About the day » Saturday December 9, 1916Calender converter

• Antonia Maria van Verseveld, Lienden († 1977)
• Antonia Maria van Kessel, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Arie van Mourik, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1981)
• Abraham Pieter Quist, Rilland-Bath († 1976)
• Aagje Groen, Egmond aan Zee († 1917)
• Albert Andre de Coster, Sint-Laureins († 2002)
• Aantje Huisman († 1993)
• Abigail Judith COHEN-RODRIQUEZ DELVALLE, Panama, Republic of Panama († 1988)
• Abigail Judith Cohen-rodriquez Delvalle, Panama, Republic of Panama († 1988)
• Albert Strating, Twijzel, Friesland, Nederland († 1991)

• alida KEETE (74)
• Anna van Elzingen (85), Rotterdam
• Aafke Martens Memerda (72), Aalsum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aafke Abbas (0), Ekamp, Finsterwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• van der Veen (0), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Aafke Martens Memerda (72), Aalsum
• Abel TE VELDE (49), Rütenbrock Emsland Germany
• Annechien de Vries (82), Wildervank, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albert Wristers (41), Oldehove
• Douwe Tjalsma (0), Hommerts

• 1914 » Frances Reid, American actress († 2010)
• 1914 » Ljubica Sokić, Serbian painter and illustrator († 2009)
• 1914 » Max Manus, Norwegian lieutenant († 1996)
• 1915 » Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-Austrian soprano and actress († 2006)
• 1915 » Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author († 2000)
• 1916 » Colin McCool, Australian cricketer († 1986)
• 1916 » Jerome Beatty Jr., American soldier, journalist, and author († 2002)
• 1916 » Kirk Douglas, American actor, singer, and producer († 2020)
• 1917 » James Jesus Angleton, American CIA agent († 1987)
• 1917 » James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)

• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1935 » Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)
• 1937 » Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1937 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)

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. Grietje
14. Geertruida
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.
• January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
• June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
• June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
• July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
• July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
• November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.

The temperature on December 9, 1916 was between 2.0 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.