Historical Events In 1909

Sep 02   English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill on this day in history.   

Sep 04   On this day in history karel Horky, composer   

Sep 06   John Ridgely, Chicago IL, actor (Northern Pursuit, Air Force) in the year 1909.   

Sep 06   Word received, Adm Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier on this day in history.   

Sep 07   In the year 1909 elia Kazan, Constaninople Turkey, director (Streetcar Named Desire)   

Sep 07   Eugene Lefebvre (1878-1909), while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane, crashes at Juvisy France when his controls jam. Lefebvre dies, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft in the year 1909.   

Sep 07   In the year 1909 eugene Lefebvre, dies test piloting a Wright A aircraft   

Sep 09   Jack Johnson fights Al Kaufman to no decision in 10 for boxing title in the year 1909.   

Sep 09   Jane Baxter, [Feodora Forde], Bremen Germany, actress (We Live Again) in the year 1909.   

Sep 11   Anne Seymour, Engld, actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show) on this day in history.   

Sep 11   Max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet on this day in history.   

Sep 12   Spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943) on this day in history.   

Sep 13   Herbert Berghof, Vienna Austria, actor (Belarus File) in the year 1909.   

Sep 13   In the year 1909 ty Cobb clinches AL HR title with his 9th HR (all inside-the-park)   

Sep 14   The birth of Peter Scott, British naturalist and artist on this day in history.   

Sep 15   Carlos Estrada, composer in the year 1909.   

Sep 16   On this day in history john Megaw, British Lord Justice of Appeal   

Sep 17   Elizabeth Wilkinson, professor German University College London in the year 1909.   

Sep 18   Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det on this day in history.   

Sep 22   David Riesman, US sociologist (Lonely Crowd) on this day in history.   

Sep 23   Marianne Straub, weaver on this day in history.   

Sep 25   Florizel A Glasspole, governor-gen of Jamaica (1973-91) in the year 1909.   

Sep 25   Hudson-Fulton Celebration opens in NY in the year 1909.   

Sep 26   In the year 1909 helen Giuliani, mother of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002)   

Sep 27   In the year 1909 29th US Mens Tennis: W A Larned beats W J Clothier (61 62 57 16 61)   

Sep 27   In the year 1909 jean Berger, composer   

Sep 29   On this day in history andrew Herron, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland)   

Oct 01   Everett Sloane, NYC, actor (Patsy, Citizen Kane, Enforcer) on this day in history.   

Oct 02   On this day in history 1st rugby match (Twickenham)   

Oct 04   James B Pritchard, US, theologist/archaeologist in the year 1909.   

Oct 06   In the year 1909 carol Lombard, Ft Wayne IN, actress (My Man Godfrey, In Name Only)   

Oct 06   In the year 1909 dudley Buck, US organist/composer, dies at 70   

Oct 07   Shura Cherkassky, pianist on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles) in the year 1909.   

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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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1909 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   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   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   Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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