April 6, 1909 — Matthew Henson becomes the first explorer to reach the North Pole
The most trusted of Robert Peary’s fellow polar explorers, Henson was a member of Peary’s party when they became the...
January 10, 2020
1909
June 20, 1909 — Errol Flynn is born
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was born in Hobart, Tasmania. His parents were Theodore Thomson Flynn, a professor of biology at...
January 9, 2020
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