United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War (Jan 28), the NAACP is founded, commemorating the 100th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s birth (Feb 12), The Kellogg’s Company is founded as Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company (Feb 19), William Howard Taft becomes the 27th U.S. President (Mar 4), work on the anti-aircraft gun commences (Jul 26), the Rosicrucian Fellowship is launched at Seattle, WA (Aug 8), the Montreal Canadiens is founded (Dec 4), the Manhattan Bridge opens (Dec 31) – and all these fine people were born:
1909-0103 Victor Borge* pianist/entertainer – Copenhagen, Denmark (2000/91)
1909-0115 Gene Krupa* drummer – Chicago, IL USA (1973/64)
1909-0122 U Thant* diplomat/UN Secretary-General – Pantanaw, Burma (65)
1909-0202 Purv Pullen* voice actor “Dr. Birdbath” – Philadelphia, PA USA (1992/83)-a
1909-0202 Hillel Abbe Shapiro* forensic pathologist/pregnancy test pioneer – Somerset Strand, Cape Town, South Africa (1984/75)-a
1909-0209 Dean Rusk* politician – Cherokee County, GA USA (1994/85)
1909-0216 Richard McDonald* co-founder of McDonald’s – Manchester, NH USA (1998/89)
1909-0218 Matti Järvinen* athlete/javelin/OG1932 – Tampere, GD of Finland (1985/76) -a
1909-0308 Beatrice Shilling* aeronautical engineer/amateur racing driver – Waterlooville, Hampshire, England (1990/81)-a
1909-0405 Albert R. Broccoli* film producer – Queens, NY USA (1996/87)
1909-0515 James Mason* actor – Huddersfield, Yorkshire England (1984/75)
1909-0530 Benny Goodman* musician – Chicago, IL USA (1986/77)
1909-0607 Jessica Tandy* actress – London, England (1994/85)
1909-0614 Burl Ives* actor – Hunt, IL USA (1995/85)
1909-0620 Errol Flynn* actor – Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (1959/50)
1909-0626 Tom Parker* manager of Elvis Presley – Breda, Netherlands (1997/87)
1909-0711 Diana Churchill* daughter of Winston – London, England (1963/54)-a
1909-0726 Vivian Vance* actress – Cherryvale, KS USA (1979/70)
1909-0818 Kaarlo Halttunen* actor – Lappeenranta, Finland (1986/76)-a
1909-0826 Jim Davis* actor – Edgerton, MO USA (1981/71)
1909-0826 Aune Häme* actress – Finland (1960/51)
1909-0907 Elia Kazan* film director – Istanbul, Ottoman Sultanate (2003/94)
1909-0915 C.N. Annadurai* politician – Kancheeburam, Madras, British India (1969/59)
1909-1011 Valentin Vaala* writer/film director – Helsinki, GD of Finland (1976/67)
1909-1028 Francis Bacon* artist/figurative painter – Dublin, Ireland (1992/82)-a
1909-1104 Evelyn Bryan Johnson* (b Stone) “Mama Bird”, the female pilot with the most number of flying hours in the world – Corbin, KY USA (2012/102)-a
Updated 22.7.2019
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