Historical Events In 1909

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

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

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

Mar 31   Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his first time on this day in history.  

Mar 31   On this day in history pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP (GVP)/editor (Neth Daily)  

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

Apr 02   Jean Kurt Forest, composer on this day in history.  

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

Apr 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1909 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 in the year 1909.  

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

Apr 09   Domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio in the year 1909.  

Apr 09   In the year 1909 the U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.  

Apr 10   On this day in history algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, dies at 72  

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

Apr 12   Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens in the year 1909.  

Apr 13   In the year 1909 eudora Welty, Jackson Ms, novelist (Optimist's Daughter-Pulitzer 1973)  

Apr 14   On this day in history anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London  

Apr 15   In the year 1909 mien Wenneker, Dutch prince Henry's lover, weds Uncle Cornelis Abbo  

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   Joan of Arc declared a saint in the year 1909.  

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 in the year 1909.  

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

Apr 22   On this day in history a Kopff discovers asteroid #680 Genoveva  

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

Apr 23   Thomas Padmore, senior civil servant on this day in history.  

Apr 24   In the year 1909 bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 01   D D Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46) was born in the year 1909.  

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

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   On this day in history birth of victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian  

Jan 05   Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker) was born in the year 1909.  

Jan 05   Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile was born in the year 1909.  

Jan 12   Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864) died in the year 1909.  

Jan 14   Sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60 in the year 1909.  

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   In the year 1909 adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73  

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.