Wednesday, December 30, 2009

1909 Events: Then and Now

Thanks to the good folks at List Universe, December 21st. As we finish 2009.


1. FIRST MAN TO MAGNETIC SOUTH POLE-- January 16, 1909. 2009-- many go now by air but much more difficult back then. Some disagreement if they really did reach it back then.

2. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT INAUGURATION-- March 4, 1909-- Obama Inauguration January 20, 2009

3. TITANIC CONSTRUCTION BEGAN-- March 31, 1909-- Last survivor, Millvina Dean, 97, dies May 31, 2009. Nine months old when ship sank.

4. FIRST MAN TO REACH NORTH POLE-- April 6, 1909, Robert Peary. 2009-- many going there by air.

5. TEL AVIV FOUNDED-- April 11, 1909. 2009, Israel's second largest city. with 300,000 population.

Always in Tens. More Tomorrow. --Cooter

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