Date: December 4, 1909
RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day. Date: January 23, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…
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 1909General Motors Buys Oakland Motor…
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…
Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal. Date: August 24, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Alfred Deakin Becomes Australia’s Prime Minister for Third Time, June 2, 1909Giro d’Italia First Race Begins in…
The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico, kills 250. Date: February 15, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Abdul Hamid II Overthrown, Mehmed V Succeeds Ottoman Throne, April 27, 1909Publication of Futurist Manifesto in…
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 → 📅 Other events on February 2 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Portugal Earthquake Near…