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October 11 – The 1909 Florida Keys hurricane makes landfall in the U.S. November – New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 begins. November 2 – The Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity is founded at Boston University. November 6 – The Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument is dedicated in Baltimore.
March 4, 1909 – Taft becomes the 27th president; Sherman becomes the 27th vice president; 1909 – Robert Peary claims to have reached the North Pole; 1909 – NAACP founded by W. E. B. Du Bois; 1909 – Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act; 1909 – Taft implements dollar diplomacy; 1909 – Pinchot–Ballinger controversy
1909 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1909th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 909th year of the 2nd millennium, the 9th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of ...
Black Patch Tobacco Wars (1904–1909) [5] Great White Fleet voyage (1907–1909) Births. January – March. January 1 – Bill Tapia, musician (died 2011)
American women’s rights activist Alice Paul, then aged 24, took action in Glasgow that August.
October 16 – Varina Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis, First Lady of the Confederate States of America (born 1826) October 17 – James D. Walker, United States Senator from Arkansas from 1879 till 1885 (born 1830) November 4 – John H. Ketcham, politician (born 1832)
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: Russell M. Cunningham (); Lieutenant Governor of California: Alden Anderson (); Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: . until January 10: Warren A. Haggott ()
1909 in the United States by state or territory (51 C) / 1909 disestablishments in the United States (18 C, 5 P) 1909 establishments in the United States (55 C, 25 P) A.