Date: January 9, 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 1909Shackleton Reaches Farthest South, Plants…
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 1909Anglo-Siamese…
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 1909First Giro d’Italia Begins in Milan, Luigi Ganna Wins, May 13, 1909New South Wales Transfers Land for Australian…
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 📅…
Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis. Date: March 31, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909NAACP Founded in U.S. Civil Rights History, February 12, 1909Joan of Arc Beatified…
The 31 March Incident leads to the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. Date: April 13, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 13 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909RMS Republic First CQD Distress Signal After Collision, January 23, 1909Anglo-Siamese Treaty…