About the day » Sunday July 25, 1909Calender converter
July 24, 1909Died on Sunday July 25, 1909
- Bertha Borinski (64), Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
- Adolf Johannes Meijer (0), Zoeterwoude
- Alida Petronella Frederiks (1), Kralingen
- Antje Brandenburg (81), Rotterdam
- Antonij van Gogh (0), Schiedam, Nederland
- Bastiaan Esch van der (73), Papendrecht
- Antje Brandenburg (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Abraham Ripperdan Shaw (62)
- Wulffraat (0), Rotterdam
- Adriana van Meer, Standdaarbuiten
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 25, 1909 at Delpher
Born on July 25
- 1905 » Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator († 1990)
- 1905 » Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss novelist, playwright, and memoirist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
- 1905 » Georges Grignard, French race car driver († 1977)
- 1906 » Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1970)
- 1908 » Ambroise-Marie Carré, French priest and author († 2004)
- 1908 » Bill Bowes, English cricketer († 1987)
- 1908 » Jack Gilford, American actor († 1990)
- 1914 » Woody Strode, American football player and actor († 1994)
- 1915 » Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot († 1944)
- 1915 » S. U. Ethirmanasingham, Sri Lankan businessman and politician
Died on July 25
- 1861 » Jonas Furrer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1805)
- 1865 » James Barry, English soldier and surgeon (b. 1799)
- 1887 » John Taylor, American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1808)
- 1934 » Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1892)
- 1934 » François Coty, French businessman, founded Coty, Inc. (b. 1874)
- 1942 » Fred Englehardt, American triple jumper (b. 1879)
- 1952 » Herbert Murrill, English organist and composer (b. 1909)
- 1958 » Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1891)
- 1959 » Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-born Irish rabbi and author (b. 1888)
- 1962 » Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1879)
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 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
- February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
- February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
- 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.
- April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
- September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
The weather on Sunday July 25, 1909
The temperature on July 25, 1909 was between 8.5 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI