March 1909

Monday 15:

Selfridges department store opens in London.

Thursday 18:

Einar Dessau uses a short-wave radio transmitter becoming the first to broadcast as a ham radio operator.

Tuesday 23:

Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.

Wednesday 31:

Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia-Herzegovina.