About the day » Friday May 7, 1909Calender converter

• Annie May Kipling AKIP01.ANN01, Chesterfield, Derbyshire († 2004)
• Alida Maria Bakker, Vinkeveen en Waverveen, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alcide DELAUTRE, Auchel(62)... Hauts de France († 1982)
• Aaltje Kielstra, Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1909)
• Aaltje Zinger († 1957)
• Adriana Huisman, Pernis
• Abraham Hendrik Jan Lazet, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Johannes Maria Bakker, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aagje Schut, Barneveld
• Alida Maria ten Berge, Groningen, GR, Nederland († 1922)

• Antonia van de Laar (35), Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Benjamin Franklin Eller (74), Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
• (Maria) Gertrudis (van) Pro(e)meren (64), Elsloo
• Adriana Cornelia IJzermans (75), Terheijden
• adriaan de WAAL (54), gestel
• Antonia van de Laar (35), Gemert,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Anna Josepha Hubertina Schillings (62), Keutenberg, Wijlre, Limburg, Nederland
• Arnoldus Cornelis van Deventer (48), Oosterbeek,Gemeente Renkum,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Alida Maria DUURING (74), Rotterdam, 6240, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Leijen (0), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland

• 1904 » Kurt Weitzmann, German-American historian and author († 1993)
• 1905 » Philip Baxter, Welsh-Australian chemical engineer († 1989)
• 1906 » Eric Krenz, American discus thrower and shot putter († 1931)
• 1909 » Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino, Native American teacher († 2005)
• 1909 » Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation († 1991)
• 1911 » Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1911 » Rıfat Ilgaz, Turkish author, poet, and educator († 1993)
• 1912 » Pannalal Patel, Indian author († 1989)
• 1913 » John Spencer Hardy, American general († 2012)
• 1913 » Simon Ramo, American physicist and engineer († 2016)

• 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Octavian Goga, Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1881)
• 1940 » George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (b. 1859)

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 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
• February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
• February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
• April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
• August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.

The temperature on May 7, 1909 was between 4.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.