WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JUNE 1909
Find out what all happened February to June 1909

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

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

The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire. (23. February 1909)

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

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

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

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

Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro. (20. February 1909)

Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic. (5. February 1909)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State (4. March 1909)

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