About the day » Wednesday November 17, 1909Calender converter

• Aaltina Kappe, Emmen († 1910)
• Andrew(Andy) Buteyn, Waupun, Dodge, Wisconsin (USA) († 1980)
• Albert Gotlieb, Nieuw Scheemda, Nederland († 1910)
• Aaltje Pater, Vroomshoop, den Ham, Overijssel, Nederland († 1910)
• Wilhelmus Bol, Velsen († 1983)
• Aldegonda TEERING, Angerlo († 1910)
• Albert Gotlieb, Nieuw-Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1910)
• Albert van Hell, Asd († 1995)
• Luttmer, Hoogezand
• Annie Hawkins († 2001)

• Antje Riesebos (84), Medemblik
• Bruno Tack (83), Sleidinge
• Allegonda Bosmans (73), Tiel
• Berend Leeninga (44), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Theresia Clauw (75), Langemark West-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Anna Maria Auguste Francesca Caroline Aloysia van Schönborn-Buchheim (64), Wenen
• Andrianus Philippus Wittebol (2), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Aaltje Douwes Schuurman (79), Siegerswoude
• Catharina Maria Johanna Bertens (0), Tilburg NB NL
• Anje Niemeijer (0), Zuidwolde, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland

• 1902 » Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
• 1904 » Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and architect († 1988)
• 1905 » Arthur Chipperfield, Australian cricketer († 1987)
• 1905 » Astrid of Sweden († 1935)
• 1905 » Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor († 1967)
• 1906 » Rollie Stiles, American baseball player († 2007)
• 1906 » Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company († 1991)
• 1907 » Israel Regardie, English occultist and author († 1985)
• 1911 » Christian Fouchet, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1974)
• 1916 » Shelby Foote, American historian and author († 2005)

• 1891 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)
• 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865)

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 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
• February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
• February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
• December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

The average temperature on November 17, 1909 was 2.8 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.