About the day » Friday August 6, 1909Calender converter

• Adrianus van Zeelst, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Cornelis van de Sande, Etten-Leur
• Aleida van der Kolk, Heino, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andrea Frederica Augusta de Boer, Rotterdam († 1965)
• Aaltje Ubels, Eelde, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1999)
• Annie Marie Julie Bonhomme, Maastricht
• Alida Wilhelmina Louisa de Sterke, Rotterdam († 2001)
• Adriaan* Korevaar, Brandwijk († 1971)
• Alice Rhem
• Almeda Christine Burton, Spruce Head, Knox, Maine, Verenigde Staten († 2001)

• Catharina Rooze (66), Sint Laurens
• Bernardus Koelink (69), Blaricum
• Christiaan BROUWER (0), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• van Eck (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred VIDLER (66), Jamberoo, Kiama Municipality, New South Wales, Australia
• Casper Ruch (62), Gwinner, Sargent, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Antonetta Hendrika van Zutphen (78), Enschede
• Bernardus Koelink (69), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Hendrika Van Zutphen (78), Enschede
• Christiaan de Wijs (35), Breda, NL

• 1906 » Vic Dickenson, American trombonist († 1984)
• 1908 » Helen Jacobs, American tennis player and commander († 1997)
• 1908 » Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter and illustrator († 1941)
• 1908 » Maria Ludwika Bernhard, Polish classical archaeologist and a member of WWII Polish resistance († 1998)
• 1909 » Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle († 2013)
• 1910 » Adoniran Barbosa, Brazilian musician, singer, composer, humorist, and actor († 1982)
• 1910 » Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1911 » Constance Heaven, English author and actress († 1995)
• 1911 » Lucille Ball, American actress, television producer and businesswoman († 1989)
• 1911 » Norman Gordon, South African cricketer († 2014)

• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)

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 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
• February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
• February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
• August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• 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.

The temperature on August 6, 1909 was between 10.3 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.