* 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 – Bruce Matthews, Canadian army officer and businessman ( d. 1991 )

* 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

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

* The Red Man's View ( 1909, actor )

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

The only other team to do so prior to the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals in ( the new ) Busch Stadium had been the Pittsburgh Pirates, who won the 1909 World Series in Forbes Field's inaugural season ; and the Boston Red Sox, who won the 1912 World Series in Fenway Park's first year.

In 1914 – 15, one section of the northern arm of the Red Main was straightened and widened after areas along the river had been flooded during a period of high water in 1909.

* French — Burguet, Paul Henry: The Imprint, or The Red Hand ( 1908 ; Gaston Séverin plays Pierrot ); Carné, Marcel: Children of Paradise ( 1945 ; see above under The Pantomime of Deburau at the Théâtre des Funambules ); Carré fils, Michel: The Prodigal Son a. k. a. Pierrot the Prodigal ( 1907 ; the first feature-length film and the first film of a stage-play Carré's pantomime of 1890 ; George Wague plays Pierrot père ); Feuillade, Louis: Pierrot's Projector ( 1909 ), Pierrot, Pierrette ( 1924 ); Guitry, Sacha: Deburau ( 1951 ; based upon Guitry's own stage-play # Plays, playlets, pantomimes, and revues | Plays, playlets, pantomimes, and revues above ); Guy, Alice: Pierrot, Murderer ( 1904 ); Leprince, René: Pierrot Loves Roses ( 1910 ); Méliès, Georges: By Moonlight, or The Unfortunate Pierrot ( 1904 ).

Red Cross service dog in Italy, January 1909.

Alexej Jawlensky-Schokko with Red Hat ( 1909 ). jpg | Schokko with Red Hat, 1909

Port Sudan was founded by the British in 1909 as the terminus of a rail linking the Red Sea to the River Nile.

Smith paired the horse with the Canadian jockey Red Pollard ( 1909 – 1981 ), who had experience racing in the West and in Mexico.

Her Spanish name was in honor of her godmother, Maria Consuelo Iznaga Clement ( 1858 – 1909 ), a half-Cuban, half-American socialite who created a social stir a year earlier when she married the fortune-hunting George Montagu, Viscount Mandeville, a union of Old World and New World that caused the groom's father, the 7th Duke of Manchester, to openly wonder if his son and heir had married a " Red Indian.

# Tris Speaker: 12 ( Boston Red Sox, 1909 )

* The Red Owl, originally titled The Robber ( One-Act Play, August 9, 1909, London Coliseum ; published in One-Act Plays for Stage and Study, Second Series, Samuel French, Ltd., 1925, pgs 47 – 80 )

When Chinese revolutionary leader Dr. Sun Yat-sen came to America in late 1909 on a fund-raising trip, he met with Yung Wing, who convinced him that Lea and the Red Dragon conspirators could benefit his revolutionary movement.

* The Red Room ( 1909 )

* Blue Goops and Red ( 1909 ); juvenile

Although not a graduate, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Red Faber attended Loras in 1909.

Red Cloud ( Lakota: Maȟpíya Lúta ), ( 1822 – December 10, 1909 ) was a war leader and a chief of the Oglala Lakota ( Sioux ).

* Chief Red Cloud ( 1822 – 1909 ), an Oglala chief, a respected warrior and statesman.

The 1909 all-wooden Red Barn, the original home of the company, was barged two miles ( 3 km ) up the Duwamish River to its current location at the southwestern end of Boeing Field.

Nicknamed " Happy Jack ", Chesbro played for the Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1899 – 1902 ), the New York Highlanders ( 1903 – 1909 ), and the Boston Red Sox ( 1909 ).