Historical Events In 1909

Jun 08   In the year 1909 maria M van de Berg, actress (It was April 1st)  

Jun 09   In the year 1909 alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the first woman to drive across the United States. With three female companions, none of whom could drive a car, in fifty-nine days she drove a Maxwell automobile the 3,800 miles from Manhattan, New York, to San Francisco, California.  

Jun 09   On this day in history jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher  

Jun 10   A Morse Code SOS signal is transmitted for the first time in an emergency as the Cunard liner SS Slavonia is wrecked off the Azores on this day in history.  

Jun 10   In the year 1909 erwin Dressel, composer  

Jun 10   On this day in history sOS signal used as an emergency call for the first time  

Jun 12   In the year 1909 "Shine On, Harvest Moon" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray hits #1  

Jun 12   In the year 1909 archie Bleyer, Corona NY, orch leader (Arthur Godfrey)  

Jun 14   On this day in history burl Ives, Hunt Ill, folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)  

Jun 15   In the year 1909 representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.  

Jun 16   In the year 1909 1st US airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5,000  

Jun 16   The first US airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5,000 in the year 1909.  

Jun 16   On this day in history willi Boskovsky, Austria, conductor (new years concert)  

Jun 17   On this day in history a Kopff discovers asteroid #682 Hagar  

Jun 18   Learmont Drysdale, composer, dies at 42 in the year 1909.  

Jun 18   Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women on this day in history.  

Jun 19   Edwin Gerschefski, composer in the year 1909.  

Jun 20   In the year 1909 1st balloon honeymoon (Roger Burham & Eleanor Waring)  

Jun 20   Cecil Marley, cricketer (Jamaican batsman 1928-1946, WICBC pres) on this day in history.  

Jun 20   The birth of Errol Flynn, Australian born Hollywood film actor on this day in history.  

Jun 21   In the year 1909 kurt Schwaen, composer  

Jun 22   In the year 1909 detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet, dies at 65  

Jun 22   On this day in history katherine Dunham, dancer/choreographer (Casbah, Stormy Weather)  

Jun 23   In the year 1909 confessional parties win Dutch parliamentary elections  

Jun 24   15th US Golf Open: George Sargent shoots a 290 at Englewood GC NJ in the year 1909.  

Jun 24   On this day in history milton Katims, NYC, conductor/violist (WOR-NYC)  

Jun 25   Daniel Fuchs, US writer (Summer in Williamsburg) in the year 1909.  

Jun 25   George Sargent wins US Open golf tournament in the year 1909.  

Jun 26   "Col Tom" Parker, [Dries Van Kruijk], Neth, rock mgr (Elvis Presley) on this day in history.  

Jun 26   In the year 1909 23rd US Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss beats Maud Barger-Wallach (60 61)  

Jun 27   In the year 1909 23rd US Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Barger-Wallach (60 61)  

Jun 27   Gianandrea Gavazzeni, composer in the year 1909.  

Jun 28   In the year 1909 1st French air show, Concours d'Avation opens  

Jun 28   On this day in history arnold Shaw, composer  

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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   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   Rene Etiemble, French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais) was born in the year 1909.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian  

Jan 05   In the year 1909 birth of jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker)  

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

Jan 12   Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864) died on this day in history.  

Jan 14   On this day in history sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60  

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 in the year 1909.  

Feb 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80