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1909
Events
January–February
January 5
–
Colombia
recognizes the independence of
Panama
.
January 16
–
Ernest Shackleton
's expedition claims to have found the
magnetic South Pole
(but the location recorded may be incorrect).
January 24
– The
White Star Liner
RMS Republic
sinks the day after a collision with
SS Florida
. In the first recorded use of the
CQD
emergency radio signal for a large passenger vessel, one person, a male passenger, is lost on the
Republic
.
January 28
– The last United States troops leave
Cuba
after being there since the
Spanish–American War
of
1898
.
February 5
–
Leo Baekeland
announces the creation of
bakelite
hard thermosetting
plastic
.
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