About the day » Friday July 2, 1909Calender converter
July 1, 1909Died on Friday July 2, 1909
- Adrianus Waarma, Veldhoven
- Aleida Leneman (83), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
- KÖRVER (0), Kerkrade, Nederland
- Aaltje Hoff (75), Oudorp (Noord-Holland)
- Adriana van den Berg (83), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Antonia van Pesselen (78), Utrecht
- Amélie Henriot (81)
- Adriaan Blom (22), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
- Aaltje Pietersdr Hof (75), Oudorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Antje Kuiper (57), Abcoude,, Utrecht, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 2, 1909 at Delpher
Born on July 2
- 1904 » René Lacoste, French tennis player and businessman, created the polo shirt († 1996)
- 1906 » Hans Bethe, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2005)
- 1906 » Károly Kárpáti, Hungarian Jewish wrestler († 1996)
- 1906 » Séra Martin, French middle-distance runner († 1993)
- 1908 » Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd Solicitor General of the United States († 1993)
- 1911 » Reg Parnell, English race car driver and manager († 1964)
- 1913 » Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic († 1999)
- 1914 » Ethelreda Leopold, American actress († 1988)
- 1914 » Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator († 2004)
- 1914 » Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and engineer († 1990)
Died on July 2
- 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
- 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
- 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
- 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
- 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
- 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)
- 1929 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)
- 1932 » Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
- 1950 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
- 1955 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
Names that were popular for boys in 1909
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Antonius
- Gerrit
- Wilhelmus
- Adrianus
- Gerardus
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
- Jacob
Names that were popular for girls in 1909
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Antonia
- Marie
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1909
- 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.
- February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
- June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
- September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
- 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.
The weather on Friday July 2, 1909
The temperature on July 2, 1909 was between 9.0 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI