Date: February 12, 1909
The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire. Date: February 23, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Alice Huyler Ramsey First Women Complete Transcontinental Auto Trip, August…
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…
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 📅…
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…
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 → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909First Giro d’Italia Begins in…
Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis. Date: March 31, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Taft Uses Saxbe Fix to Appoint Knox as Secretary of State, March 4,…