About the day » Tuesday March 2, 1909Calender converter

• Alida Catharina Dreef, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1909)
• ALIDA BIJLSMA, ALPHEN, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Johanna Grada Truggelaar, Tiel
• Alida Joanna Antonia Pol van, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1962)
• ten Velde, gem. Emmen
• Albert CACHEUX, Avesnes-sur-Helpe (FRA) († 1981)
• Aafje Mulder, Stuifzand, Ruinen
• Aaltjen (kind) Bolle, Erve .... nr .. Bathmen († 1910)
• Aaltje Weiland, Beets, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Abrahamina VAN DER LIJKE, Leiden Zuid-Holland Netherlands

• Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (79), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• - Grooten (0), Emmen
• Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh (79), Groningen, Pays-Bas
• Anna Elisabeth Kitzen (77), Grevenbicht (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Alidius W.L. Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (79), Groningen
• Adriaan Sebastiaan Suurland (0), Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Agatha Willemina de Braber (75), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Menheer (83), Den Bommel
• Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (79), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alidus Warmoldus Lambertus jhr. Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (79), Groningen

• 1904 » Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator († 1991)
• 1905 » Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic († 1985)
• 1905 » Marc Blitzstein, American composer and songwriter († 1964)
• 1908 » Walter Bruch, German engineer († 1990)
• 1909 » Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster († 1958)
• 1912 » Henry Katzman, American pianist, composer, and painter († 2001)
• 1913 » Godfried Bomans, Dutch television host and author († 1971)
• 1913 » Mort Cooper, American baseball player († 1958)
• 1914 » Martin Ritt, American actor and film director († 1990)
• 1915 » John Burton, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Ceylon († 2010)

• 1880 » John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790)
• 1895 » Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Jubal Early, American general (b. 1816)
• 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
• 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (b.1867)
• 1944 » Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (b. 1877)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Jacob
11. Adrianus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Arie
15. Antonius
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
• February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
• February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
• February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
• April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
• April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.

The temperature on March 2, 1909 was between -4.7 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.