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1909
The 20th Century Almanac · The 1900s

1909

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

Robert Peary claimed to reach the North Pole, and Louis Bleriot became the first to fly across the English Channel. The NAACP was founded in the United States, and Britain's People's Budget set off a constitutional clash with the House of Lords.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
Nobel · Literature
Lagerl…F
World Series
No. 1 Song
Top TV
Academy · Actor

Major Events of 1909

9 events
Sultan Abdul DeposedMartial Law used in SpainRevolution in PersiaJapanese Prince Ito AssassinatedTel Aviv FounedU.S. Intervenes in NicaraguaCivil War in HondurasFirst Newsreel Shown In TheaterEnglish Channel Is Crossed

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
OSTWALD, WILHELM, Germany, Leipzig University, b. 1853 (in Riga, then Russia), d. 1932: "in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction"
Literature
LAGERL…F, SELMA OTTILIA LOVISA, Sweden, b. 1858, d. 1940: "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings"
Peace
The prize was divided equally between: BEERNAERT, AUGUSTE MARIE FRAN‚OIS, Belgium, b. 1829, d. 1912: Former Prime Minister. Member of the Belgian Parliament. Member of the Cour Internationale d'Arbitrage (International Court of Arbitra
Physiology or Medicine
KOCHER, EMIL THEODOR, Switzerland, Berne University, b. 1841, d. 1917: "for his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland"
Physics
The prize was awarded jointly to: MARCONI, GUGLIELMO, Italy, Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd., London, Great Britain, b. 1874, d. 1937; and BRAUN, CARL FERDINAND, Germany, Strasbourg University, Alsace (then Germany), b. 1850, d. 1918: "