Flores Theater Fire Kills 250 in Acapulco, Mexico, February 15, 1909
Date: February 15, 1909
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Date: February 15, 1909
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Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. Date: January 4, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 4 π Events on this day in 1909 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1909New South Wales Transfers Land for Australian Capital Territory, December…
New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSΒ Penguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour. Date: February 12, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 12 π Events on this day in 1909 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
Japanese occupation of Korea: An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea. Date: October 26, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 26 π Events on this day in 1909 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Burgess Shale Fossils Discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott, August 30, 1909Taft Uses Saxbe Fix…
Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California. Date: August 7, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 7 π Events on this day in 1909 π On This…
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 β π Other events on February 2 π Events on this day in 1909 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Ernest Shackleton Expedition…
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 β π Other events on January 20 π Events on this day in 1909 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Kinemacolor First Public Screening at…