About the day » Friday December 24, 1909Calender converter

• Adam Brandt, Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1970)
• Alida Helena Hoogervorst, Zoeterwoude, South Holland, Netherlands († 1993)
• Aalbert Baak, 's-Gravenhage († 1944)
• Ada Lillian Lange
• Adrianna DEKKER, antwerpen
• Adriaantje Trijntje van Gemert, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Adriana Dekker, Antwerpen, België († 1989)
• Adriaantje Trijntje van Geemert, Rotterdam
• Adriaantje Groeneveld, Rotterdam
• Aleida Maria Veelers, Vasse

• Antje Sipkes Westra (51), Tzum
• Anna Elisabeth van den Houdt (72), Bergen op Zoom
• Albert Heinemann (8), Nokomis/Illinois
• Anje Oortman (62), Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aganetha Voth (77), Henderson, Nebraska
• Adriana Verdult (1), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna de Jong (78), Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Agatha Urban (91), Ross Township, Butler, Ohio, United States
• Anna Elisabeth van den Houdt (72), Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Aagje Meulstee (30), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1904 » Joseph M. Juran, Romanian-American engineer and businessman († 2008)
• 1905 » Howard Hughes, American businessman, engineer, and pilot († 1976)
• 1906 » Franz Waxman, German-American composer and conductor († 1967)
• 1907 » I. F. Stone, American journalist and author († 1989)
• 1910 » Ellen Braumüller, German javelin thrower and triathlete († 1991)
• 1910 » Fritz Leiber, American author and poet († 1992)
• 1910 » Max Miedinger, Swiss typeface designer, created Helvetica († 1980)
• 1913 » Ad Reinhardt, American painter and academic († 1967)
• 1914 » Herbert Reinecker, German author and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1914 » Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader († 1978)

• 1889 » Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819)
• 1893 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (b. 1807)
• 1898 » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828)
• 1914 » John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838)
• 1920 » Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1832)
• 1926 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)
• 1931 » Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (b. 1854)
• 1931 » Flying Hawk, American warrior, educator and historian (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (b. 1880)

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 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.
• January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
• April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.

The temperature on December 24, 1909 was between -0.2 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.