ARL: Historical Overview & 2008 Highlights!


Please join us as we commemorate this important milestone at our premiere fundraisng event:

Noteable Moments in 1909: 

• NAACP Founded
• Henry Ford Unveils the Model T Car
• Robert Peary (a Western PA native) discovers the North Pole
• NFL Changes Field Goal Value from 4 to 3 points
• William H. Taft begins term as President of the US- Taft had 2 pet dairy cows
• NEW ITEMS: Lipton Tea, Lincoln Penny, Electric Toaster
• 16^th Amendment added to Constitution, authorizing federal income tax
• Helicopter invented in Kansas

Born in 1909:

• Barry Goldwater
• Katherine Hepburn
• Carmen Miranda
• Errol Flynn
• Burl Ives
• Jessica Tandy
• Benny Goodman
• Ernest Gallo

Pittsburgh in 1909:

• First baseball game played at Forbes Field
• Pittsburgh Pirates have best record to date and win the World Series
• William A. Magee is mayor
• Pitt adopts panther as school mascot