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May 9, 1909Died on Monday May 10, 1909
- Koster (0), Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland
- Albert Stoter (70), De Huiz
- Alice De Bel (5), Schuiferskapelle
- Antonius van Breugel (75), Waalwijk
- Antje van Engen (42), Steenwijk
- Amelia Van Eenooghe (56), Mariastraat C44, Brugge
- Albert Alberts Stoter (79), de Huizen B401, Hoogeveen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
- Zuiderveld (0), Rijperkerk
- Aaltjen Gerrits Weijers (88), Kampen
- Antonius Jacobus Simonis (89), Delft
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 10, 1909 at Delpher
Born on May 10
- 1901 » Hildrus Poindexter, American bacteriologist († 1987)
- 1901 » John Desmond Bernal, Irish-English crystallographer and physicist († 1971)
- 1902 » David O. Selznick, American director and producer († 1965)
- 1903 » Otto Bradfisch, German economist, jurist, and SS officer († 1994)
- 1905 » Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player († 1972)
- 1908 » Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 2000)
- 1909 » Maybelle Carter, American autoharp player († 1978)
- 1911 » Bel Kaufman, American author and educator († 2014)
- 1915 » Denis Thatcher, English soldier and businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2003)
- 1916 » Milton Babbitt, American composer and educator († 2011)
Died on May 10
- 1863 » Stonewall Jackson, American general (b. 1824)
- 1868 » Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
- 1889 » Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)
- 1891 » Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (b. 1817)
- 1897 » Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)
- 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
- 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
- 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
- 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
- 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
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 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
- April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
- May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first 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.
- 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.
The weather on Monday May 10, 1909
The temperature on May 10, 1909 was between 1.6 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI