About the day » Thursday December 2, 1909Calender converter

• Alida Stouthart, Bergen op Zoom († 1927)
• André Henri ROSOUX, Dunkerque, 59183, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Anna Maria TEEUWISSE, Den Haag († 1997)
• Akke Sjoerdje Dijkema, Stiens († 1988)
• Alfons Van De Velde, Terjoden, Erembodegem
• Adrianus Boer, Rotterdam († 1988)
• Anna Maria Lambrichts, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1998)
• Antonia Meulman, Rijssen, 7461, Nederland († 1972)
• Antonia van Schoonhoven, Arnhem († 1965)
• Anna Maria (Annie) Teeuwisse, Den Haag († 1997)

• Berend Riezebos (60), Grafhorst, Ov. Nederland
• Anna Margretha Elisabetha Freidhoff (69), Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America
• Arie Nicolaas Grandia (60), IJzendoorn
• Algernon William Fulke GREVILLE-NUGENT (68), 9 Mandeville Place, London, Middlesex
• Carolina Groenen (88), Hoorn
• Andries Nellestijn (68), Rhenen
• Carolina (alias: Cornelia) Groenen (77), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• * Grietje van Alphen (6), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Andre BOENS (0), Torhout
• Catharina Pielanen (57), Leiden

• 1906 » Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer († 1977)
• 1909 » Arvo Askola, Finnish runner († 1975)
• 1909 » Joseph P. Lash, American activist and author († 1987)
• 1909 » Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach († 1987)
• 1910 » Russell Lynes, American photographer, historian, and author († 1991)
• 1910 » Taisto Mäki, Finnish runner († 1979)
• 1912 » George Emmett, English cricketer and coach († 1976)
• 1913 » Marc Platt, American actor, singer, and dancer († 2014)
• 1914 » Adolph Green, American playwright and composer († 2002)
• 1914 » Bill Erwin, American actor († 2010)

• 1881 » Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
• 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
• 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
• 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)

• 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 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
• March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
• 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.
• April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
• June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.

The temperature on December 2, 1909 was between 2.1 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.