct 08   Bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles) in the year 1909.  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1909 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   In the year 1909 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 in the year 1909.  

Feb 08   On this day in history edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80