Page 12: Historical Events In 1909

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

Sep 04   Karel Horky, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 06   On this day in history john Ridgely, Chicago IL, actor (Northern Pursuit, Air Force)   

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   On this day in history eugene Lefebvre, dies test piloting a Wright A aircraft   

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

Sep 09   Jane Baxter, [Feodora Forde], Bremen Germany, actress (We Live Again) on this day in history.   

Sep 11   In the year 1909 anne Seymour, Engld, actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show)   

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

Sep 12   On this day in history spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943)   

Sep 13   On this day in history herbert Berghof, Vienna Austria, actor (Belarus File)   

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 in the year 1909.   

Sep 15   In the year 1909 carlos Estrada, composer   

Sep 16   John Megaw, British Lord Justice of Appeal on this day in history.   

Sep 17   In the year 1909 elizabeth Wilkinson, professor German University College London   

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

Sep 22   In the year 1909 david Riesman, US sociologist (Lonely Crowd)   

Sep 23   Marianne Straub, weaver in the year 1909.   

Sep 25   In the year 1909 florizel A Glasspole, governor-gen of Jamaica (1973-91)   

Sep 25   Hudson-Fulton Celebration opens in NY on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 27   On this day in history jean Berger, composer   

Sep 29   Andrew Herron, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland) on this day in history.   

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

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

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   Dudley Buck, US organist/composer, dies at 70 in the year 1909.   

Oct 07   On this day in history shura Cherkassky, pianist   

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 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   On this day in history birth of stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959)   

Jan 02   In the year 1909 birth of rene Etiemble, French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais)   

Jan 03   Victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian was born in the year 1909.   

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

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

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

Jan 17   On this day in history death of sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819   

Jan 22   On this day in history richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83   

Feb 02   In the year 1909 adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73   

Feb 03   Johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   Edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.