About the day » Tuesday May 9, 1916Calender converter

• Andreas Leonardus van Dijk, Strijp († 1997)
• Aaltje Schilder, Edam / Volendam († 1919)
• Andries Christiaan Dieterich, Weltevreden, Batavia, Java, Ned. Indie
• Albert Jan de Graaf, Medemblik († 1945)
• Aloysius Johannes Voorhuyzen, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• anoniem Poppeliers, Riethoven, Nederland († 1916)
• Alberta Christina Maria BAARS, Enschede,,PAYS BAS († 1990)
• Albertus Bakkum, Beverwijk († 1916)
• * Johannes de Man, Kaatsheuvel († 1984)
• Anna Cornelia Zanen, Nieuwpoort († 2023)

• Catharina Duijker (64), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Antonius van Engelen (28), Vlijmen
• anoniem Poppeliers (0), Riethoven, Nederland
• Ary Schaeffer (65), Rotterdam
• Aagje Remmelzwaal (71)
• Antonius # van Engelen (28), Vlijmen
• Antonius van Engelen (28), Vlijmen
• Baby Son Billings (0), Vernal, Uintah County, Utah, United States of America
• Arendina Hindriks (52), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Remmerzwaal (71), Katwijk

• 1914 » Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor and director († 2005)
• 1914 » Denham Fouts, American prostitute († 1948)
• 1914 » Hank Snow, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1999)
• 1914 » Patricia Swift Blalock, American librarian (d.2011)
• 1914 » Thanat Khoman, Thai politician and diplomat († 2016)
• 1916 » William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator († 1993)
• 1917 » Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer († 2013)
• 1918 » Mike Wallace, American journalist, media personality and one-time game show host († 2012)
• 1918 » Moisis Michail Bourlas, Greek soldier and educator († 2011)
• 1918 » Orville Freeman, American soldier and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Agriculture († 2003)

• 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Albert Abraham Michelson, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1933 » John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (b. 1877)
• 1938 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (b. 1866)
• 1942 » Józef Cebula, Polish priest and saint (b. 1902)

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

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

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
• June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
• August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
• August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
• October 27 » Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
• November 1 » In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.

The temperature on May 9, 1916 was between 6.0 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.