1909

Bosnia and Herzegovina annexed by Austria
Diaghilev's "Ballet Russe" first presented in Paris
Louis Blériot flies across the English Channel
Robert Peary reaches the North Pole
Girl Guides established in Britain
Frank Lloyd Wright designs the Robie House in Chicago
Not only do folks in the US start putting tea in bags, we start sending Coca-Cola to Britain (could this be the beginning of the end of the Empire?)
1st commercial manufacture of Bakelite - the beginning of the Age of Plastic
"Kewpie" dolls
Barry Goldwater, Gene Krupa, Ethel Merman and Benny Goodman born
Geronimo and Fredrick Remington die