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1909 (MCMIX ) was acommon year starting on Friday of theGregorian calendar and acommon year starting on Thursday of theJulian calendar , the 1909th year of theCommon Era (CE) andAnno Domini 2nd millennium , the 9th year of the20th century , and the 10th and last year of the1900s decade. As of the start of 1909, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Calendar year
March 10 – TheAnglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 is signed inBangkok .March 18 – Einar Dessau uses ashortwave radio transmitter in Denmark.[ 4] March 21 – The remains of theBáb are placed in theBaháʼí Shrine of the Báb onMount Carmel inHaifa , at this time within theOttoman Empire .March 31 –Serbia accepts Austrian control overBosnia and Herzegovina .March 31 – Construction begins on theRMSTitanic , at theHarland and Wolff Shipyard inBelfast .April 4 – Theassociation football teamSport Club Internacional is founded inPorto Alegre , Brazil.April 6 –Robert Peary ,Matthew Henson and fourInuit explorers – Ootah, Ooqueah,Seegloo and Egigingwah – come within a few miles of theNorth Pole .[ 5] April 11 – The city ofTel Aviv (known in its first year asAhuzat Bayit ) is founded by the Jewish community, on the outskirts ofJaffa (at this time in the Ottoman Empire).April 13 (March 31 by Eastern reckoning) –A countercoup begins in the Ottoman Empire.April 14 –Adana massacre :Ottoman Turks kill 15,000–30,000Armenian Christians, in theAdana Vilayet .April 18 –Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.April 19 – TheAnglo-Persian Oil Company (modern-dayBP ) is incorporated.April 23 – In Portugal, amagnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near Lisbon, killing at least 60 people.[ 6] April 27 –Sultan of theOttoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown and succeeded by his brother,Mehmed V . He is sent to the Ottoman port city ofThessaloniki (Selanik) the next day.July 25 :Louis Blériot crosses theEnglish Channel September 4 –Japan andChina sign theGando Convention , which gives Japan a way to receive railroad concessions inManchuria .October – Suzuki Weaving Machine Manufacturing, predecessor of theSuzuki motorbike andcompact car brand in Japan, is founded inShizuoka Prefecture .[ 8] October 8 – An earthquake in theZagreb area leadsAndrija Mohorovičić to identify theMohorovičić discontinuity .October 12 – Theassociation football teamCoritiba is founded inCuritiba ,Brazil .October 13 – An agreement byGermany ,Italy and Switzerland gives the Germans and Italians access to theGotthard Rail Tunnel .October 16 – ThePittsburgh Pirates defeat theDetroit Tigers to win the1909 World Series .October 26 –Itō Hirobumi , four timePrime Minister of Japan (the 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th) andResident-General of Korea , is assassinated byAn Jung-geun , an activist of theKorean independence movement , at theHarbin railway station inManchuria .November 18 – InNicaragua , 500 revolutionaries (including 2 Americans) are executed by order of dictatorJosé Santos Zelaya . The United States responds by sending 2 warships.November 28 –Sergei Rachmaninoff 'sPiano Concerto No. 3 is premièred inNew York City with the composer as soloist.December 4 –Montreal Canadiens , a well known professionalice hockey club inCanada , is founded.[ 9] December 14 – New South Wales PremierCharles Wade signs theSeat of Government Surrender Act 1909 , formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth, to create the Australian Capital Territory.December 19 – Theassociation football teamBorussia Dortmund is founded inDortmund , Germany.December 23 – KingAlbert I of Belgium succeeds his uncle, Leopold II (died December 17), on the throne.December 28 – The first manned heavier-than-air powered flight in South Africa is made atEast London , by French aviatorAlbert Kimmerling , in aVoisin 1907 biplane .[ 10] Dana Andrews Barry Goldwater Ann Sothern U Thant January 1 January 2 –Barry Goldwater , American politician (d.1998 )January 3 –Victor Borge , Danish entertainer (d.2000 )January 4 –J. R. Simplot , American businessman (d.2008 )January 5 –Stephen Cole Kleene , American mathematician (d.1994 )January 8 –Willy Millowitsch , German actor (d.1999 )January 9 January 13 –Marinus van der Lubbe , Dutch communist convicted of setting fire to the German Reichstag building in1933 (d.1934 )January 15 January 16 –Clement Greenberg , American art critic (d.1994 )January 19 –Hans Hotter , German bass-baritone (d.2003 )January 21 –Todor Skalovski , Macedonian composer (d.2004 )January 22 January 24 –Martin Lings , British Islamic scholar (d.2005 )January 25 –Robert Rex , 1st Premier of Niue (d.1992 )January 28 –Colin Munro MacLeod , Canadian-American geneticist, medical researcher (d.1972 )January 30 –Saul Alinsky , American community organizer (d.1972 )Dean Rusk Miep Gies February 1 –George Beverly Shea , American gospel singer, songwriter (d.2013 )February 3 –Simone Weil , French philosopher (d.1943 )February 6 –Aino Talvi , Estonian actress (d.1992 )February 7 February 9 February 11 February 12 –Zoran Mušič , Slovene painter (d.2005 )February 14 February 15 February 16 February 18 February 19 –Enrico Donati , Italian-born American painter (d.2008 )February 20 –Heinz Erhardt , German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor, and poet (d.1979 )February 21 –Hans Erni , Swiss painter, sculptor (d.2015 )February 22 –Edmund Berkeley , American scientist (d.1988 )February 24 –August Derleth , American writer (d.1971 )February 25 –Geoffrey Dummer , English electrical engineer (d.2002 )February 26 – KingTalal of Jordan (d.1972 )February 28 –Stephen Spender , English writer (d.1995 )Héctor José Cámpora March 4 –Harry Helmsley , American real estate entrepreneur (d.1997 )March 7 –Roger Revelle , American scientist, scholar (d.1991 )March 10 –Henrietta Buckmaster , American activist, journalist, and author (d.1983 )March 11 –Jules Engel , American filmmaker, painter, sculptor, graphic artist, set designer, animator, film director and teacher (d.2003 )March 12 –Virginia McLaurin , American community service volunteer (d.2022 )March 19 March 22 March 24 –Clyde Barrow , American outlaw, member ofBarrow Gang (d.1934 )March 26 March 27 –Golo Mann , German historian (d.1994 )March 28 –Nelson Algren , American author (d.1981 )March 29 –Moon Mullican , American country music singer (d.1967 )Guillermo León Valencia Juliana of the Netherlands Margaret Sullavan Adolfo López Mateos Benny Goodman May 1 –Yiannis Ritsos , Greek poet, activist (d.1990 )May 4 –Howard Da Silva , American actor (d.1986 )May 6 –Loyd Sigmon , American amateur radio broadcaster (d.2004 )May 7 –Edwin H. Land , American camera inventor (d.1991 )May 10 –Maybelle Carter , American musician (d.1978 )May 15 May 16 –Margaret Sullavan , American actress (d.1960 )May 17 –Karl Schäfer , Austrian figure skater (d.1976 )May 18 –Fred Perry , English tennis player (d.1995 )[ 12] May 19 –Nicholas Winton , British humanitarian (d.2015 )May 23 –Hugh E. Blair , American linguist (d.1967 )May 24 –Victoria Hopper , Canadian stage, film actress and singer (d.2007 )May 26 May 27 May 30 –Benny Goodman , American musician (d.1986 )May 31 –John Spencer-Churchill , English painter, sculptor and a stockbroker (d.1992 )Errol Flynn June 1 –Yechezkel Kutscher , Slovakian-born Israeli philologist, Hebrew linguist (d.1971 )June 3 –Ira D. Wallach , American businessman, philanthropist (d.2007 )June 6 –Isaiah Berlin , Russian historian of ideas (d.1997 )June 7 –Jessica Tandy , English actress (d.1994 )June 10 –Mary Field , American film actress (d.1996 )June 12 June 14 –Burl Ives , American singer (d.1995 )June 19 –Osamu Dazai , Japanese novelist (d.1948 )June 20 June 21 –Pok Shau-fu , Chinese journalist and politician (d.2000 )June 22 June 23 –Li Xiannian , President of the People's Republic of China (d.1992 )June 24 –William Penney, Baron Penney , English mathematician, physicist (d.1991 )June 25 –Marguerite Viby , Danish actress (d.2001 )June 26 June 27 –Giuseppe Ballerio , Italian football player (d.1999 )June 28 –Eric Ambler , British author (d.1998 )June 30 –Juan Bosch , 43rd President of the Dominican Republic (d.2001 )Andrei Gromyko Theodore J. Conway July 1 –Antonina Pirozhkova , Russian civil engineer, writer (d.2010 )July 2 –Gil English , American professional baseball third baseman (d.1996 )July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 –Ike Petersen , American football back (d.1995 )July 9 July 11 July 12 July 13 July 14 July 15 July 16 July 18 July 19 –Balamani Amma , Indian poet (d.2004 )July 20 July 21 –Egidio Armelloni , Italian gymnast (d.1997 )July 22 –Licia Albanese , Italian-born American operatic soprano (d.2014 )July 23 –Helen Martin , American actress (d.2000 )July 24 July 25 –Elizabeth Francis , American supercentenarian (d.2024 )July 26 –Vivian Vance , American actress (d.1979 )July 28 –Malcolm Lowry , British novelist (Under the Volcano 1957 )[ 13] July 30 –C. Northcote Parkinson , British historian, author (d.1993 )July 31 –Olivér Halassy , Hungarian water polo player and freestyle swimmer (d.1946 )September to December [ edit ] Elia Kazan Kwame Nkrumah September 1 –E. Herbert Norman , Canadian diplomat (d.1957 )September 2 –Okagi Hayashi , Japanese supercentenarianSeptember 6 –Michael Gordon (film director) , American actor and director (d.1993 )[ 14] September 7 –Elia Kazan , Turkish-born film director (d.2003 )September 10 –Irakli Abashidze , Georgian poet, literary scholar, and politician (d.1992 )September 14 September 15 September 17 –Sylvester Wiere , Austro-Hungarian-born Americanslapstick comedian, member of theWiere Brothers (d.1970 )September 19 –Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche , Austrian auto designer, businessman (d.1998 )September 21 –Kwame Nkrumah , Ghanaian politician (d.1972 )September 24 –Carl Sigman , American songwriter (d.2000 )September 26 –Bill France, Sr. , American race car driver, businessman, and co-founder ofNASCAR (d.1992 )September 28 –Al Capp , American cartoonist (d.1979 )September 29 –Vasco Bergamaschi , Italian road racing cyclist (d.1979 )Piotr Jaroszewicz Francis Bacon October 1 October 4 –Murray Chotiner , American political consultant (d.1974 )October 7 –Tony Malinosky , American baseball player (d.2011 )October 8 –Piotr Jaroszewicz , Polish politician, 49thPrime Minister of Poland (d.1992 )October 10 October 13 –Herblock , American editorial cartoonist (d.2001 )October 14 October 17 –Cozy Cole , American jazz drummer (d.1981 )October 18 –Norberto Bobbio , Italian philosopher of law and political sciences (d.2004 )October 20 –Carla Laemmle , American actress (d.2014 )October 24 –Bill Carr , American athlete (d.1966 )October 25 –Whit Bissell , American actor (d.1996 )October 25 –Dieter Borsche , German actor (d.1982 )October 27 –Henry Townsend , American musician (d.2006 )October 28 –Francis Bacon , Irish-born British painter (d.1992 )November 6 –Elizabeth Douglas-Home , Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d.1990 )November 7 –Ruby Hurley , American civil rights activist (d.1980 )[ 15] November 9 –Kay Thompson , American author, actress (d.1998 )November 10 –Paweł Jasienica , Polish historian (d.1970 )November 13 –Vincent Apap , Maltese sculptor (d.2003 )November 16 –Mirza Nasir Ahmad , Indian Islamic leader (d.1982 )November 18 –Johnny Mercer , American songwriter (d.1976 )November 22 –Mikhail Mil , Russian helicopter manufacturer (d.1970 )November 23 –Nigel Tranter , Scottish historian and novelist (d.2000 )November 24 –Gerhard Gentzen , German mathematician (d.1945 )November 26 –Eugène Ionesco , Romanian-born playwright (d.1994 )[ 16] November 27 –James Agee , American writer (d.1955 )Douglas Fairbanks Jr. December 2 –Marion Dönhoff , German journalist (d.2002 )December 3 –Charlotte Kretschmann , German supercentenarian (d.2024 )December 5 –Bobbie Heine Miller , South African tennis player (d.2016 )December 7 –Arch Oboler , American actor, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, producer, and director (d.1987 )December 9 –Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , American actor, naval officer (d.2000 )December 14 –Edward Lawrie Tatum , American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1975 )December 20 December 21 –Seichō Matsumoto , Japanese writer, journalist (d.1992 )December 22 December 27 –Henryk Jabłoński , President of Poland (d.2003 )December 29 –Thomas Beck , American actor (d.1995 )December 31 –Jonah Jones , American jazz trumpeter (d.2000 )SaintArnold Janssen A. C. Swinburne January 1 –Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis , American poet, writer, and editor (b.1844 )January 2 –Marta Abreu , Cuban philanthropist (b.1845 )January 6 –George Dixon , Canadian-born American boxer (b.1870 )[ 17] January 8 –Harry Seeley , British palaeontologist (b.1839 )January 10 January 11 –Joseph Wharton , American industrialist and educationist. (b.1826 )January 12 –Hermann Minkowski , German mathematician (b.1864 )January 14 January 15 –Arnold Janssen , GermanRoman Catholic priest and saint (b.1837 )January 22 –Hattie Tyng Griswold , American author (b.1842 )January 24 –Petre S. Aurelian , 19th Prime Minister of Romania (b.1833 )January 27 –Benoît-Constant Coquelin , French theatrical actor (b.1841 )January 30 –Martha Finley , American teacher, author (b.1828 )Geronimo Miguel Angel Juarez Celman SaintAlexis Toth May 2 –Manuel Amador Guerrero , 1stPresident of Panama (b.1833 )May 4 –Helen Marr Hurd , American teacher and poet (b.1839 )May 7 –Alexis Toth , RussianOrthodox church leader and saint (b.1853 )May 9 –Augusta Jane Evans , American author of Southern literature (b.1835 )May 10 –Futabatei Shimei , Japanese author, translator (b.1864 )May 12 May 17 –Helge Alexander Haugan , American banking executive (b.1847 )May 18 May 20 –Ernest Hogan , African-American dancer, musician, and comedian (b.1865 )[ 18] Afonso Pena July 8 –Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet , French general (b.1830 )July 9 –Kasimir Felix Graf von Badeni , 13th Minister-President of Cisleithania (b.1846 )July 11 –Simon Newcomb , Canadian-American astronomer, mathematician (b.1835 )July 18 –Carlos, Duke of Madrid (b.1848 )July 19 –Arai Ikunosuke , Japanese samurai (b.1836 )July 20 –Johanna Mestorf , German archaeologist (b.1828 )July 22 –Detlev von Liliencron , German poet (b.1844 )July 23 –Sir Frederick Holder , 19th Premier of South Australia (b.1850 )SaintMary McKillop September 2 –Louis Delacenserie , Belgian architect (b.1838 )September 4 –Clyde Fitch , American dramatist (b.1865 )September 5 –Louis Bouveault , French chemist (b.1864 )September 7 –Eugène Lefebvre , pioneer French aviator (b.1878 )September 18 –Grigore Tocilescu , Romanian historian, archaeologist, epigrapher and folklorist (b.1850 )September 22 –Ferdinand Ferber , French Army officer, pioneer aviator (b.1862 )September 27 –Gyula Donáth , Hungarian sculptor (b.1850 )September 29 –Vladimir Vidrić , Croatian poet (b.1875 )Ito Hirobumi Renée Vivien KingLeopold II of Belgium Martha Foster Crawford ^ Riffenburgh, Beau (2004).Nimrod . 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