Historical Events In 1909

Mar 30   Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens in the year 1909.   

Mar 30   On this day in history queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens   

Mar 31   Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years on this day in history.   

Mar 31   On this day in history gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his first time   

Mar 31   Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP (GVP)/editor (Neth Daily) in the year 1909.   

Apr 01   In the year 1909 abner Biberman, Milwaukee Wisc, director/actor (Imhook-Kodiak)   

Apr 02   On this day in history jean Kurt Forest, composer   

Apr 03   Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Apr 05   In the year 1909 alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli, NYC, film producer (James Bond)   

Apr 06   In the year 1909 1st credit union forms in US   

Apr 06   Commander Robert E. Peary &Matthew Henson reports reaching the North Pole on this day in history.   

Apr 06   On this day in history the first credit union established in US   

Apr 06   In the year 1909 the North Pole reached for the first time, by American Robert Peary   

Apr 08   George Dixon, trumpet/sax on this day in history.   

Apr 09   In the year 1909 charles Conder, artist, dies   

Apr 09   In the year 1909 domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio   

Apr 09   On this day in history the U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.   

Apr 10   Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, dies at 72 in the year 1909.   

Apr 12   Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1909.   

Apr 12   On this day in history philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens   

Apr 13   Eudora Welty, Jackson Ms, novelist (Optimist's Daughter-Pulitzer 1973) in the year 1909.   

Apr 14   Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London in the year 1909.   

Apr 15   Mien Wenneker, Dutch prince Henry's lover, weds Uncle Cornelis Abbo on this day in history.   

Apr 16   Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian on this day in history.   

Apr 17   Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, politician on this day in history.   

Apr 18   On this day in history joan of Arc declared a saint   

Apr 19   13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of NH in 2:53:36.8 in the year 1909.   

Apr 20   On this day in history guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman   

Apr 21   Rollo May, US, psychologist, Love & Will) on this day in history.   

Apr 22   In the year 1909 a Kopff discovers asteroid #680 Genoveva   

Apr 22   Ralph Byrd, Dayton Ohio, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show) on this day in history.   

Apr 23   On this day in history thomas Padmore, senior civil servant   

Apr 24   Bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany) on this day in history.   

Apr 24   Harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds 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   D D Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of dana Andrews, Collins Miss, actor (Battle of the Bulge, Laura)   

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   Victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   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   Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819 died in the year 1909.   

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 in the year 1909.   

Feb 03   In the year 1909 johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86   

Feb 08   Edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1909.