Date: August 7, 1909
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 1909RMS Mauretania Sets Westbound Atlantic Record September 30, 1909Indianapolis Motor Speedway…
The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity. Date: June 26, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Anglo-Siamese Treaty Transfers Malay States to Britain, March 10, 1909Alfred Deakin Becomes Australia’s…
Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. Date: January 4, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Serbia Withdraws Opposition in Bosnian Crisis, March 31, 1909National Negro…
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 1909Louis Blériot First…
Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Port-Aviation (often called "Juvisy Airfield") at Viry-Châtillon, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life piloting a powered heavier-than-air craft.[better source needed] Date: September 7, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 7 📅…
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 1909Kinemacolor First…