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1909 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2027. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1909 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1909
- January 9, 1909 – Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nmi from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
- January 22, 1909 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- January 28, 1909 – United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
- February 5, 1909 – Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world’s first synthetic plastic.
- March 30, 1909 – The Queensboro Bridge in New York City opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.
- April 11, 1909 – The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
- May 31, 1909 – The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, convenes for the first time.
- July 25, 1909 – 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.
- December 4, 1909 – In Canadian football, the First 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 signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
Who Were Born On 1909?
- February 12, 1909 – Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter and illustrator (d. 2005)
- February 24, 1909 – Riccardo Freda, Egyptian-Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
- April 25, 1909 – William Pereira, American architect, designed the Transamerica Pyramid (d. 1985)
- May 26, 1909 – Matt Busby, Scottish-English footballer and manager (d. 1994)
- May 27, 1909 – Dolores Hope, American singer and philanthropist (d. 2011)
- May 30, 1909 – Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1986)
- June 22, 1909 – Mike Todd, American producer and manager (d. 1958)
- September 15, 1909 – Phil Arnold, American actor (d. 1968)
- October 9, 1909 – Donald Coggan, English archbishop (d. 2000)
- December 19, 1909 – W. A. Criswell, American pastor and author (d. 2002)