Aeneas Mackintosh Escapes Death Across Ice Floes, January 4, 1909
Date: January 4, 1909
Date: January 4, 1909
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…
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 โ ๐ Other events on April 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1909 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Richard Strauss’s Elektra Premieres at Dresden State Opera,…
The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time. Date: May 31, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 31 ๐ Events on this day in 1909 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Great White Fleet Battleships…
The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSย Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world. Date: February 22, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 22 ๐ Events on this day in 1909 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1909AEA Silver Dart…
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 1909Ernest Shackleton Expedition Finds Magnetic South Pole, January 16, 1909General Motors Acquires Oakland Motor…
Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro. Date: February 20, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 20 ๐ Events on this day in 1909 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 190931 March Incident Overthrows Sultan Abdul Hamid II, April 13, 1909RMS Republic Uses CQD…