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• Alfons Vanmechelen, Halen, Limburg, Vlaanderen († 1984)
• Abraham Cornelis Borst, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Alida Anna Berding, Medemblik
• Achiel Vanhaelewyn, Zarren,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Christina Standhardt, Gronau (Duitsland) († 1989)
• van Dijk, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Steskens, Roosteren († 1909)
• Agnita Hogewoning, Rijnsburg
• Alexander Bezemer, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Adriaantje ?, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1993)

• August Vereecke (64), Klerken
• Antoinetta Maria Hubertina Hollman (48), Maastricht
• Anna Catherina Van der Velde (56), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Albertien Johanna Ket (12), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieters (73), Winschoten
• Albertus Rouwenhorst (23), Apeldoorn (Brink en Orden)
• Anna May Taylor (28), Bandon, Coos, Oregon, United States
• Bart Sjoerd Wilhelm Tessensohn (10), Meester Cornelis, Java
• Alberta Johanna Carelse (82), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Maria Charlotta Diederich (56), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, 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)

• 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 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
• May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
• 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 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
• October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
• October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.

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.