About the day » Wednesday December 8, 1909Calender converter

• Wiechert, South Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States († 1909)
• van Oversteeg, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberta Elisabeth Cornelia Adriana van Biesen, Waspik, Provincie Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Adriana Oversloot, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1913)
• Abraham Thurmer, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1981)
• Adrianus jacobus van Leeuwen, Delft, Nederland († 1982)
• , Moordrecht, Gemeente Zuidplas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Aarnout Geschiere, Oost-Souburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1910)
• Adrianus Zwueste, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Albertha Elisabeth Cornelia Adriana van Biesen, Waspik († 1996)

• Catharina Laan (33), Grootebroek, Stede Broec,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Roest (84), Aalst,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Auke Cornelis Faber (74), Winsum, Littenseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albert Wunderink (69), Deventer
• Arie Coldenhoff, Soerabaja
• Albert Wunderink (69), Deventer
• Egbert De Vries (54), Veenoord (Sleen)
• Bastiaan de Rooij, Besoijen
• Bastiana Krijnen Haasnoot (72), Katwijk
• Auke Cornelis Faber (74), Baarderadeel

• 1902 » Wifredo Lam, Cuban-French painter († 1982)
• 1903 » Zelma Watson George, Black American opera singer († 1994)
• 1908 » Concha Piquer, Spanish singer and actress († 1990)
• 1908 » John A. Volpe, American soldier and politician, 61st Governor of Massachusetts († 1994)
• 1911 » Lee J. Cobb, American actor († 1976)
• 1911 » Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter († 1992)
• 1913 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer († 1966)
• 1914 » Ernie Toshack, Australian cricketer († 2003)
• 1914 » Floyd Tillman, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2003)
• 1915 » Ernest Lehman, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2005)

• 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
• 1914 » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
• 1914 » Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)
• 1918 » Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)
• 1919 » J. Alden Weir, American painter (b. 1852)
• 1929 » José Vicente Concha, Colombian politician and 8th President of Colombia (b. 1867)

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.
• February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
• April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• 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.
• October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
• December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
• December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

The temperature on December 8, 1909 was between -0.1 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.