WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1909
Find out what all happened March to December 1909

A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms. (28. August 1909)

Manhattan Bridge opens. (31. December 1909)

Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya. (18. November 1909)

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

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

The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway takes place. (19. August 1909)

Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome. (18. April 1909)

In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6. (4. December 1909)

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

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

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

Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference. (15. June 1909)

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

Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity is founded at Boston University. (2. November 1909)

The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association. (4. December 1909)

The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, convenes for the first time. (31. May 1909)

The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act. (9. April 1909)

By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates. (10. March 1909)

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

Eugene Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft. (7. September 1909)

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