About the day » Wednesday March 3, 1909Calender converter

• van der Wal, Slagharen, Hardenberg († 1954)
• Amadeus Hooge, Denderhoutem († 1969)
• Adrianus Jacobus Peek, Vianen, Utrecht, NL († 1941)
• Alberta Catharina Swanenberg, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Alexander Amelius (Alex) Heetveld, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jakobs, Zweelo († 1986)
• Andreas Baartes Hoogeveen, Dünwald Dld († 1990)
• Age van Zandbergen, Wonseradeel († 1941)
• Adriaan Willem van Letten van Rossen, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 2000)
• Andrew Jackson "Jack" Viers, somewhere In OH († 1985)

• Abeltje Torpstra (59), Kollummerland Friesland Nederland
• Aaltje BROEKHUIZEN (36), Aarlanderveen
• Annigje Oort (82), Zwartsluis
• Aart Jansen (66)
• Aaltje Herder (69), Godlinze, Bierum, Groningen, Nederland
• Corduwener (0), Nijmegen
• Anna Lucia Post (0), Hilversum
• Alberta Mulder (28), Deventer
• Alida Maria Droppert (32), Vlaardingen
• Aaltje Huizinga (67), Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland

• 1901 » Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier († 2011)
• 1902 » Ruby Dandridge, African-American film and radio actress († 1987)
• 1903 » Vasily Kozlov, Belarusian general and politician († 1967)
• 1906 » Artur Lundkvist, Swedish poet and critic († 1991)
• 1911 » Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1982)
• 1911 » Jean Harlow, American actress († 1937)
• 1913 » Harold J. Stone, American actor († 2005)
• 1913 » Margaret Bonds, American pianist and composer († 1972)
• 1914 » Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor († 1973)
• 1916 » Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician († 2006)

• 1894 » Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
• 1901 » George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (b. 1830)
• 1927 » J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1927 » Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Katharine Wright, American educator (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1943 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
• 1961 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (b. 1887)

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 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
• 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 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
• April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
• April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
• 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 temperature on March 3, 1909 was between -4.7 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.