About the day » Friday August 6, 1909Calender converter

• Alice Charlotte Lemon, Murrumburrah, NSW, AU († 1995)
• Anne Osinga
• van Eck, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1909)
• Andrea Frederica Augusta de Boer, Rotterdam († 1965)
• Abraham van de Kuit, Soest
• Alphons Josephus Thijs, Alken, België († 1910)
• Adriaan* Korevaar, Brandwijk († 1971)
• Akke Feenstra, Tzummarum, gem. Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2003)
• Alida Wilhelmina Louisa de Sterke, Rotterdam († 2001)
• Anna Cornelia Broere, Lekkerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Christianus Hubertus Spits (35), Leiden
• Catharina Rooze (66), Sint Laurens
• Clasina Cecilia van Dijck (50), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonetta Hendrika van Zutphen (77), Enschede
• Anna Wilhelmina Jacobs (56), Nijmegen
• CHRISTIAAN HUIBERT SPITS (58), LEIDEN
• Casper Ruch (62), Gwinner, Sargent, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Koelink (69), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Stikel (64)
• Alfred VIDLER (66), Jamberoo, Kiama Municipality, New South Wales, Australia

• 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)

• 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.
• April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
• August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
• August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
• August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
• September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
• 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 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.