About the day » Saturday October 2, 1909Calender converter

• Aaltje Koelewijn, Bunschoten († 1910)
• Agnes Goeke, Dixon, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Andries Winterkamp, 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus Jacobus Kleinhout, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Jacobus Reijs, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Anna Berding, Medemblik
• Agnieta JJsdr Hogewoning, Rijnsburg
• van Dijk, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Nollen, Zevenbergen († 1973)
• Abraham Cornelis Bram Borst, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands († 1992)

• Bart Sjoerd Wilhelm Tessensohn (10), Meester Cornelis, Java
• Adriaan Peter Schuttelaars (57), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Spenkelink (6), Eschmarke, 7534, Nederland
• Aafien Venema (81), Siddeburen (Slochteren)
• August Vereecke (64), Klerken
• Adrianus Jacobs (91), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• antonius Bastiaan TIMMERS (0), Zevenbergen
• Anna Catharina BOHLEN (77), Hannover,,DEUTSCHLAND,Stiekelkamperfehn,Stikelkamperfehn,Leer,Preußen
• Anna Catherina Van der Velde (56), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Alberta Johanna Carelse (82), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1904 » Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic († 1991)
• 1904 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India († 1966)
• 1905 » Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal († 1981)
• 1906 » August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic († 1992)
• 1906 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria († 1971)
• 1907 » Alexander R. Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1907 » Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia († 2001)
• 1909 » Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon († 1956)
• 1911 » Jack Finney, American author and playwright († 1995)
• 1912 » Frank Malina, American engineer and painter († 1981)

• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)

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 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
• January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
• October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
• 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 October 2, 1909 was between 4.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.