What is 1909?
{{Year nav|1909}} {{Year in various calendars|1909}} '''1909''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMIX]]) was a [[common year starting on Friday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]] and a [[common year starting on Thursday]] in the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == * [[March 31]] – [[Construction]] of the [[RMS Titanic]] is started * [[April 6]] – [[Robert Peary]] arrived in the [[north pole]]. * [[April]] – The [[Adana massacre]] takes place in the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] city of [[Adana]] * [[June 29]] – [[Alfred Deakin]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Australia]] * The first model of the [[Model T]] is sold * The [[pH]] scale is developed. * [[Emil Theodor Kocher]], [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Medical doctor|doctor]], won the 1909 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] == Births == * [[January 13]] – [[Danny Barker]], American musician (d. [[1994]]) * [[February 9]] – [[Carmen Miranda]], Brazilian singer and actress (d. [[1955]]) * [[March 20]] – [[Juliana of the Netherlands]] (d. [[2004]]) * [[May 27]] ** [[Dolores Hope]], American singer (d. [[2011]]) ** [[Juan Vicente Pérez]], Supercentenarian Venezuelan man fourth-oldest verified man ever (d. [[2024]]) * [[June 6]] – [[Isaiah Berlin]], [[Latvia]]n [[philosopher]] and [[education|educator]] (d. [[1997]]) * [[June 10]] – [[Errol Flynn]], American actor (d. [[1959]]) * [[August 10]] – [[Leo Fender]], American [[guitar]] maker (d. [[1991]]) * [[August 21]] {{Ndash}} [[Ethel Caterham]], English [[supercentenarian]] * [[August 26]] – [[Sylvère Maes]], Belgian cyclist (d. [[1966]]) * [[September 21]] – [[Kwame Nkrumah]], [[President]] of [[Ghana]] (d. [[1972]]) == Deaths == * [[February 17]] – [[Geronimo]], [[Native American]] leader (b. [[1829]]) * [[December 17]] – [[Léopold II of Belgium]], [[King]] of [[Belgium]] (b. [[1835]]) * [[January 12]] – [[Hermann Minkowski]], [[Germany|German]] [[mathematician]] (b. [[1864]]) [[Category:1909| ]]