Flores Theater Fire Kills 250 in Acapulco, Mexico, February 15, 1909

Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal. Date: August 24, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Taft Uses Saxbe Fix to Appoint Philander C. Knox, March 4, 1909Tel Aviv Founded April 11, 1909National…

Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis. Date: March 31, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Robert Peary and Matthew Henson Reach North Pole April 6, 1909Ernest Shackleton Expedition…

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens for automobile racing. William Bourque and his mechanic are killed during the first day's events. Date: August 19, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Tel Aviv Founded April 11,…

Muslims in the Ottoman Empire begin a massacre of Armenians in Adana. Date: April 14, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Aeneas Mackintosh Escapes Death Across Ice Floes, January 4, 1909Kinemacolor First Public Color…

Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California. Date: August 7, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This…