Historical Events In 1909

Jun 08   Maria M van de Berg, actress (It was April 1st) in the year 1909.  

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 in the year 1909.  

Jun 10   In the year 1909 erwin Dressel, composer  

Jun 10   SOS signal used as an emergency call for the first time in the year 1909.  

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

Jun 12   Archie Bleyer, Corona NY, orch leader (Arthur Godfrey) on this day in history.  

Jun 14   Burl Ives, Hunt Ill, folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) in the year 1909.  

Jun 15   Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference on this day in history.  

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   Willi Boskovsky, Austria, conductor (new years concert) on this day in history.  

Jun 17   A Kopff discovers asteroid #682 Hagar in the year 1909.  

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   1st balloon honeymoon (Roger Burham & Eleanor Waring) on this day in history.  

Jun 20   In the year 1909 cecil Marley, cricketer (Jamaican batsman 1928-1946, WICBC pres)  

Jun 20   In the year 1909 the birth of Errol Flynn, Australian born Hollywood film actor  

Jun 21   Kurt Schwaen, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 22   Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet, dies at 65 in the year 1909.  

Jun 22   In the year 1909 katherine Dunham, dancer/choreographer (Casbah, Stormy Weather)  

Jun 23   Confessional parties win Dutch parliamentary elections on this day in history.  

Jun 24   On this day in history 15th US Golf Open: George Sargent shoots a 290 at Englewood GC NJ  

Jun 24   Milton Katims, NYC, conductor/violist (WOR-NYC) on this day in history.  

Jun 25   On this day in history daniel Fuchs, US writer (Summer in Williamsburg)  

Jun 25   On this day in history george Sargent wins US Open golf tournament  

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

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

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

Jun 27   In the year 1909 gianandrea Gavazzeni, composer  

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

Jun 28   Arnold Shaw, composer on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of barry Goldwater, (Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69- )/Pres candidate (R) 1964)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1909 birth of stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959)  

Jan 02   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile  

Jan 12   In the year 1909 death of hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864)  

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

Jan 15   Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Jan 17   In the year 1909 death of sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819  

Jan 22   In the year 1909 richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83  

Feb 02   Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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.