Historical Events In 1909

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

Sep 04   Karel Horky, composer in the year 1909.   

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

Sep 06   In the year 1909 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 on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1909 spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943)   

Sep 13   Herbert Berghof, Vienna Austria, actor (Belarus File) on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   In the year 1909 marianne Straub, weaver   

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

Sep 25   In the year 1909 hudson-Fulton Celebration opens in NY   

Sep 26   Helen Giuliani, mother of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002) in the year 1909.   

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

Sep 27   Jean Berger, composer in the year 1909.   

Sep 29   In the year 1909 andrew Herron, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland)   

Oct 01   On this day in history 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   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   Shura Cherkassky, pianist in the year 1909.   

Oct 08   On this day in history bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles)   

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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   D D Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1909 richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83   

Feb 02   Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 08   On this day in history edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80