About the day » Sunday November 21, 1909Calender converter

• Alphonse CASTELEIN, Moorsele († 1957)
• Albert Turley MILAM, Saxon, Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States of America († 1986)
• Adriaan Wolf, Middelburg
• * Jacobus Johannes Maria Veltman, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Aaltje Petersen, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alphonsus (II) Penquet, Graauw en Langendam († 1987)
• Alexander Aerts, Vlimmeren, België († 1978)
• Anna Cornelia Maas, Etten
• Albertus van de Water, Houten, Utrecht, Nederland († 1910)
• Alexander Franciscus Laenen, Maastricht († 1956)

• Anna Maria Voosen (37)
• Adriaan Verburg (55), Wissekerke, Zeeland, Nederland, Nederland
• Antonetta Maria van den Hoven (0), Baardwijk
• Alice Longstroth (85), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
• (Stillborn) SCHREUDER (0), Niebert Groningen Netherlands
• Adriaan van Tiggele (73), Poortvliet, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Wolters (40), Groningen, Netherlands
• Aan Bontjes LOOYENGA (70), Rauwerderhem Friesland Netherlands
• Alida Wolters (40), Groningen
• Anna Martha Naessens (16), Hulste

• 1904 » Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1969)
• 1905 » Georgina Battiscombe, British biographer († 2006)
• 1907 » Buck Ram, American songwriter and music producer († 1991)
• 1908 » Elizabeth George Speare, American author and educator († 1994)
• 1908 » Leo Politi, Italian-American author and illustrator († 1996)
• 1912 » Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer († 1982)
• 1913 » Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician, author, and academic († 1975)
• 1913 » John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1985)
• 1913 » Roy Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1914 » Nusret Fişek, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health († 1990)

• 1899 » Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Harry Boyle, Australian cricketer (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)
• 1908 » Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (b. 1832)
• 1909 » Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Franz Joseph I of Austria (b. 1830)
• 1922 » Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican journalist and activist (b. 1874)
• 1926 » Edward Cummins, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (b. 1858)
• 1934 » John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1876)

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 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
• January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
• April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• 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.
• August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The temperature on November 21, 1909 was between 0.4 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.