About the day » Tuesday May 18, 1909Calender converter

• Aaltje Nijboer, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alice Marie Marchand, Merkem (Houthulst) († 1995)
• Adriaantje Sinterniklaas, `s-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Adrianus Rijsdijk, IJsselmonde
• Anna Aleida Berendina ter Haar, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Van Hooydonck, Breda * NL * († 1984)
• Adriana Brekelmans, Vught († 1926)
• Adriana KRUITHOF, Maasdam († 1999)
• ? Engelina († 1975)
• Monde, Amsterdam († 1971)

• Aalbert van de Lagemaat (81), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthonia Catharina Verhulst (70), Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Schoonhoven (van Schoonhoven) (66), Hattem, Nederland
• Anje VAN HOEK (72), Holland Ottawa County Michigan U.S.A
• Amarintia le Clerc (64), Amsterdam
• Antje Pieters Hesseling (37), Blija
• Anthonij Groenendaal (82), Schiedam,-
• Anno Prins (49), Oudedijk Beerta, Groningen, Nederland
• Alberdina Snijder (1), Dalfsen
• Antje Uilkes Hospes (74), Het Meer, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1905 » Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier († 1943)
• 1905 » Ruth Alexander, pioneering American pilot († 1930)
• 1907 » Irene Hunt, American author and educator († 2001)
• 1909 » Fred Perry, English-Australian tennis player and academic († 1995)
• 1910 » Ester Boserup, Danish economist and author († 1999)
• 1911 » Big Joe Turner, American blues/R&B singer († 1985)
• 1912 » Perry Como, American singer and television host († 2001)
• 1912 » Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1992)
• 1912 » Walter Sisulu, South African politician († 2003)
• 1913 » Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English publisher and politician († 2000)

• 1889 » Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1941 » Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)

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.
• June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
• September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
• December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

The temperature on May 18, 1909 was between 4.1 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.