![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
Newly formed automaker General Motors (GM) buys into the Oakland Motor Car Company, which later becomes GM's long-running Pontiac division. Date: January 20, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali…
New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SS Penguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour. Date: February 12, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
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 1909General Motors Acquires Oakland Motor Car Company, January 20, 1909Alfred Deakin Becomes Australia’s Prime Minister for…
Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes. Date: July 25, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909National…
Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V. Date: April 27, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Paris Film Congress Opens, European Producers Challenge MPPC…
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded. Date: February 12, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 190931 March Incident Overthrows Sultan Abdul Hamid II, April 13, 1909Adana Massacre of…