Page 15: Historical Events In 1909

Dec 06   Alan McGilvray, cricketer (20 games for NSW mid 1930's) and commentator (ABC).   

Dec 07   Jacob Kainen, artist/curator   

Dec 07   Leo Baekeland, Yonkers NY, patents inaugural thermosetting plastic.   

Dec 07   Leo Baekeland, Yonkers, patents 1st thermosetting plastic (Bakelite)   

Dec 08   Bird banding society are discovered.   

Dec 09   1st US monoplane flown (Henry W Walden, Long Island, NY).   

Dec 09   Douglas Fairbanks Jr, NYC, actor (Ghost Story)   

Dec 09   Douglas Fairbanks Jr., American actor is born.   

Dec 09   Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. born   

Dec 09   inaugural US monoplane flown (Henry W Walden, Long Island NY).   

Dec 10   Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies   

Dec 11   Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, NYC.   

Dec 12   Armand H F Boni, the Good One, Flemish poet/writer   

Dec 13   Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, dies at 53 [OS 11/30].   

Dec 14   Edward L Tatum, US, molecular geneticist (Nobel 1958)   

Dec 14   Leopold II, king of Belgium, dies.   

Dec 15   Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer, dies at 57.   

Dec 15   Thomas J Lynch is recorded as becoming president of baseball's National League.   

Dec 16   Henricus Verbunt, civil servant/resistance fighter   

Dec 16   US pressure forces Nicaraguan Pres Jose Santos Zelaya from office.   

Dec 16   US pressure forces Nicaraguan President Jose Santos Zelaya from office.   

Dec 17   Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels   

Dec 18   Mona Barrie, [Smith], London England, actress (Dawn on Great Divide)   

Dec 20   Benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79   

Dec 20   Vagn Holmboe, composer.   

Dec 21   1st junior high school established (Berkeley Calif)   

Dec 21   George Ball, Iowa, lawyer/undersecretary of state   

Dec 21   University of Copenhagen rejects Cook's claim that he was inaugural to North Pole   

Dec 23   Albert is recorded as becoming king of Belgians   

Dec 23   Albert is recorded as becoming king of Belgium   

Dec 23   Barney Ross, NYC, Welterweight Boxing Champ (1934)   

Dec 24   Adam Popovich, composer.   

Dec 24   Nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80.   

Dec 27   Johan[nes B] Schmitz, Dutch actor/reciter (Lucifer, MacBeth).   

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Jan 01   Barry goldwater: (sen-r-az, 1953-65, 69- )/pres candidate (r) 1964)   

Jan 01   D d hindlekar: Cricketer (indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46)   

Jan 01   Dana andrews: Collins miss, actor (battle of the bulge, laura)   

Jan 01   Stepan bandera: Ukrainian nationalist leader    

Jan 02   Rene etiemble: French literature historian (parlez-vous franglais)   

Jan 03   Victor borge: [borge rosenbaum], copenhagen denmark, pianist/comedian   

Jan 05   Jean-pierre aumont: Paris france, actor (cat & mouse, happy hooker)   

Jan 05   Simon harcourt nowell-smith: Bibliophile   

Jan 12   Hermann minkowski: German mathematician (b. 1864)   

Jan 14   Sinovi p rozhestvensky: Russian admiral,   

Jan 15   Ernest reyer: Composer,   

Jan 17   Sir francis smith: Premier of tasmania (b. 1819   

Jan 22   Richard a c e erlenmeyer: German chemist,   

Feb 02   Adolf stoecker: German anti-semite/prime minister,    

Feb 03   Johann georg herzog: Composer,    

Feb 08   Edouard silas: Composer,