What Happened In December 1909 In History

Historical Events for December, 1909

• 4th » In Canadian football, the 1st Grey Cup known as First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Toronto Varsity Blues e.g Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
• 4th » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
• 10th » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
• 14th » 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.
• 31st » Manhattan Bridge opens.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1909

• 2nd » Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach (d. 1987)
• 2nd » Joseph P. Lash, American activist and author (d. 1987)
• 4th » Jimmy Jewel, English actor (d. 1995)
• 5th » Musashiyama Takeshi, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1969)
• 6th » Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (d. 2002)
• 7th » Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet (d. 1942)
• 8th » Lesslie Newbigin, English bishop and theologian (d. 1998)
• 8th » Gratien Gélinas, Canadian actor, director, and producer (d. 1999)
• 9th » Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American captain, actor, and producer (d. 2000)
• 10th » Hermes Pan (choreographer) e.g Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1990)
• 11th » Ronald McKie, Australian author (d. 1991)
• 11th » John Wyer, English race car manager and engineer (d. 1989)
• 12th » Karen Morley, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
• 12th » Hans Keilson, German-Dutch psychologist, author, and poet (d. 2011)
• 14th » Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
• 15th » Sattar Bahlulzade, Azerbaijani painter (d. 1974)
• 19th » W. A. Criswell, American pastor and author (d. 2002)
• 20th » Vakkom Majeed, Indian politician (d. 2000)
• 21st » Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese journalist and author (d. 1992)
• 22nd » Patricia Hayes, English actress (d. 1998)
• 25th » Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American engineer (d. 1996)
• 27th » James Riddell, English skier and author (d. 2000)
• 31st » Jonah Jones, American trumpet player and saxophonist (d. 2000)

Famous Deaths for December 1909

• 10th » Red Cloud, American tribal chief (b. 1822)
• 17th » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 26th » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 31st » Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)

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