What Happened in November 1909

Historical Events

Susanna's Secret

Nov 4 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's opera "Il Segreto di Susanna" (Susanna's Secret) is first produced in Munich

Nov 7 Knights of St Peter Claver founded in Mobile, Alabama; Ladies Auxiliary formed in 1922
Nov 11 Construction of US navy base begins at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Nov 11 J M Synge's "Tinker's Wedding" premieres in London

Mackenzie King

Nov 12 Politician William Lyon Mackenzie King takes his seat in the House of Commons as Canda's first Minister of Labour

Nov 13 259 miners die in a fire at St Paul Mine at Cherry, Illinois
Nov 13 Ben Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in 14-4 win over the Argos at Rosedale Field in Toronto
Nov 13 Collier's magazine accuses U.S. Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields
Nov 16 Dutch football club FC Eindhoven is founded in southern part of the city; Eredivisie 1954; KNVB Cup 1937
Nov 18 US invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya

Kuyper Denies Corruption

Nov 19 Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper denies corruption

Prime Minister of the Netherlands Abraham Kuyper

Nov 20 Jack Williams of Canadian football team Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game
Nov 23 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state record)
Nov 23 Wright Brothers form million dollar corporation to manufacture airplanes
Nov 26 Sigma Alpha Mu is founded in the City College of New York by 8 Jewish young men.

Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3

Nov 28 Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, one of the genres most difficult, premieres at the New Theatre in New York City, with the composer as soloist and the New York Symphony Society conducted by Walter Damrosch

Composer, Virtuoso Pianist and Conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff

Australian Victory

Nov 29 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Sydney, Australia: Norman Brookes & Anthony Wilding beat Americans Melville Long & Maurice McLoughlin 12-10, 9-7, 6-3; Australasia unassailable 3-0 lead; win 5-0

People's Budget

Nov 30 British House of Lords rejects David Lloyd George's 'People's Budget', which tried to shift tax burden to the wealthy. Leads to the Parliament Act; intent to stop unelected house overruling will of the elected house.

British Prime Minister David Lloyd George

Events in 1909

Famous Birthdays

Nov 1 Bruno Bjelinski [Weiss], Croatian composer, born in Trieste, Austria-Hungary (d. 1992)
Nov 3 James Reston, American journalist (New York Times), born in Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (d. 1995)
Nov 3 Otto Bonsema, Dutch soccer striker (6 caps; Velocitas 1897, GVAV) and manager (SC Heerenveen, GVAV, BV Veendam), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1994)
Nov 4 Bert Patenaude, American soccer forward (4 caps; scorer of first hat-trick in World Cup history, 1930), born in Fall River, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
Nov 4 Evelyn Johnson, American pilot (most flying hours - 57,685), born in Corbin, Kentucky (d. 2012)
Nov 6 Heinz Rottger, German composer, born in Herford, Germany (d. 1977)
Nov 6 Henk Bijvanck, Dutch composer, born in Kudus, Java (d. 1969)
Nov 8 Alberto Erede, Italian conductor, born in Genoa, Italy (d. 2001)
Nov 9 H. M. van Randwijk, Dutch author and founder (Vrij Netherland), born in Gorinchem, Netherlands (d. 1966)
Nov 9 Robert Douglas, English actor (Adv of Don Juan), born in Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire (d. 1999)
Nov 10 Paweł Jasienica, Polish historian, born in Ulyanovsk, Russia (d. 1970)
Nov 11 Robert Ryan, American actor (Billy Budd, The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Day), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1973)
Nov 13 Gunnar Bjornstrand, Swedish actor (Shame, Dreams), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1986)
Nov 13 Paul de Vree, Flemish author (Between Doubt & Tears), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1982)

Joseph McCarthy (1909-1957)

Nov 14 American Senator (Rep - Wisconsin) who claimed communists infiltrated the US government, born in Grand Chute, Wisconsin

Nov 17 Gerald Savory, British actor playwright and TV producer (Heart of the Matter), born in London, England (d. 1996)

Johnny Mercer (1909-1976)

Nov 18 American singer, Academy Award-winning lyricist ("Moon River"; "That Old Black Magic"; "And the Angels Sing": Come Rain Or Come Shine"), and record label executive (Capitol Records), born in Savannah, Georgia

Nov 19 Peter Drucker, Austrian-American management theorist, born in Kaasgraben, Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 2005)
Nov 19 Rose Isabel Williams, sister of Tennessee Williams, born in Gulfport, Mississippi (d. 1996)
Nov 20 Alan Bible, American lawyer and politician (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74), born in Lovelock, Nevada (d. 1988)
Nov 22 Mikhail Mil, Russian aviation designer (d. 1970)
Nov 22 Moses Josiah Madiba, South African author and first African chancellor of the University of the North, born in Seshego, Pietersburg District (d. 1985)
Nov 22 Theodorus Zwartkruis, Dutch Bishop of Haarlem Netherlands (1966-83) (d. 1983)
Nov 23 Nigel Tranter, Scottish author and historian (River Realm; Robert the Bruce), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2000)
Nov 24 Hans Melchior Brugk, German composer, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1999)
Nov 24 Hotze de Roos, Dutch youth book author (Chameleon) (d. 1991)
Nov 25 Hugh Davson, English physiologist (protein sandwich model), born in London (d. 1996)
Nov 25 Manny Martindale, West Indian cricket fast bowler (10 Tests, 37 wickets; Barbados), born in St Lucy, Barbados (d. 1972)

Eugene Ionesco (1909-1994)

Nov 26 Romanian-French playwright (Rhinoceros, Bald Soprano), born in Slatina, Romania

Nov 26 Frances Dee, American actress (Of Human Bondage), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2004)
Nov 27 Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician (decidability of various algebraic groups), born in Moscow (d. 1967)
Nov 27 Donald John Urquhart, English librarian, born in Whitley Bay, England (d. 1994)
Nov 27 James Agee, American author (African Queen, Death in Family), born in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 1955)
Nov 28 Aleksandar Ranković, Yugoslavic partisan and 1st Vice President of Yugoslavia (1963-66), born in Draževac, Serbia (d. 1983)
Nov 28 David Miller, American film director (Billy the Kid), born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 1992)
Nov 28 Lotta Hitschmanova, Canadian humanitarian (founder of the Unitarian Service Committee of Canada), born in Prague, Bohemia (d. 1990) [1]
Nov 29 Rupert Davies, British Methodist scholar, born in London, England (d. 1994)
Nov 30 Robert Nighthawk [McCollum], American blues singer, electric slide guitarist, and harmonica player ("Annie Lee Blues"), born in Helena, Arkansas (d. 1967)

Born in 1909

Famous Deaths

Nov 2 Wilhelm Ahlwardt, German orientalist, dies at 81
Nov 8 Charles Bordes, French composer, dies at 46
Nov 8 Eduard de Hartog, Dutch composer, dies at 80
Nov 10 George Essex Evans, Australian poet (b. 1863)
Nov 10 Ludvig Schytte, Danish pianist, composer, and educator, dies at 61 [1] [2]
Nov 13 Aeneas Mackay, Dutch Internal minister (ARP)/Colonization, dies at 70
Nov 14 Joshua Slocum, Canadian-American seaman and adventurer (first man to sail around the world alone), departs from Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, sailing south for the winter, and is lost at sea, at 65
Nov 16 Francis Thome, French composer, dies at 59
Nov 18 Renee Vivien, British-born poet, wrote in French, dies at 32
Nov 30 Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet and translator, dies at 53 [NS=Dec 13]