Date: August 7, 1909
The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act. Date: April 9, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Peary and Henson Reach North Pole, Claim Disputed April 6, 1909Futurist Manifesto Published in Le Figaro, February…
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…
The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world. Date: February 22, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 22 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909National Negro Committee…
Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott. Date: August 30, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909National Negro Committee Convenes, Precursor to NAACP, May 31, 1909Publication of Futurist Manifesto in Le Figaro…
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…
RMS 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 → 📅 Other events…