About the day » Thursday August 8, 1907Calender converter

• Alida Hendrika Blokland, Amsterdam
• Oel († 1986)
• Adrianus Louis Pieter Bastiaanse, Batavia, Java, Ned. Indie
• Flipse, Wissenkerke († 1907)
• Adrianus Franciscus Droomers, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1908)
• Adrianus Engelbertus Bentvelzen, den haag
• Aaldert Onink, Maurik (GL)
• Adriana Petronella Antonia Krols, Raamsdonk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Verkerk, Loenersloot
• Aaltje Hendriks Damming, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1907)

• Flipse (0), Wissenkerke
• (Hendrik) Uuldrik Abels Zemering (81), Amsterdam (NL)
• Barbe Françoise Verkooren (70)
• Ana Brandina de Jesus Bueno (67), Sarapuí, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna L (infant) Fritz (0)
• Aaltje de Goede (2), Emmen
• Bertha Maria Cailliau (0), Merkem, 8650, Houthulst, West Vlaanderen
• Catharina van der Hoeven (52), Delft
• Adriana Wilhelmina Schuurmans, Tilburg
• Aaltje van Gelderen (42), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1911 » Rosetta LeNoire, American actress († 2002)

• 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. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

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

• 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 5.6 million citizens.
• January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
• June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
• July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
• August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
• September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
• December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.

The temperature on August 8, 1907 was between 11.7 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.