• The opening of Selfridges

    Image Credit: Courtesy Photo

    The opening of Selfridges.

  • The Queensboro Bridge connecting Queens and Manhattan is completed in 1909

    Image Credit: Philippe Levy-Stab/Sygma/Corbis

    The Queensboro Bridge, connecting Queens and Manhattan, is completed in 1909.

  • The Lincoln penny makes its debut

    Image Credit: Courtesy Photo

    The Lincoln penny makes its debut.

  • Vaslav Nijinsky dances &#8220La Lesghinka&#8221 for Serge Diaghilev&#8217s Ballets Russes in 1909

    Image Credit: E.O. HoppE/CORBIS

    Vaslav Nijinsky dances “La Lesghinka” for Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1909.

ad