Historical Events In 1909

Sep 02   In the year 1909 english King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill   

Sep 04   On this day in history karel Horky, composer   

Sep 06   In the year 1909 john Ridgely, Chicago IL, actor (Northern Pursuit, Air Force)   

Sep 06   On this day in history word received, Adm Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier   

Sep 07   On this day in history 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   Jack Johnson fights Al Kaufman to no decision in 10 for boxing title on this day in history.   

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

Sep 11   In the year 1909 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   On this day in history spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943)   

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   In the year 1909 the birth of Peter Scott, British naturalist and artist   

Sep 15   In the year 1909 carlos Estrada, composer   

Sep 16   John Megaw, British Lord Justice of Appeal in the year 1909.   

Sep 17   On this day in history 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   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) 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   29th US Mens Tennis: W A Larned beats W J Clothier (61 62 57 16 61) in the year 1909.   

Sep 27   Jean Berger, composer in the year 1909.   

Sep 29   Andrew Herron, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland) in the year 1909.   

Oct 01   In the year 1909 everett Sloane, NYC, actor (Patsy, Citizen Kane, Enforcer)   

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

Oct 04   On this day in history james B Pritchard, US, theologist/archaeologist   

Oct 06   Carol Lombard, Ft Wayne IN, actress (My Man Godfrey, In Name Only) on this day in history.   

Oct 06   Dudley Buck, US organist/composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1909 birth of d D Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46)   

Jan 01   In the year 1909 birth of dana Andrews, Collins Miss, actor (Battle of the Bulge, Laura)   

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 in the year 1909.   

Jan 05   Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker) was born in the year 1909.   

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

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   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 on this day in history.