Page 5: Historical Events In 1909

Mar 30   In the year 1909 queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens   

Mar 30   Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens on this day in history.   

Mar 31   Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years in the year 1909.   

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) on this day in history.   

Apr 01   Abner Biberman, Milwaukee Wisc, director/actor (Imhook-Kodiak) on this day in history.   

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

Apr 03   In the year 1909 benjamin Johnson Lang, composer, dies at 71   

Apr 05   Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli, NYC, film producer (James Bond) on this day in history.   

Apr 06   On this day in history 1st credit union forms in US   

Apr 06   In the year 1909 commander Robert E. Peary &Matthew Henson reports reaching the North Pole   

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   Charles Conder, artist, dies in the year 1909.   

Apr 09   Domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio on this day in history.   

Apr 09   In the year 1909 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   On this day in history hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79   

Apr 12   Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens on this day in history.   

Apr 13   Eudora Welty, Jackson Ms, novelist (Optimist's Daughter-Pulitzer 1973) on this day in history.   

Apr 14   Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London on this day in history.   

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

Apr 16   In the year 1909 herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian   

Apr 17   On this day in history alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, politician   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 20   Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman on this day in history.   

Apr 21   In the year 1909 rollo May, US, psychologist, Love & Will)   

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

Apr 22   On this day in history ralph Byrd, Dayton Ohio, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show)   

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   On this day in history harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds   

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Jan 01   Barry Goldwater, (Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69- )/Pres candidate (R) 1964) was born in the year 1909.   

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 in the year 1909.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60   

Jan 15   In the year 1909 ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85   

Jan 17   Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819 died on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83 in the year 1909.   

Feb 02   Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73 in the year 1909.   

Feb 03   On this day in history johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86   

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