About the day » Tuesday August 9, 1904Calender converter

• Anna Catharina (Lies) Logister, Nieuwenhagen († 1981)
• Antonius Aloijsius Beernink, Oldenzaal
• Albert Joris WILLEMS, Helmond,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• , Uitkerke B 8370 († 1937)
• Anna Cornelia Jacoba Maria Verstraaten, Mill († 1961)
• Adam Hoogendoorn, Bodegraven († 1945)
• Albertus Johannes Hollink, Epse (Gorssel)
• Albert Etten, Hijken († 1906)
• Anne SMIDS, Opende (Grootegast) Groningen Netherlands († 1910)
• Antje Kamp *, Oldemarkt († 1959)

• Arie KRANENDONK (0), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van Dam (0), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Attje Gerbens Rosema (72), Murmerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriana Boers (42), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• ARCHIBALDINE VAN MEEGERSEN (66), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Alphons Louis Maria Bünnemeijer (4), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Hetebrij (0), Wanneperveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andreas de Veth (65), Oudenbosch
• Aarjen Hoogerwerf (87), Den Helder,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Christina de Vink, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1899 » P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress († 1996)
• 1901 » Charles Farrell, American actor and singer († 1990)
• 1902 » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Russian general and politician († 1984)
• 1902 » Zino Francescatti, French violinist († 1991)
• 1905 » Leo Genn, British actor and barrister († 1978)
• 1909 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat († 1944)
• 1909 » Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, Indian scholar, author, and academic († 1992)
• 1909 » Willa Beatrice Player, American educator, first Black woman college president († 2003)
• 1911 » Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer († 2001)
• 1911 » William Alfred Fowler, American astronomer and astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate († 1996)

• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (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. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
• February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
• May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
• July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
• August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
• October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
• December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

The temperature on August 9, 1904 was between 6.6 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.