The temperature on April 6, 1909 was between 0.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
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