Important Events
- Jan 9 Ernest Shackleton as part of the British Nimrod Expedition reaches a record farthest South latitude (88°23' south)
- Mar 26 In support of Mohammed Ali Shah's coup d'etat against the constitutional government in Persia, a Russian military force invades northern Persia to relieve the siege of Tabriz
- Apr 19 Joan of Arc receives beatification by the Roman Catholic Church
- Sep 6 Word received that American explorer Robert Peary had discovered the North Pole, 5 months earlier
- Sep 7 Eugene Lefebvre becomes first pilot to die in an airplane craft, while test piloting new French-built Wright biplane at Juvisy
- Sep 12 World's first patent for synthetic rubber granted to German chemist Fritz Hofmann
- Dec 7 Inventor Leo Baekeland patents the first thermo-setting plastic, Bakelite, sparking the birth of the plastics industry
1909 in Sport
- Jun 16 Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic gold medals
- Aug 19 Indianapolis 500 race track opens
Clyde Barrow
Eduard Wirths
Edwin Land
Jessica Tandy
Joseph McCarthy
Kwame NkrumahWorld Leaders in 1909
Nicholas II
Tsar- Wilhelm II
German Emperor and King of Prussia - William Howard Taft
27th US President
Nicholas II
Wilhelm II
William Howard TaftFamous People in 1909
- Claude Monet
Impressionist Painter
Claude MonetWould You Believe?
MLB umpire Tim Hurst instigates a riot by spitting in the face of A's 2nd baseman Eddie Collins who had questioned a call; 2 weeks later Hurst banned for life
On August 4, 1909
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