Joan of Arc Beatified in Rome, April 18, 1909

Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. Date: January 4, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Kinemacolor First Public Color Film Screening in London, February 26,…

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) More events from 1909Publication of Futurist…

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) More events…

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) More events from 1909RMS Republic Uses CQD…

Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time. Date: January 9, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅…

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…