1909

1909 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). It followed on the year 1908 and preceded 1910.

In the world

 * January
 * The Old Age Pensions Act 1908 comes into force in Britain.
 * 1 – Drilling begins on the Lakeview Gusher.
 * 5 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
 * 16 – Ernest Shackleton's expedition claims to have found the magnetic South Pole, but the location recorded for it may be incorrect. [1]
 * 27 – The Young Left is founded in Norway.
 * 28 – United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War.
 * February
 * 12 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded, commemorating the 100th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's birth.
 * 20 - The Futurist Manifesto, written by Filippo Marinetti, is published in the Paris newspaper Le Figaro.
 * 23 – The Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada.
 * 24 – The Hudson Motor Car Company is founded.

Events

 * Undated
 * Al Cheney becomes the second Governor of Sylvania.
 * Kaunas Berghe-Hrád becomes the new Governor of Oceana.

Arts and popular culture
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Births
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Deaths

 * Undated
 * Anton Hlinka, adventurer