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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
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The river town of Cairo, Illinois, was the scene of one of the most gruesome lynchings in American history. Will "Froggy" James, an African-American charged with the murder of a white woman (Annie Pelley, age 22), was taken from the Sheriff's custody by a mob, then hanged from an arch at 8th and Commercial Street, in front of thousands of ...
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)
Born in 1909, this Bergen County woman created a medical test still in use today. Gannett. David M. Zimmer, NorthJersey.com ... In 2020, Apgar was named among USA Today's 100 Women of the Century.
The first day of automobile racing in the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was marred by a fatal accident. During the running of a 250-mile (400 km) Prest-O-Lite Trophy Race , driver William Bourque and his mechanic, Harry Holcomb, were killed when their car left the track, struck a fence, and turned over.