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Born on Sunday December 5, 1909
- Adrianus Petrus Schoorl, Velsen
- Alphonsus Wens, Hoevenen, Stabroek († 1909)
- Alouisius Marie van Helsland, Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1993)
- Anna Maria Josephina Bisschops, Sittard († 1980)
- Alberta Hendrika van Ede, Utrecht († 1989)
- Adamus Franciscus Hubertus Haagsman, Maastricht
- Adelheid Jacoba Otilia Lenting, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Aart den Hartog, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1994)
- Aaltje Hassing, Midwolda, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1983)
- Abraham Lancee, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1910)
Died on Sunday December 5, 1909
- Brigitta Kornelia Boos (7), Bovenkarspel
- Annegien Jans Smeenge (81), Grolloo (Rolde), Drenthe, Nederland
- Catharina BRUGMAN (68), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Sophia Elisabeth Peters (86), Deutschland
- Christina Grim, Nieuwendam, Nederland
- Annegien Smeenge (81), Grolloo
- Cornelia van Bavel (42), Steenbergen, Nederland
- Arie Pieter Rijsdijk (72), IJsselmonde
- Adrianus Michael Smits (66), Oss, NL
- Catharina Paauw (72), Nieuwveen, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 5, 1909 at Delpher
Born on December 5
- 1905 » Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (d.1949)
- 1905 » Gus Mancuso, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster († 1984)
- 1905 » Otto Preminger, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer († 1986)
- 1907 » Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian-French physicist and academic († 1993)
- 1907 » Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 1971)
- 1910 » Abraham Polonsky, American director and screenwriter († 1999)
- 1911 » Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer († 2000)
- 1912 » Kate Simon, American travel writer († 1990)
- 1912 » Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player († 1965)
- 1913 » Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress († 2013)
Died on December 5
- 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
- 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
- 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
- 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
- 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
- 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
- 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
- 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
- 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
- 1942 » Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
Names that were popular for boys in 1909
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Antonius
- Gerrit
- Wilhelmus
- Adrianus
- Gerardus
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
- Jacob
Names that were popular for girls in 1909
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Antonia
- Marie
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.
- January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
- 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.
- February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
- August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
- October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
- December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The weather on Sunday December 5, 1909
The temperature on December 5, 1909 was between 1.1 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI