About the day » Wednesday October 20, 1909Calender converter

• Anje Prins, Nieuw-Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland
• Aagje, Ariens Zwart, Egmond
• Aagje Ariens Zwart, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• André Vercauteren († 1996)
• Albert Dekker († 1911)
• (Stillborn) RIEMEIJER, Veendam Groningen Netherlands († 1909)
• Aagje Zwart, Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Alice Maria Downes, Dickens Street,Battersea,London, United Kingdom († 2007)
• Adriaan Antonie Johannes Verhagen, Harderwijk
• Aagje Zwart, Egmond aan Zee († 1993)

• Albert van Houtum (77), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan ZOETEMAN (72), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alegonda Catharina (Alida) Smit (70)
• Aartje van den Brink (72), Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthony Eikenhout (52)
• Agatha Jacoba Endeveld (16), Jaarsveld
• Caroline Salenbien (81), Woumen
• Antje Welp (1889)
• Achiel Eduard Anné (2), Temse
• (Stillborn) RIEMEIJER (0), Veendam Groningen Netherlands

• 1904 » Anna Neagle, English actress, singer, and producer († 1986)
• 1904 » Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist († 2006)
• 1904 » Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan († 1986)
• 1907 » Arlene Francis, American actress and television personality († 2001)
• 1908 » Stuart Hamblen, American singer-songwriter, actor, and radio show host († 1989)
• 1909 » Carla Laemmle, American actress and photographer († 2014)
• 1909 » Yasushi Sugiyama, Japanese painter († 1993)
• 1910 » Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright († 2013)
• 1912 » Ruhi Su, Turkish singer-songwriter († 1985)
• 1913 » Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player († 1998)

• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)
• 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)

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.
• January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• 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 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
• July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
• September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
• November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.

The temperature on October 20, 1909 was between 9.8 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.