* 1909 – Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole.

* 1909 – William M. Branham, American evangelist ( d. 1965 )

* 1909 – Hermann Lang, German race car driver ( d. 1987 )

* 1909 – Juliana of the Netherlands ( d. 2004 )

* 1909 – F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor ( d. 1992 )

* 1909 – Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist ( d. 1966 )

* 1909 – Lester Young, American saxophonist ( d. 1959 )

* 1909 – V. K. Gokak, Indian writer ( d. 1992 )

* 1909 – Adam von Trott zu Solz, German diplomat ( d. 1944 )

Monty Noble led Australia to victory in both 1907 – 08 and 1909.

* 1909 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American novelist ( d. 1971 )

* 1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.

* 1909 – Bill Voce, England cricketer ( d. 1984 )

* 1871 – John Millington Synge, Irish writer ( d. 1909 )

* 1909 – Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader ( d. 1973 )

* 1909 – Paul Callaway, American organist and conductor ( d. 1995 )

* 1909 – First automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway takes place.

* 1909 – Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician ( d. 1992 )

* 1829 – Carlo Acton, Italian composer and pianist ( d. 1909 )

* 1909 – Michael Rennie, English actor ( d. 1971 )

* 1909 – The Turkish military reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

* 1909 – Syd Buller, English cricketer ( d. 1970 )

* 1909 – Leila Danette, American actress

* 1909 – Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1936 ( d. 1995 )

* September 12 – Bruce Matthews, Canadian Army officer and businessman ( b. 1909 )

However, Sigmund Feist ( 1909 ) rejects the theory on etymological grounds, as does Albert Morley Sturtevant ( 1951 ) on the grounds of major difficulties, and their points have led Bruce Lincoln ( 1977 ) to comment that " there is no reason whatever to contend that nagl-does not have its usual meaning of " nail " and that Naglfar is anything other than the nail-ship, just as Snorri describes it.

* George Bruce ( 1909 – 2002 ): Poet of the Scottish literary renaissance

* September 12-Albert Bruce Matthews, commander of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division during the Second World War ( born 1909 )

* Bruce Medal ( 1909 )

In Ace of Spies, biographer Robin Bruce Lockhart recounts Reilly's alleged involvement in obtaining a newly developed German magneto at the first Frankfurt International Air Show (" Internationale Luftschiffahrt-Ausstellung ") in 1909.

Sonora Smart married John Bruce Dodd ( 1870-1945 ), one of the original founders of Ball & Dodd Funeral Home, and had a son, Jack Dodd, born in 1909.

According to Michael Kennedy, the composer took first inspiration for the opera from this question to Bruce Richmond, editor of The Times Literary Supplement, around 1909 – 1910:

* L. M. Cantor & G. F. Matthews ( 1977 ) Loughborough from College to University: A History of Higher Education at Loughborough, 1909 – 66 ISBN 0-902761-19-6

Full citation for the article: Nahal, Anita, and Lopez D. Matthews Jr., “ African American Women and the Niagara Movement, 1905 – 1909 ,” Afro-Americans in New York Life and History, 32 ( July 2008 ), 65 – 85.

* Nahal, Anita, and Lopez D. Matthews Jr., “ African American Women and the Niagara Movement, 1905 – 1909 ,” Afro-Americans in New York Life and History, 32 ( July 2008 ), 65 – 85.

In 1909, pastors across America were incensed by his third book, The Calling of Dan Matthews, which told the story of a young preacher who, like Wright, resigned from the ministry in order to retain his integrity.

* The Calling of Dan Matthews Book Supply Company, 1909

* 2005 – Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player ( b. 1909 )

* Hack Simpson ( 1909 – 1978 ), Canadian Olympic ice hockey player

* 1909 – Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor ( d. 2004 )

* 2003 – François-Albert Angers, Canadian economist ( b. 1909 )

* 1993 – Omond Solandt, Canadian scientist ( b. 1909 )

* 1909 – Don Messer, Canadian musician ( d. 1973 )

* 1909 – Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player ( d. 2005 )

* 1999 – Gratien Gélinas, Canadian playwright and director ( b. 1909 )

* 1909 – Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author ( d. 1983 )

* 1909 – E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat and historian ( d. 1957 )

* 1909 – Donald MacDonald, Canadian politician ( d. 1986 )

King expanded the Department of External Affairs, founded in 1909, to further promote Canadian autonomy from Britain.

* April 4 – E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat ( b. 1909 )

* March 3 – Robert Beatty, Canadian actor ( b. 1909 )

* July 29 – George Dixon, Canadian boxer ( d. 1909 )

** Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer ( d. 1909 )

Canadian Aircraft since 1909.

The act sought, in cooperation with the Canadian government, to restrict diversion of water, and a treaty resulted in 1909 that limited the total amount of water diverted from the falls by both nations to approximately 56, 000 cubic feet ( 1, 600 m < sup > 3 </ sup >) per second.

Gabrielle Roy, ( March 22, 1909 – July 13, 1983 ) was a French Canadian author.

The county also includes parts of Superior National Forest, established in 1909, and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness within it on the U. S .- Canadian border, established in 1978.

AM radio began with the first, experimental broadcast on Christmas Eve, 1906, by Canadian experimenter Reginald Fessenden, and was used for small-scale voice and music broadcasts up until World War I. San Francisco, California, radio station KCBS claims to be the direct descendant of KQW, founded by radio experimenter Charles " Doc " Herrold, who made regular weekly broadcasts in San Jose, California, as early as June 1909.

* David Lewis ( 1909 – 1981 ) — Canadian MP and leader of the New Democratic Party

* Lt. Col. Campbell Mellis Douglas ( 1840 – 1909 ), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross