LIFE 1909
Historical Highlights from 1909 :
- North Pole reportedly is reached by American explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew Henson.
- The first event is held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded, commemorating the hundredth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth.
- The Hudson Motor Car Company is founded.
- The last United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War.
- The U.S. Army purchases the world’s first military airplane, a Wright Military Flyer, from the Wright Brothers.
- The U.S. Navy founds a navy base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
- Al Capp, cartoonist, is born – best known for L’il Abner.
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