Historical Events In 1909

Aug 10   Algemeene Netherland Toonkunstenars Ver (ANTV) begins in the year 1909.   

Aug 10   On this day in history brian Easdale, composer   

Aug 11   Gaston Gilbert Litaize, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 11   Liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call on this day in history.   

Aug 11   In the year 1909 sOS first used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC   

Aug 12   On this day in history maurice Heath, air marshal   

Aug 13   In the year 1909 john Beal, Joplin MO, actor (10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D)   

Aug 14   Len Darling, cricketer (South Australian & Test batsman of 30's) on this day in history.   

Aug 15   In the year 1909 raymond O'Malley, teacher   

Aug 16   Paul Smith Callaway, composer in the year 1909.   

Aug 17   On this day in history richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78   

Aug 18   In the year 1909 mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River.   

Aug 18   Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress (Great Waltz) on this day in history.   

Aug 19   First race at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway in the year 1909.   

Aug 19   In the year 1909 indianapolis 500 race track opens   

Aug 19   Jerzy Andrzejewski, Warsaw Poland, writer (Ashes & Diamonds) in the year 1909.   

Aug 19   Rembt THPLA of Boneval Faure, lawyer/1st-Member of parliament, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 20   In the year 1909 albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37)   

Aug 21   C Dillon Douglas, Geneva Switz, US Secretary of Treasury (1961-65) on this day in history.   

Aug 22   Mel Hein, NFL center (NY Giants) on this day in history.   

Aug 24   Ronnie Grieveson, S Afr cricket keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939) in the year 1909.   

Aug 24   On this day in history workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal   

Aug 25   Arwel Hughes, composer in the year 1909.   

Aug 26   On this day in history eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler (5 Tests for S Africa 1935-39)   

Aug 26   Frank Tarrant scores cricket 145 & 13-67 for Middlesex v Gloucs in the year 1909.   

Aug 27   In the year 1909 jack Chesbro's final Yankee game   

Aug 27   On this day in history lester W "Pres" Young, US jazz saxophonist   

Aug 29   AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m in the year 1909.   

Aug 29   Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 29   Francis Henry Smith, librarian in the year 1909.   

Aug 29   On this day in history world's first air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins   

Aug 30   On this day in history barry Appleby, cartoonist   

Aug 30   Burgess Shale fossils discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott on this day in history.   

Aug 31   On this day in history a J Reach Co patents cork-centered baseball   

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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   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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1909 birth of simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile   

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

Jan 14   In the year 1909 sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60   

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

Jan 17   Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819 died in the year 1909.   

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

Feb 02   On this day in history adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73   

Feb 03   Johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86 in the year 1909.   

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