About the day » Tuesday March 23, 1909Calender converter

• Petrus (Piet) van Rijn, 's-Gravenzande († 1985)
• Angelina Breugelmans, Zoersel († 1990)
• Alida Maria Vrieling, Altenessen
• Abraham Beekenkamp, Naaldwijk († 1978)
• Angela J Smits († 1991)
• Alida Pauwels, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands
• Alida Cornelia Heemskerk, Gemeente Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maesen, Veldwezelt, Lanaken (B)
• adriana maria appel, den helder († 1984)
• Anna Maria Josephina Reijrink, Zwolle ( Eibergen) († 2003)

• Adriana van Oorschot, Tilburg
• Anton Hendrik Schubert (0), Soerakarta, Java, Ned. Indie
• Anna Maria Catharina Mordant (68), Henri-Chapelle, België
• Andries Mulder (36), Groningen,, Netherlands
• Annie Elizabeth FAHEY (44), Popotunoa, Clutha, Otago, New Zealand
• Aart van Eijsden (37), Poortugaal
• Jentje Scholten (3), Enschede
• Anna Coenraad (65), Hillegersberg
• Antheunis de Bree (63), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Abraham Touzijn (86), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1904 » Joan Crawford, American film actress († 1977)
• 1905 » Lale Andersen, German chanson singer-songwriter († 1972)
• 1907 » Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1909 » Charles Werner, American cartoonist († 1997)
• 1910 » Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1910 » Jerry Cornes, English runner, colonial officer and educator († 2001)
• 1912 » Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic († 1996)
• 1912 » Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach († 2013)
• 1912 » Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer († 1977)
• 1913 » Abidin Dino, Turko-French painter and illustrator († 1993)

• 1883 » Arthur Macalister, Scottish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)

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 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.
• April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
• June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
• September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.

The temperature on March 23, 1909 was between 2.3 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.