>https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1909
Apr 11 Establishment of Tel Aviv by Jewish settlers (named 1910)
Jul 12 16th Amendment was passed by congress (power to tax incomes)
Sep 27 US President Taft sets aside some 3 million acres of oil-rich public land (including Teapot Dome, Wyoming) for conservation purposes
lots more too, busy year…