![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]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Eugene_Lefebvre.jpg/330px-Eugene_Lefebvre.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail)
Date: September 7, 1909
New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory. Date: December 14, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This…
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 1909Indianapolis Motor Speedway Opens; First…
Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro. Date: February 20, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Flores Theater Fire Kills 250 in Acapulco, Mexico, February 15, 1909Burgess Shale Fossils Discovered…
Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro. Date: February 20, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Serbia Withdraws Opposition in Bosnian Crisis, March 31, 1909Futurist Manifesto Published in Le Figaro,…
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 1909NAACP Founded in…
Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera. Date: January 25, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 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…