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| 1909 |
| | | The heroine of H.G. Wells' novel Ann Veronica is a determined example of the New Woman | |
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| 1909 |
| | | US entrepreneur Gordon Selfridge opens the first British custom-built department store on London's Oxford Street | |
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| 1909 |
| | | Sea captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier unveils a plaque in the Arctic Archipelago, declaring that all the islands belong to Canada | |
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| 1909 |
| | | Mahatma Gandhi, on a visit to India, publishes a pamphlet entitled Hind Swaraj ("Indian Home Rule") | |
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| 1909 |
| | | President Taft builds the first Oval Office, in the new west wing of the White House | |
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| 1909 |
| | | US physicist Robert A. Millikan devises an oil drop experiment that determines the charge of an electron | |
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| 1909 |
| | | Louis Blériot is the first to fly across the English Channel, winning the £1000 prize offered by the Daily Mail | |
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| 1909 |
| | | Mineral discoveries on the border of Northern Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo give the first hint of the riches of the Copper Belt | |
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| 1909 |
| | | The Selig Polyscope Company sets up the first film studio in the Los Angeles region, at Edendale | |
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| 1909 |
| | | Sergei Rachmaninov premieres his Third Piano Concerto during his tour of the USA as a pianist | |
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