About the day » Friday August 9, 1907Calender converter

• Albertus Johannes Balk, Zutphen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alphons Joseph Schoels, Wellen, België († 1938)
• Huijgens, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1907)
• Adriana Maria Nagelkerken, Halsteren
• Andries Jacob Willems Heetebrij, Kerkstraat, Vollenhove († 1996)
• van Dongen, Oosterhout, Overbetuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1907)
• Adriaantje de Jong, Bunnik,Bunnik,Utrecht,Nederland († 1978)
• Adela Schmidt
• Angenies van Nimwegen, Amersfoort
• Abel Roger Marcel ROBIN, Vernoux-en-Gâtine,79240,Deux-Sèvres,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,FRANCE († 1997)

• Annechien Moorlag (0), Drouwenermond gem. Borger
• Adrianus Dronkers (46), Baarland, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Aagje Tuinstra (24), Augustinusga Frl
• Anna BERGÉ (91), Breda, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Helena KJosephina Broeckx (42), Tilburg
• Arend Koppenaal (65)
• Adrianus Hendricus Heemskerk (14), Warmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ate Sietzes LINSTRA (0), Tytsjerksteradiel Friesland Netherlands
• van, Alkemade,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aren Koppenaal (65), Vlaardingen

• 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 » John McQuade, Northern Irish soldier, boxer, and politician († 1984)
• 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)

• 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
• August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
• August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
• August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
• September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
• September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
• November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.

The temperature on August 9, 1907 was between 15.3 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.