About the day » Saturday July 3, 1909Calender converter

• Koerts, Kalkwijk, Groningen, Nederland († 1909)
• Andrea Van Steen, Oudegem (Dendermonde), Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen
• Andreas Martinus Hermanus Raafs, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1909)
• Amelia Andrea German, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Damen, Made en Drimmelen, Noord Brabant († 1910)
• Alderliesten, Hendrik Ido Ambacht († 1909)
• Anna Geurtsen, Epe
• van Londen, Arnhem († 1909)
• WESTHOF ALFONS-JOSEPH-ANTOON-LUCIEN-THEODOOR, NEEROETEREN († 1991)
• Leutscher, Emmen († 1909)

• Arigje Breedveld (59), Lekkerkerk
• Leutscher (0), E
• Bastiaan van 't Hoff (40), Rotterdam
• Anna Margaretha Bogaards (43), Oegstgeest
• Bernarda Jacoba Brandenburg (1), Enschede
• Berend Snijder (81), Nijeveen, Nederland
• Andrew Jackson York (64)
• Arend SPOELSTRA (1), Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Cornelia Willems Koppenol (28), Oudenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Oetses de Graaf (69), Zevenhuizen

• 1903 » Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1992)
• 1905 » Johnny Gibson, American hurdler and coach († 2006)
• 1906 » George Sanders, Russian-born British actor († 1972)
• 1908 » M. F. K. Fisher, American author († 1992)
• 1908 » Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey († 1990)
• 1909 » Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate (d.1996)
• 1910 » Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer († 1954)
• 1911 » Joe Hardstaff Jr., English cricketer († 1990)
• 1913 » Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, actress, and author († 1965)
• 1916 » John Kundla, American basketball player and coach († 2017)

• 1887 » Clay Allison, American rancher (b. 1841)
• 1888 » Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Vietnamese poet and author (b. 1822)
• 1904 » Édouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (b. 1881)
• 1904 » Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist and playwright (b. 1860)
• 1908 » Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (b. 1834)
• 1918 » Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1844)
• 1921 » James Mitchel, Irish-American weight thrower (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Gérard de Courcelles, French race car driver
• 1933 » Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian educator and politician, 19th President of Argentina (b. 1852)

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 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.
• January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
• January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
• May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
• December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
• 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 July 3, 1909 was between 5.0 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.