About the day » Thursday June 11, 1908Calender converter

• Anthony Gerwing, Lake Lenore, Saskatchewan, Canada († 1989)
• Anna Pieternella von Geusau, Blokzijl († 1908)
• Anna Margaretha Weilermann, Zülpich
• Annetje de ROO, 's-Gravenhage,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Alphonsus Franciscus Maria de Dooij, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonia Johanna Mocking, Cothen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Clasina Manshanden, Wervershoof († 1927)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Dielemans, Rotterdam
• Antje Naaijer, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen Emmen Drenthe Nederland
• Anthony Azarewicz, Shenandoah, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1908)

• Antonius Wilhelmus Petrus van Halder (0), Vlijmen
• Bartholomeus Wilhelm Grutterink (64), Winterswijk
• Bernardus Sluijter, Voorburg
• Annigje DUBBELDAM (66), Giessendam
• Annechiena Engelhard (33), Grand Rapids Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Schouten (60), Oudendijk
• Adriana Breedveldt Boer (74), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Betje Smit (80), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Gool (0), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Schut (78), Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1903 » Ernie Nevers, American football player and coach († 1976)
• 1908 » Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint († 1919)
• 1908 » Karl Hein, German hammer thrower († 1982)
• 1909 » Natascha Artin Brunswick, German-American mathematician and photographer († 2003)
• 1910 » Carmine Coppola, American flute player and composer († 1991)
• 1910 » Jacques Cousteau, French biologist, author, and inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung († 1997)
• 1912 » James Algar, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1912 » Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Iranian meteorologist and academic († 2012)
• 1912 » William Baziotes, American painter and academic († 1963)
• 1913 » Vince Lombardi, American football player, coach, and manager († 1970)

• 1897 » Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Alexander I of Serbia (b. 1876)
• 1903 » Draga Mašin, Serbian wife of Alexander I of Serbia (b. 1864)
• 1903 » Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1837)
• 1911 » James Curtis Hepburn, American physician and missionary (b. 1815)
• 1913 » Mahmud Shevket Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 279th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1856)
• 1914 » Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1848)
• 1920 » William F. Halsey, Sr., American captain (b. 1853)
• 1924 » Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator (b. 1837)
• 1927 » William Attewell, English cricketer (b. 1861)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Wilhelmus
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. 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
• January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
• June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.

The temperature on June 11, 1908 was between 8.7 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.