January 1909 - January 3, 1909 (Sunday)

January 3, 1909 (Sunday)

• The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS, German Society for Sociology) was founded in Berlin by Max Weber, Rudolf Goldscheid, Ferdinand Tönnies, Georg Simmel, and others.
• In Italy, the volcano on Stromboli Island erupted. The volcano gave its name to the strombolian eruption, in which small amounts of lava are fired high into the air.
• Born: Victor Borge, Danish entertainer, as Børge Rosenbaum in Copenhagen (d. 2000)