Page 5: Historical Events In 1909

Mar 30   On this day in history queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens   

Mar 30   Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens on this day in history.   

Mar 31   In the year 1909 baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years   

Mar 31   Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his first time on this day in history.   

Mar 31   Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP (GVP)/editor (Neth Daily) on this day in history.   

Apr 01   Abner Biberman, Milwaukee Wisc, director/actor (Imhook-Kodiak) on this day in history.   

Apr 02   In the year 1909 jean Kurt Forest, composer   

Apr 03   In the year 1909 benjamin Johnson Lang, composer, dies at 71   

Apr 05   Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli, NYC, film producer (James Bond) on this day in history.   

Apr 06   1st credit union forms in US on this day in history.   

Apr 06   Commander Robert E. Peary &Matthew Henson reports reaching the North Pole on this day in history.   

Apr 06   The first credit union established in US on this day in history.   

Apr 06   The North Pole reached for the first time, by American Robert Peary on this day in history.   

Apr 08   On this day in history george Dixon, trumpet/sax   

Apr 09   Charles Conder, artist, dies in the year 1909.   

Apr 09   On this day in history domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio   

Apr 09   In the year 1909 the U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.   

Apr 10   Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Apr 12   Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1909.   

Apr 12   In the year 1909 philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens   

Apr 13   Eudora Welty, Jackson Ms, novelist (Optimist's Daughter-Pulitzer 1973) in the year 1909.   

Apr 14   Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London on this day in history.   

Apr 15   On this day in history mien Wenneker, Dutch prince Henry's lover, weds Uncle Cornelis Abbo   

Apr 16   On this day in history herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian   

Apr 17   Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, politician on this day in history.   

Apr 18   Joan of Arc declared a saint in the year 1909.   

Apr 19   13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of NH in 2:53:36.8 on this day in history.   

Apr 20   In the year 1909 guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman   

Apr 21   On this day in history rollo May, US, psychologist, Love & Will)   

Apr 22   On this day in history a Kopff discovers asteroid #680 Genoveva   

Apr 22   In the year 1909 ralph Byrd, Dayton Ohio, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show)   

Apr 23   On this day in history thomas Padmore, senior civil servant   

Apr 24   Bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany) in the year 1909.   

Apr 24   On this day in history harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds   

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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   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   Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of rene Etiemble, French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais)   

Jan 03   In the year 1909 birth of victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker)   

Jan 05   Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile was born in the year 1909.   

Jan 12   On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.   

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