Futurist Manifesto Published in Le Figaro, February 20, 1909

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 1909Abdul Hamid II Overthrown, Mehmed V Succeeds Ottoman Throne April 27, 1909Richard Strauss’s Elektra Premieres at…

Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro. Date: February 20, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909New South Wales Transfers Land for Australian Capital Territory, December 14, 1909Serbia Withdraws Opposition…

Japanese occupation of Korea: An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea. Date: October 26, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 26 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Selma Lagerlöf First Female Nobel Literature Winner, December 10, 1909Anglo-Siamese Treaty Transfers Malay States…

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 1909RMS Republic Uses CQD Distress Signal After Collision, January 23, 1909New Zealand’s Worst Maritime Disaster: SS…

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 1909Tel Aviv Founded…

Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability. Date: April 6, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…