Date: December 4, 1909
Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Date: December 10, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909U.S. Troops Leave Cuba, Except Guantanamo Bay, January 28, 1909Joan of…
Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability. Date: April 6, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
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 → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This…
The city of Tel Aviv is founded. Date: April 11, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Aeneas Mackintosh Escapes Death Across Ice Floes, January 4, 1909Abdul Hamid II Overthrown, Mehmed V Succeeds Ottoman Throne…
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 1909Richard Strauss’s Elektra…
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 1909Selma Lagerlöf First…