31 March Incident Overthrows Sultan Abdul Hamid II, April 13, 1909
Date: April 13, 1909
Date: April 13, 1909
Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. Date: June 2, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on June 2 ๐ Events on this day in 1909 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Kinemacolor First Public Color Film Screening in London, February 26, 1909Giro d’Italia First Race…
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 โ ๐ Other events on January 20 ๐ Events on this day in 1909 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Tel Aviv Founded April 11,…
Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole. Date: January 16, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 16 ๐ Events on this day in 1909 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1909NAACP Founded in U.S. Civil Rights History, February 12, 1909Anglo-Siamese Treaty Transfers Malay States to Britain, March…
RMSย 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 โ ๐ Other events…
Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180ย km; 112ย mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time. Date: January 9, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 9 ๐ Events on this day in 1909 ๐ …
Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society. Date: March 23, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 23 ๐ Events on this day in 1909 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1909NAACP Founded…