WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1909
Find out what all happened January to August 1909

The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens. (30. March 1909)

The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity. (26. June 1909)

French troops capture Abéché (in modern-day Chad) and install a puppet sultan in the Ouaddai Empire. (6. June 1909)

Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time. (9. January 1909)

Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina. (31. March 1909)

Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. (5. January 1909)

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded. (12. February 1909)

The Young Left is founded in Norway. (27. January 1909)

Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott. (30. August 1909)

The Turkish military reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. (13. April 1909)

Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera. (25. January 1909)

United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War. (28. January 1909)

The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner. (13. May 1909)

New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SS Penguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour. (12. February 1909)

The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250. (15. February 1909)

Construction of the ill fated RMS Titanic begins. (31. March 1909)

A massacre is organized by Ottoman Empire against Armenian population of Cilicia. (14. April 1909)

Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from (Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom) in 37 minutes. (25. July 1909)

The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world. (22. February 1909)

Mary Pickford made her screen debut at the age of 16. (7. June 1909)