Kinemacolor First Public Screening at Palace Theatre, London, February 26, 1909
Date: February 26, 1909
Date: February 26, 1909
RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day. Date: January 23, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…
The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity. Date: June 26, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 190931 March Incident Overthrows Sultan Abdul Hamid II, April 13, 1909Richard Strauss’s Elektra…
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…
The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world. Date: February 22, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 22 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909RMS Republic Uses…
The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico, kills 250. Date: February 15, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Ernest Shackleton Expedition Finds Magnetic South Pole, January 16, 1909First Giro d’Italia Begins in Milan, Luigi…
The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act. Date: April 9, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Joan of Arc Beatified in Rome April 18, 1909AEA Silver Dart First Powered Flight in Canada and…