About the day » Sunday August 8, 1909Calender converter

• Antje Senee, Rotterdam
• Aagje HITTINGER, Vlaardinger-Ambacht (Z.-H.), Neth
• Albert Timmerman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Aleida Antonia Alwicher, Homburg, Duitsland
• Anna Maria Rovers, IJsselstein
• Antje de Boer, Sijbrandahuis, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1948)
• Annechien Wieringa, Finsterwolde († 2000)
• Alijda Antonia Aleida Alwicher, Homberg Nordheim Westfalen Duitsland
• Albertje Porte, Jelsum
• Angela Geres, Holland († 1984)

• Alouisius Altewischer (23), 's-Gravenhage
• Arend van Urk (83), Kampen
• Anna Zandbergen (66), Noordwijkerhout
• Anna Zandbergen (66), Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antoon Antoon Wijers (52), Groesbeek
• Alida de Haas (76), Noordwijk
• Alexander Fredericus Ernestus Martinus van LAMSWEERDE (74), 's Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland NL
• Arend van der Veer (75), Surhuisterveen
• Hartog (0), Haarlem
• Alida van der Haas (76), Noordwijk

• 1904 » Achille Varzi, Italian racing driver († 1948)
• 1905 » André Jolivet, French composer († 1974)
• 1907 » Benny Carter, American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer († 2003)
• 1908 » Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1990)
• 1909 » Bill Voce, England cricketer and coach († 1984)
• 1909 » Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English cricketer and politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand († 1977)
• 1909 » Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales († 1987)
• 1910 » Jimmy Murphy, Welsh-English footballer and manager († 1989)
• 1910 » Sylvia Sidney, American actress († 1999)
• 1911 » Rosetta LeNoire, American actress († 2002)

• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1920 » Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (b. 1855)
• 1921 » Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)
• 1928 » Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874)

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.
• 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 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
• March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
• April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
• April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• 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.

The temperature on August 8, 1909 was between 11.3 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.