In the year 1909, 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:
1909-0101 Dana Andrews* actor - near Collins, MS USA (1992/83)
1909-0103 Victor Borge* pianist/entertainer - Copenhagen, Denmark (2000/91)
1909-0113 Reino Kalliola* botanist/ environmentalist/writer - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1982/73)
1909-0115 Jean Bugatti* automotive designer/test engineer for Bugatti - Cologne, German Empire (1939/30)
1909-0115 Gene Krupa* jazz drummer - Chicago, IL USA (1973/64)
1909-0119 Aimo Kanerva* painter - Lahti, GD of Finland (1991/82)
1909-0122 U Thant* diplomat/UN Secretary-General - Pantanaw, Burma (1974/65)
1909-0128 Lionel Crabb* diver/Royal Navy frogman - London, England (presumed dead 1956/47)
1909-0201 Johan Venninen* blind inventor - GD of Finland (2008/99)
1909-0202 Purv Pullen* voice actor “Dr. Birdbath” - Philadelphia, PA USA (1992/83)
1909-0202 Hillel Abbe Shapiro* forensic pathologist/pregnancy test pioneer - Somerset Strand, Cape Town, South Africa (1984/75)
1909-0205 Aileen Eaton* boxing & wrestling promoter - Vancouver, BC Canada (1987/78)
1909-0209 Dean Rusk* politician - Cherokee County, GA USA (1994/85)
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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)
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1909-0221 Matti Aulos* actor - Joutsa, GD of Finland (1970/61)
1909-0224 August Derleth* writer/ anthologist/publisher - Sauk City, WI USA (1971/62)
1909-0304 Ann Wigmore* Lithuanian-American holistic health practitioner and raw food advocate - Pleikiai, Lithuania (1994/84)
1909-0308 Beatrice Shilling* aeronautical engineer/amateur racing driver - Waterlooville, Hampshire, England (1990/81)
1909-0310 LeRoy Collins* politician/Governor of Florida - Tallahassee, FL USA (1991/82)
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1909-0405 Albert R. Broccoli* film producer - Queens, NY USA (1996/87)
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1909-0418 Florence Vale* British-Canadian artist/to Canada at age 2 - Ilford, Essex, England (2003/94)
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1909-0424 Grant McConachie* bush pilot/businessman/CEO of Canadian Pacific Airlines - Hamilton, ON Canada (1965/56)
1909-0430 Juliana of the Netherlands* Queen of the Netherlands - Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Netherlands (2004/94)
1909-0507 Edwin H. Land* inventor/co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation - Bridgeport, CT USA (1991/81)
1909-0515 James Mason* actor - Huddersfield, Yorkshire England (1984/75)
1909-0519 Nicholas Winton* stockbroker/humanitarian - Hampstead, London, England (2015/106)
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1909-0527 Dolores Hope* (b DeFina) singer/philanthropist/wife of Bob Hope - New York City, NY USA (2011/102)
1909-0527 Juan Vicente Perez* farmer/ sheriff/supercentenarian - El Cobre, Táchira, Venezuela (2024/114) - Guinness
1909-0530 Benny Goodman* musician - Chicago, IL USA (1986/77)
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1909-0607 Jessica Tandy* actress - London, England (1994/85)
1909-0610 Mary Field* (b Olivia Rockefeller) actress/foundling - New York City, NY USA (1996/87)
1909-0614 Burl Ives* actor - Hunt, IL USA (1995/85)
1909-0620 Errol Flynn* actor - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (1959/50)
1909-0626 Tom Parker* (b Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk) manager of Elvis Presley/to U.S. at age 20 - Breda, Netherlands (1997/87)
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1909-0709 Pavle Đurišić* Serb army officer/a Chetnik commander - Podgorica, Principality of Montenegro (1945/35)
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1909-0711 Diana Churchill* daughter of Winston Churchill - London, England (1963/54)
1909-0713 Carolyn Price Horton* (b Rugh) bookbinder/ conservator-restorer of books - Medford, NJ USA (2001/92)
1909-0724 John Haigh* serial killer - Stamford, Lincolnshire, England (1949/49)
1909-0726 Vivian Vance* actress (I Love Lucy) - Cherryvale, KS USA (1979/70)
1909-0727 Marcia Anastasia Christoforides* art collector/racehorse owner/philanthropist - Surrey, England (1994/85)
1909-0727 Phyllis May Murphy* (b Quick) British-American mother of four/Titanic survivor (at age 2) - Plymouth, England (1954/44) - ET
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1909-0818 Kaarlo Halttunen* actor - Lappeenranta, Finland (1986/76)
1909-0822 Julius J. Epstein* screenwriter (Casablanca) - New York City, NY USA (2000/91)
1909-0822 Philip G. Epstein* screenwriter (Casablanca) - New York City, NY USA (1952/42)
1909-0823 Ruth Frith* (b Pursehouse) sports officiator/centenarian masters athlete - Goulburn, NSW Australia (2014/104)
1909-0825 Michael Rennie* actor - Idle, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (1971/61)
1909-0826 Jim Davis* actor - Edgerton, MO USA (1981/71)
1909-0826 Aune Häme* actress - Finland (1960/51)
1909-0902 Harro Schulze-Boysen* German publicist/Luftwaffe officer /leading German resistance fighter (Rote Kapelle) - Paris, France (1942/33)
1909-0907 Elia Kazan* Greek-American film director - Istanbul, Ottoman Sultanate (2003/94)
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1909-0914 Lennart Geijer* lawyer/ politician - Ystad, Sweden (1999/89)
1909-0915 C.N. Annadurai* politician - Kancheeburam, Madras, British India (1969/59)
1909-0919 Gunnel Nyman* glass and metal artist/one of the founders of modern Finnish glass design - Turku, GD of Finland (1948/39)
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1909-0929 Henri Goetz* American-French painter/engraver - New York City, NY USA (1989/79)
1909-1001 Otto Kumm* military leader/commander of Waffen-SS divisions - Hamburg, German Empire (2004/94)
1909-1007 Anni Blomqvist* (b Karlsson) author (Myrskyluoto) - Vårdö, Åland, GD of Finland (1990/80)
1909-1010 Mohammed V of Morocco* Sultan of Morocco/King of Morocco (1957-1961) - Fes, Morocco (1961/51)
1909-1010 Edwin Walker* army general/rightwing activist - Center Point, TX USA (1993/83)
1909-1011 Valentin Vaala* writer/film director - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1976/67)
1909-1014 Bernd Rosemeyer* racing driver/speed record holder - Lingen, German Empire (1938/28)
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1909-1024 Bill Carr* athlete (400m/OG) - Pine Bluff, AR USA (1966/56)
1909-1028 Francis Bacon* artist/ figurative painter - Dublin, Ireland (1992/82)
1909-1030 Veikko Vionoja* (b Laine) painter - Ullava, GD of Finland (2001/91)
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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)
1909-1109 Kay Thompson* (b Fink) author/vocal arranger/composer etc - St. Louis, MO USA (1998/88)
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1909-1118 Johnny Mercer* singer/ record label executive/co-founder of Capitol Records - Savannah, GA USA (1976/66)
1909-1122 Mikhail Mil* aerospace engineer/helicopter manufacturer - Irkutsk, Russian Empire (1970/60)
1909-1123 Nigel Tranter* historian/ novelist - Glasgow, Scotland (2000/90)
1909-1126 Enni Rekola* actress - Viipuri, GD of Finland (1982/72)
1909-1127 James Agee* journalist/ novelist/film critic - Knoxville, TN USA (1955/45)
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1909-1209 Douglas Fairbanks Jr.* actor/producer - New York City, NY USA (2000/90)
1909-1214 Edward Tatum* geneticist/N - Boulder, CO USA (1975/65)
1909-1220 Charlie Conacher* hockey player (NHL 100)/coach - Toronto, ON Canada (1967/58)
1909-1220 Vakkom Majeed* freedom fighter/politician - Kingdom of Travancore, Madras Presidency, British India (2000/90)
1909-1222 Patricia Hayes* actress - Streatham, London, England (1998/88)
1909-1231 Samuel Corson* American psychiatrist/early research into animal-assisted therapy - Dobryanka, Ukraine (1998/88)
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