Page 12: Historical Events In 1909

Sep 02   English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill in the year 1909.   

Sep 04   On this day in history karel Horky, composer   

Sep 06   John Ridgely, Chicago IL, actor (Northern Pursuit, Air Force) on this day in history.   

Sep 06   Word received, Adm Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier in the year 1909.   

Sep 07   Elia Kazan, Constaninople Turkey, director (Streetcar Named Desire) on this day in history.   

Sep 07   In the year 1909 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.   

Sep 07   Eugene Lefebvre, dies test piloting a Wright A aircraft in the year 1909.   

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

Sep 09   In the year 1909 jane Baxter, [Feodora Forde], Bremen Germany, actress (We Live Again)   

Sep 11   On this day in history anne Seymour, Engld, actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show)   

Sep 11   On this day in history max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet   

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   Ty Cobb clinches AL HR title with his 9th HR (all inside-the-park) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1909 john Megaw, British Lord Justice of Appeal   

Sep 17   Elizabeth Wilkinson, professor German University College London on this day in history.   

Sep 18   Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det in the year 1909.   

Sep 22   David Riesman, US sociologist (Lonely Crowd) in the year 1909.   

Sep 23   Marianne Straub, weaver in the year 1909.   

Sep 25   Florizel A Glasspole, governor-gen of Jamaica (1973-91) on this day in history.   

Sep 25   On this day in history hudson-Fulton Celebration opens in NY   

Sep 26   On this day in history helen Giuliani, mother of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002)   

Sep 27   On this day in history 29th US Mens Tennis: W A Larned beats W J Clothier (61 62 57 16 61)   

Sep 27   On this day in history jean Berger, composer   

Sep 29   In the year 1909 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   In the year 1909 1st rugby match (Twickenham)   

Oct 04   In the year 1909 james B Pritchard, US, theologist/archaeologist   

Oct 06   On this day in history 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) 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   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 in the year 1909.   

Jan 01   Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959) was born in the year 1909.   

Jan 02   Rene Etiemble, French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais) was born on this day in history.   

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 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1909.   

Jan 17   In the year 1909 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 in the year 1909.   

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