WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO JUNE 1909
Find out what all happened April to June 1909

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

Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole. (6. April 1909)

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

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

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

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

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

Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V. (27. April 1909)

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

Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. (2. June 1909)

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

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

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