Abdul Hamid II Overthrown, Mehmed V Succeeds Ottoman Throne April 27, 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 1909Kinemacolor First Public Color Film Screening in London, February 26, 1909U.S. Congress Passes Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act,…

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 1909Flores Theater Fire Kills 250 in Acapulco February 15, 1909Paris Film Congress Opens, European Producers Challenge MPPC…

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…

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…

United States troops leave Cuba, with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, after being there since the Spanish–American War. Date: January 28, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Burgess Shale Fossils Discovered by…

Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Date: December 10, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Publication of Futurist Manifesto in Le Figaro February 20, 1909Taft Uses…