Tel Aviv Founded April 11, 1909

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 first edition of the Giro d'Italia, a long-distance multiple-stage bicycle race, begins in Milan; the Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna was the eventual winner. Date: May 13, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Goudi…

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 190931 March Incident Overthrows Sultan Abdul Hamid II – April 13, 1909Portugal Earthquake Near Lisbon Kills…

Newly formed automaker General Motors (GM) buys into the Oakland Motor Car Company, which later becomes GM's long-running Pontiac division. Date: January 20, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Richard Strauss’s Elektra Premieres at…

Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott. Date: August 30, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Deposed, Ahmad Shah Replaces Him July 16, 190931 March Incident…

Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera. Date: January 25, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Tel Aviv Founded April 11, 1909National Negro Committee Convenes, Precursor to NAACP,…