Date: January 23, 1909
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 → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Shackleton Reaches…
The Paris Film Congress opens, an attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPPC cartel in the United States. Date: February 2, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 2 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Richard Strauss’s Elektra…
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 → 📅 Other events on May 31 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Publication of Futurist Manifesto…
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded. Date: February 12, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Richard Strauss’s Elektra Premieres at Dresden State Opera, January 25, 1909Theodore Roosevelt Leaves…
Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole. Date: January 16, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909U.S. Congress Passes Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act, April 9, 1909Flores Theater Fire Kills 250 in Acapulco, Mexico, February…
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 1909Shackleton Reaches Farthest South, Plants British Flag, January 9, 1909Richard Strauss’s Elektra Premieres at Dresden State…