Date: July 25, 1909
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 1909Goudi Coup: Greek Army Officers Launch Reform Drive, August 28, 1909Tel Aviv…
Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V. Date: April 27, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Selma Lagerlöf First Female Nobel Literature Winner, December…
U.S. President William Howard Taft uses what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State. Date: March 4, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day…
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…
Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time. Date: January 9, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅…
Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. Date: June 2, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 2 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909General Motors Acquires Oakland Motor Car Company, January 20, 1909Goudi Coup: Greek Army Officers…