About the day » Friday September 3, 1909Calender converter

• Alfride Hendrik BIRSAK, Buitenzorg (IND) († 1984)
• Adrianus Schipper, Amsterdam († 1969)
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• Adelaida Levee, Borgerhout, België
• Anna Burlage, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1951)
• Adriana johanna Jacoba Dessing, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Adrianus Theodorus van Houtert, Gemert († 1910)
• alice victoria MAIRESSE, Maurage (Belgium) Hainaut
• Achiel Arickx, Kanegem
• Andries Eendebak, Amsterdam († 1999)

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• Aurilla Rilla {Amadan} Shaffer (44), Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States of America
• Aaltje Eeltjes (Alice) Dijkstra (65), Roseland, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Aike Jabben (74), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Beverly Penny (69), Adams, Darke County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Jansen (68), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Hilbrink (28), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Rusman (0), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• APOLLONIA SLAA (0), Ridderkerk
• Aaltje Eeltjes (Alice) DIJKSTRA (65), Roseland Cook County Illinois U.S.A

• 1905 » Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1905 » John Mills, New Zealand cricketer († 1972)
• 1907 » Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist, philosopher, and author († 1977)
• 1908 » Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic († 1988)
• 1910 » Franz Jáchym, Austrian Roman Catholic archbishop (d.1984)
• 1910 » Kitty Carlisle, American actress, singer, socialite, and game show panelist († 2007)
• 1910 » Maurice Papon, French civil servant († 2007)
• 1911 » Bernard Mammes, American cyclist and sergeant († 2000)
• 1913 » Alan Ladd, American actor and producer († 1964)
• 1914 » Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician, 17th Governor of Washington († 1994)

• 1877 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1818)
• 1886 » William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)
• 1893 » James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1929 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 » Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Séraphine Louis, French painter (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)

• 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 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
• June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
• 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.
• December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The temperature on September 3, 1909 was between 4.6 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.