About the day » Saturday August 21, 1909Calender converter

• Nn Uiterwijk, Hoogeveen († 1909)
• Arnout, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van de(r) Pol(L), linschoten († 1915)
• Albertus van Riessen, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan van der Kaaij, Monster
• Alice Edna Louise Everett, Jasper, Pipestone, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Uiterwijk, Krakeel († 1909)
• Aaltje Cremer, Vossebelt, Dalen († 2005)
• Albert Jan Nokkert, Schalkhaar († 1996)
• Adrianus Johannes van der Pol, Willeskop, Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1915)

• Anna Katharina Fischer (69), Homburg von der Höhen
• Bertha Ida Maria Vennix (0), Tilburg
• Adriana Lotte. (30), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Brand Doornwaard (72), Doornspijk
• Adrianus Roosendaal (78), enkhuizen
• Nn Uiterwijk (0), Hoogeveen
• Adriana Motz (aanvankelijk Van Eijk) (17), Nieuw-Helvoet
• Alida, Johanna Huijg (40), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Raeck (59), Tilburg
• Adrianus Roosendaal (78), Enkhuizen

• 1902 » Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian author († 1972)
• 1903 » Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor († 1984)
• 1904 » Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1984)
• 1905 » Bipin Gupta, Indian actor and producer († 1981)
• 1906 » Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer († 1995)
• 1907 » P. Jeevanandham, Indian lawyer and politician († 1963)
• 1909 » Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist († 1992)
• 1912 » Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1995)
• 1914 » Doug Wright, English cricketer and coach († 1998)
• 1916 » Bill Lee, American actor and singer († 1980)

• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)

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 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• 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 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
• April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
• August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The temperature on August 21, 1909 was between 11.1 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 26.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.