March 1909 - March 10, 1909 (Wednesday)

March 10, 1909 (Wednesday)

• The Kingdom of Siam (now Thailand) signed a treaty ceding the Malayan peninsular states of Kelantan, Trengganu, Perlis and Kedah to the British Empire.
• The Russian Imperial Army adopted an official field uniform, a greenish-grey, single-breasted cloth tunic with five buttons, which remained in use until the formation of the Soviet Union.
• Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson, and challenger (and future film star) Victor McLaglen, fought to a draw in Vancouver, in an exhibition.
• Greenlee County, Arizona, was created from the eastern section of Graham County.
• Born: Gerard Croiset, Dutch psychic, in Laren (d. 1980)