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Born on Sunday October 10, 1909
Died on Sunday October 10, 1909

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 10, 1909 at Delpher


Born on October 10
  • 1905 » Aksella Luts, Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer(† 2005)
  • 1906 » Fei Mu, Chinese director and screenwriter († 1951)
  • 1906 » Paul Creston, American composer and educator († 1985)
  • 1906 » R. K. Narayan, Indian author († 2001)
  • 1908 » Johnny Green, American conductor and composer († 1989)
  • 1908 » Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan author and poet († 1983)
  • 1909 » Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director († 2010)
  • 1910 » Julius Shulman, American photographer and environmentalist († 2009)
  • 1911 » Clare Hollingworth, English journalist and author († 2017)
  • 1912 » Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic († 2000)

Died on October 10

Names that were popular for boys in 1909
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1909
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1909
  • 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.
  • February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
  • February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
  • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
  • March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
  • August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
  • October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
Weather October 10, 1909

The temperature on October 10, 1909 was between 3.6 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.

Source: KNMI