Model T Ford introduced; Color choice Black. Christian Science Monitor begins publication. Neue Gedichte (New Poems) by Rainer Maria Rike Autobiography of a Super-Tramp by William Henry Davies; Introduction George Bernard Shaw. Bulgaria declares Independence Mulay Hafid becomes Sultan of Morocco. Marc Chagall paints -> Nu Rouge. Wilhelm Worringer ~> publishes Abstraction and Empathy, which contrasts abstract art with representational art as a withdrawal from the world versus an engagement with it: German Expressionism and English Vorticism elaborate this psychological polarity in distinctive ways. Herbert Henry Asquith becomes prime minister of UK. William Howard Tafy becomes President of USA Suffragette Elisabeth Pankhurst and her daughter Christine jailed. Constantin Brancusi sculpts The Kiss Back to 1907 Forward to 1909 Back to Timeline