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)
The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association. Date: December 4, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6. Date: December 4, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today)
Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya. Date: November 18, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 18 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today)
Japanese occupation of Korea: An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea. Date: October 26, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 26 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today)
William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination. Date: October 16, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 16 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today)
Foundation of Coritiba Foot Ball Club. Date: October 12, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years. Date: September 30, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 30 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 📅…
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)