February 25, 1909 (Thursday)
- Adventurer Hubert Latham accepted the challenge of flying the Antoinette IV, France's most advanced airplane to that time, to be the first person to fly a heavier-than-air machine across the English Channel. The future of the Antoinette Company (led by Leon Levavasseur and Jules Gastambide) would turn upon the airplane's success in competition, and though Latham made the attempt, it was Louis Blériot who would be the first to cross the channel, on July 27.
- Curry County, New Mexico, was established and named for George Curry, who was Territorial Governor at the time.
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