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| 1909 |
| | | Karl Landsteiner classifies the main human blood groups as A, B, AB and O | |
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| 1909 |
| | | Thomas Beecham uses his personal fortune from Beecham's Pills to found his first orchestra, the Beecham Symphony Orchestra | |
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| 1909 |
| | | Set-designer Leon Bakst begins a long association with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes | |
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| 1909 |
| | | President Taft sends marines to Nicaragua after the government there executes two US citizens | |
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| 1909 |
| | | In response to fears of German espionage a Secret Service Bureau, later to be divided into MI5 and MI6, is set up in Britain | |
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| 1909 |
| | | All Saints is completed, and for thirty years is used for worship as a satellite of St Peter’s, but it is not consecrated | |
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| 1909 |
| | | The Conservative majority in the House of Lords rejects Lloyd George's reforming budget, giving the Liberals the chance to call an election on an emotive issue | |
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| 1909 |
| | | Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Golden Cockerel has its premiere in Moscow | |
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| 1909 |
| | | Joshua Slocum, the most famous sailor of the day, vanishes on another lone voyage | |
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| 1909 |
| | | Stands A and B are built and the South Terrace is started at Twickenham Rugby ground . | |
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