About the day » Thursday July 9, 1914Calender converter

• , Whithorn, United Kingdom († 1987)
• Alberta Gerdina Viveen, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1916)
• Alida van Ingen, Amerongen
• Albertje Raterink, Ees († 1970)
• Albert Noorbeek, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1975)
• Andrinus Smits, Woerden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Andries van der Sleen, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 1915)
• Abrham Jacobus Oostermeijer, Rotterdam,Zuid Holland,Nederland († 1980)
• Albertje Ras, Velsen
• Agnes Johanna van der Burg, Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• Antoon Christiaan Agelink (25), Bemmel
• Andrew George Essner (60), Moreland Twp, Scott, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Annigje Jans Koning (47), Baars, Steenwijkerwold, Nederland
• Albert Schagen (67), Paterson, New Jersey, VS
• Berendina Hofman, Schiermonnikoog, Provincie Friesland
• Albert Mulder (60), Dwingeloo
• Aartje Wallet (0), Leusden
• Antonia Verduijn (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• August Fredrick Uhe (52), Chancellor, Turner County, South Dakota
• Aris Kors List (81), Alkmaar

• 1910 » Govan Mbeki, South African anti-apartheid and ANC leader and activist († 2001)
• 1911 » John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and author († 2008)
• 1911 » Mervyn Peake, English author and illustrator († 1968)
• 1914 » Mac Wilson, Australian rules footballer († 2017)
• 1914 » Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of East Germany († 1999)
• 1915 » David Diamond, American composer and educator († 2005)
• 1915 » Lee Embree, American sergeant and photographer († 2008)
• 1916 » Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer († 1984)
• 1916 » Edward Heath, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2005)
• 1917 » Krystyna Dańko, Polish orphan, survivor of Holocaust († 2019)

• 1880 » Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)
• 1882 » Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean captain (b. 1848)
• 1903 » Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and photographer (b. 1842)
• 1927 » John Drew, Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (b. 1855)
• 1937 » Oliver Law, American commander (b. 1899)
• 1938 » Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (b. 1865)
• 1949 » Fritz Hart, English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1894)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Gerardus
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
• May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
• June 12 » Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
• July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
• August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
• August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
• August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.

The temperature on July 9, 1914 was between 11.2 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.