About the day » Tuesday May 4, 1909Calender converter

• Allegonda Maria Elizabeth VERSCHUREN, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Allegonda Maria Elisabeth Josepha Johanna Verschuren, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Allegonda ( Alda) Elisabeth Schoofs, Vessem,,NB Holland († 1986)
• Adriana Maria Johanna Catharina Vos, Tilburg, Nederland († 1981)
• Adriana van der Hoef, Barneveld
• Abraham Jan van der Burg, Delft
• Albert Antonin BUCHE, Rilhac-Xaintrie, Corrèze, Nouvelle Aquitaine, FRANCE († 2002)
• , Westerbork (Nieuweroord), Drenthe, Nederland († 1978)
• Adriaan Mets, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1939)
• adriana maria kock, Rijswijk(ZH) († 1997)

• Adriaan Rijnberg (6), Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Franciscus Stangenberger (84), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonie de Hart (80), Maasbree, Nederland
• Alijda de Ruiter (81), Amersfoort
• Anne Jelles Jeensma (69), Lippenhuizen, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Berghuijs (66), Velp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje SIKKEMA (67), Ljouwert, Fryslân, Netherlands
• Anna Mol (32), Alteveer (gem. Hoogeveen)
• Aaltje Hoek (74), Wormer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria du Puy de Montbrun (91), Amsterdam

• 1903 » Luther Adler, American actor († 1984)
• 1905 » Al Dexter, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1984)
• 1906 » Gustav Bergmann, Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1987)
• 1907 » Lincoln Kirstein, American soldier and playwright, co-founded the New York City Ballet († 1996)
• 1907 » Walter Walsh, American target shooter and FBI agent († 2014)
• 1908 » Wolrad Eberle, German decathlete († 1949)
• 1911 » Evald Seepere, Estonian boxer († 1990)
• 1913 » John Broome, American author († 1999)
• 1913 » Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark († 2007)
• 1914 » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna († 1971)

• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)

• 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.
• March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
• March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
• July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
• 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 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 4, 1909 was between 1.5 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.