Wellington: Wellington Swifts Tennis Anthony Wilding and Australian Norman Brookes, as the Australasian team, successfully defend the Davis Cup, beating the United States 5-0. The final is held in Sydney. Anthony Wilding wins the men's singles at the Australian Open. Births 15 April: Jack Watts, politician. 18 April: Tom Skinner, politician, Federation of Labour president. 20 May: Bill Pratney, cyclist. 13 June: Ralph Hanan, politician. 27 July: Charles Brasch, poet and literary editor. 20 August: Alby Roberts, cricketer. 15 September: Jean Batten, aviator. 16 September: Rod MacKenzie, rugby union player 31 October: Frank Bateson, astronomer. 23 December: Don Cleverley, cricketer. :Category:1909 births Deaths 14 February: Elsie Dohrmann, scholar, teacher and temperance campaigner 28 April: John Wilson (businessman), businessman and judge 7 August: Arthur Remington, politician 14 August: Samuel Brown, Mayor of Wellington. Maria Sophia Pope, shopkeeper and businesswoman. :Category:1909 deaths See also History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica Timeline of the New Zealand environment References External links