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1909 Calendar

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•  January 16, 1909 – Ernest Shackleton’s expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
•  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.
•  May 13, 1909 – The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
•  June 7, 1909 – Mary Pickford makes her screen debut at the age of 16.
•  June 26, 1909 – The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
•  August 7, 1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York City to San Francisco.
•  August 24, 1909 – Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
•  August 28, 1909 – A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.

•  January 2, 1909 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer (d. 2009)
•  February 21, 1909 – Hans Erni, Swiss painter
•  March 27, 1909 – Golo Mann, German historian (d. 1994)
•  May 26, 1909 – Sir Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)
•  June 26, 1909 – Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley’s manager (d. 1997)
•  July 12, 1909 – Herbert Zim, The founder and editor in chief of the Golden Guides (d.1994)
•  August 9, 1909 – Adam von Trott zu Solz, German diplomat (d. 1944)
•  September 13, 1909 – Frits Thors, Dutch newscaster
•  October 15, 1909 – Jesse Leonard Greenstein, American astronomer (d. 2002)
•  October 20, 1909 – Sugiyama Yasushi, Japanese painter (d. 1993)