About the day » Thursday August 8, 1907Calender converter

• Adrianus Louis Pieter Bastiaanse, Batavia, Java, Ned. Indie
• Abraham Verkerk, Loenersloot, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Antonia Krols, Raamsdonk († 1981)
• Albertus Meiling, Nijkerk, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 1995)
• Aart den Besten, Nunspeet († 1991)
• Adrianus Franciscus Droomers, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1908)
• Aart den Besten, Nunspeet
• Aloysius Isidorus Mertens, Retie, België († 1967)
• Aaltje Damming, Het Haagje (Gem. Hoogeveen) († 1907)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Schaik, Nederhorst den Berg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1980)

• Bertha Maria Cailliau (0), Merkem, 8650, Houthulst, West Vlaanderen
• Aaltje de Goede (2), Emmen
• anthonie jongejeugd (1), odoorn
• Anthonie Jansz Jongejeugd (1), Andijk
• Anna Maria van den Oosten (20)
• Anna L (infant) Fritz (0)
• Bernhard Jozeph Menzen (82), Hebelermeer
• Anneke Wouterse (83), Deil, Geldermalsen
• Adriana Wilhelmina Schuurmans, Tilburg
• Anna Catharina Mannaert (76), Stoppeldijk, Zeeland, Netherlands

• 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.
• August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
• August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
• August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
• October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
• December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
• December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

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.