Historical Events in June 1909

Jun 7 Mary Pickford makes her screen debut at the age of 16

Jun 9 Alice Huyler Ramsey, 22-year-old housewife from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the 1st woman to drive across the US, in a Maxwell 30, drives 3,800 miles from Manhattan to San Francisco in 59 days
Jun 11 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Cinque Ports GC: Englishman J.H. Taylor wins Championship for a 4th time, 6 strokes ahead of runners-up Tom Ball and James Braid
Jun 12 "Shine On, Harvest Moon" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray hits #1
Jun 15 Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
Jun 16 1st US airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5,000

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

Jun 18 Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women
Jun 20 1st balloon honeymoon (Roger Burham & Eleanor Waring)
Jun 23 Confessional parties win Dutch parliamentary elections
Jun 25 US Open Men's Golf, Englewood GC: Englishman George Sargent sets a new Open scoring record to win his only major title, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Tom McNamara
Jun 26 Victoria & Albert Museum opens in London
Jun 27 Etten-Leur 1st airplane flight in Neth (Belgium count De Lambert)
Jun 27 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman outclasses defending champion Maud Barger-Wallach 6-0, 6-1 for first of 3 straight US singles titles
Jun 28 1st French air show, Concours d'Avation opens
Jun 30 Jack Johnson fights Tony Ross to a no decision in 6 rounds at Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to retain his heavyweight boxing title