About the day » Tuesday August 9, 1921Calender converter

• Alida Ballendux
• Aaltje Tenhage, Klazienaveen († 2002)
• Annigje Pietje Kraaijeveld, Sliedrecht († 1995)
• Berendina Altena, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2016)
• Antoinetta Adriana Henriette Simons, Breda († 1921)
• Antonius Franciscus Gerardus van Noort, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Andreas Maessen, Roosteren († 1978)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Walschots
• Adrianus Antonius Rodenburg, Leiden († 1965)
• Aafje Versteeg, Haarlemmermeer († 1994)

• Antonia Maria Stevens- (86), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Adriaan de Groot (9), Voorburg, Nederland
• Arian Doets (73), Beemster
• Carolina Johanna Margaretha Brunner (68), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Abraham Aaftink (0), Ter Aar (Aardam)
• Antonia Maria Stevens (86), Nijmegen, NL
• Annetje Schouten (60), Nederland
• Arian Doets (72), Beemster, Nederland
• Andreas Daniel Löhning (73), Amsterdam
• Annetje Koetsier (60), Apeldoorn,Gelderland,Netherlands

• 1918 » Albert Seedman, American police officer († 2013)
• 1918 » Giles Cooper, Irish soldier and playwright († 1966)
• 1918 » Kermit Beahan, American colonel († 1989)
• 1919 » Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1987)
• 1919 » Ralph Houk, American baseball player and manager († 2010)
• 1920 » Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and author († 2007)
• 1921 » Ernest Angley, American evangelist and author
• 1921 » J. James Exon, American soldier and politician, 33rd Governor of Nebraska († 2005)
• 1922 » Philip Larkin, English poet and novelist († 1985)
• 1924 » Mathews Mar Barnabas, Indian metropolitan († 2012)

• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
• January 20 » The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
• March 20 » The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland.
• June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
• July 11 » The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
• August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
• October 29 » The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.

The temperature on August 9, 1921 was between 6.3 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.