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• Anna Hubertina Vinders, kerkrade (Vinck) († 1963)
• Aimee Nadine Jackson, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
• Abraham Reitsma, Pietersbierum, Barradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Amelia Sophia de Wind, Schoondijke, Zld, NL
• Anna Elisa GOEMAERE, Deerlijk,, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1999)
• Anna Margaretha van Kan, rotterdam, Nederland
• Albert Platje, Emmen (Em'm), Drenthe, Nederland († 1977)
• Adrianus Cornelis van der Burg, Loosduinen
• Adrianus van de Wiel, Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1987)
• Adriana Maria Verschuuren, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)

• Verkerk (0), Dordrecht
• Noorlander (0), Rotterdam
• Anthonia Catharina Steenhof (78), Utrecht
• Anna Elizabeth Snoeij (83), Rotterdam
• Antonetta VROOMEN (35), Antwerpen (B)
• Berend MULDER (0), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Auke Annes Bergsma (84), Spannum, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Paalvast (90), Vlodrop
• Andries Zwaan (78), Enkhuizen
• Charles Arthur Claver (28), Albia, Monroe County, Iowa

• 1902 » Edna Ernestine Kramer, American mathematician († 1984)
• 1903 » Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager († 1993)
• 1904 » Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist († 1989)
• 1905 » Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate († 1964)
• 1905 » Lise de Baissac, Mauritian-born SOE agent, war hero († 2004)
• 1907 » Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1911 » Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance († 2004)
• 1911 » Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian († 1985)
• 1912 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter († 1955)
• 1916 » Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)

• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)

• 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 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 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
• April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
• May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.

The temperature on May 11, 1909 was between 5.4 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.