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• Alida Buma, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1984)
• * Norbertus Hendrikus van Bladel, Drunen († 1965)
• Albert Rozon, Montcerf, Gatineau, Québec, Canada († 1909)
• Anton Wissink, Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Platje, Emmen
• Alberdina Huiskamp, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1977)
• Alva Clinton Floyd, Verenigde Statn († 1974)
• Annie May Kipling AKIP01.ANN01, Chesterfield, Derbyshire († 2004)
• André Alphonse DUGUET, La Haye-Descartes, 37160, France († 1984)
• Anthonia Theodora Moerkerken, Den Haag († 2001)

• Baukje Lammerts van der Wal (40), Zevenhuizen
• Antonie van Lith (86), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• -- van Gaal, Herpen
• Anton Gerrit Schinkel (21), Utrecht (Utrecht)
• Anna Josepha Schillings (62), Wijlre, Nederland
• Anna Josepha Hubertina Schillings (62), Keutenberg, Wijlre, Limburg, Nederland
• Berendje Mellink (64), Velp, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Leijen (0), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina Muller (11), Amersfoort
• Andries Stolk (49), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, 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)

• 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 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
• August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
• October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
• December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 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 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.