1909 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1909?
- January 1, 1909 – Drilling begins on the Lakeview Gusher.
- January 22, 1909 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- January 25, 1909 – Richard Strauss’ opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
- January 27, 1909 – The Young Left is founded in Norway.
- February 12, 1909 – New Zealand’s worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SS Penguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
- February 15, 1909 – The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
- March 10, 1909 – By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
- March 31, 1909 – Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- May 13, 1909 – The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
- June 6, 1909 – French troops capture Abéché (in modern-day Chad) and install a puppet sultan in the Ouaddai Empire.
- June 15, 1909 – Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord’s and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
- June 26, 1909 – The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
- July 25, 1909 – Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from (Calais to Dover) in 37 minutes.
- August 19, 1909 – First automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway takes place.
- August 28, 1909 – A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
- August 30, 1909 – Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
- September 20, 1909 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the South Africa Act 1909, creating the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal Colony.
- November 28, 1909 – Sergei Rachmaninoff makes the debut performance of his Piano Concerto No. 3, considered to be one of the most technically challenging piano concertos in the standard classical repertoire.
- December 4, 1909 – 1st Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 26–6.
- December 14, 1909 – New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signed the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
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