WHAT ALL HAPPENED NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 1909
Find out what all happened November to December 1909

Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity is founded at Boston University. (2. November 1909)

Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (10. December 1909)

The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association. (4. December 1909)

In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6. (4. December 1909)

New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory. (14. December 1909)

Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya. (18. November 1909)

Manhattan Bridge opens. (31. December 1909)

Sergei Rachmaninoff makes the debut performance of his Piano Concerto No. 3, considered to be one of the most technically challenging piano concertos in the standard classical repertoire. (28. November 1909)