About the day » Wednesday August 8, 1906Calender converter

• Albert Weeke, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1974)
• Albert PIESSENS, Sint-Niklaas,9100,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1983)
• Anna Dorothea Marie Martha NUSS, Farm Somerset, Dundee Dist., Natal († 1991)
• Oost († 1906)
• Annette Jeane Edzes, Sappemeer (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Aagje Harte, Rotterdam
• Wilhelmina Bijl, De Lier
• Wilhelmina, Leiden
• Albrecht Friedrich Carl von Hardenberg, Wroclaw, Pologne († 1943)
• * Wouterke Kouwenhoven, Heukelum

• Antonius Teeuwen (78), Haarlemmermeer, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Breintje van Asperen (21), Utrecht
• Adrianus Willem den Ouden (33), Nijmegen
• Albertus Hermanus Wilhelmus Geurds- (0), Druten, Nederland
• (Stillborn) WALSTRA (0), Den Helder Noord-Holland Netherlands
• Berendina Theodora Jenneker (39), Grave,Gemeente Grave, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje ELTEREN, van (62), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Wielaart (0), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Boumans (55), Beugen
• Alida van Dorsten (75), Bergschenhoek

• 1902 » Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1904 » Achille Varzi, Italian racing driver († 1948)
• 1905 » André Jolivet, French composer († 1974)
• 1907 » Benny Carter, American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer († 2003)
• 1908 » Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1990)
• 1909 » Bill Voce, England cricketer and coach († 1984)
• 1909 » Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English cricketer and politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand († 1977)
• 1909 » Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales († 1987)
• 1910 » Jimmy Murphy, Welsh-English footballer and manager († 1989)
• 1910 » Sylvia Sidney, American actress († 1999)

• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1920 » Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (b. 1855)
• 1921 » Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)
• 1928 » Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871)

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

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

• 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• March 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
• July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
• September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
• November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
• December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
• December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

The temperature on August 8, 1906 was between 11.0 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.