What Happened In August 1909 In History

Historical Events for August, 1909

• 7th » 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 known as New York, New York to San Francisco or San Francisco, California.
• 19th » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• 24th » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
• 28th » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
• 30th » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1909

• 3rd » Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and educator (d. 1971)
• 4th » Glenn Cunningham (athlete) or Glenn Cunningham, American runner (d. 1988)
• 4th » Saunders Mac Lane, American mathematician and academic (d. 2005)
• 6th » Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle (d. 2013)
• 7th » Dorothy Walton, Canadian badminton player (d. 1981)
• 8th » Bill Voce, England cricketer and coach (d. 1984)
• 9th » V. K. Gokak, Indian scholar (d. 1992)
• 9th » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (d. 1944)
• 10th » Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (d. 1991)
• 11th » Yūji Koseki, Japanese composer (d. 1989)
• 11th » Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher and theologian (d. 1985)
• 12th » Bruce Matthews (Canadian Army officer) e.g Bruce Matthews, Canadian general and businessman (d. 1991)
• 14th » Stuff Smith, American violinist (d. 1967)
• 15th » Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
• 16th » Paul Callaway, American organist and conductor (d. 1995)
• 17th » Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985)
• 18th » Gérard Filion, Canadian businessman and journalist (d. 2005)
• 20th » Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1978)
• 21st » Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1992)
• 22nd » Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)
• 22nd » Mel Hein, American football player and coach (d. 1992)
• 22nd » Lucille Ricksen, American actress (d. 1925)
• 23rd » Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1970)
• 23rd » Leila Danette, American actress (d. 2012)
• 24th » Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricketer (d. 1998)
• 25th » Michael Rennie, English actor and producer (d. 1971)
• 26th » Eric Davies, South African cricketer (d. 1976)
• 26th » Jim Davis (actor) called Jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981)
• 26th » Gene Moore (outfielder) or Gene Moore, American baseball player (d. 1978)
• 27th » Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1966)
• 27th » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1959)
• 31st » Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist (d. 2008)

Famous Deaths for August 1909

• 8th » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 14th » William Stanley (inventor) known as William Stanley, American engineer (b. 1829)
• 15th » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 17th » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 22nd » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist (b. 1846)
• 27th » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)

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