About the day » Monday May 11, 1908Calender converter

• Albertus Wilken, Barger-Compascuum, Emmen
• Aart Pieter Balkenende, Lisse,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Marinus van Maaswinkel, Haarlem
• Adrianus Johannes Goossens, Etten
• Adrianus Jacob Vervloed, Den Bommel († 1980)
• Albertus - Albert Wilken, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1976)
• "Harold" Louis Ghislain della Faille de Leverghem, Anvers, Belgique
• Margje Zomer, Dalen († 1944)
• van Loenen, Rotterdam
• van Veen, Uithoorn († 1908)

• Aart van Ooijen (74), Ammerzoden
• Antje Buter (0), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Eeltjes (aka Boes) Buis (86), Ferwerd
• van Veen (0), Uithoorn
• Anna Maria Pelsers (0), Nieuwenhagen, Landgraaf
• Anna Caroline Bauck (83), Trondheim, Norvège
• Antonia Pieteronella Balen (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Stins (56), Broek op Langedijk
• Albert Jan Blumink (44), Helmond, Nederland
• Aleida Wouterina Peters (57), Arnhem

• 1901 » Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-English poet and author († 1988)
• 1902 » Edna Ernestine Kramer, American mathematician († 1984)
• 1903 » Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager († 1993)
• 1904 » Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist († 1989)
• 1905 » Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate († 1964)
• 1905 » Lise de Baissac, Mauritian-born SOE agent, war hero († 2004)
• 1907 » Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1911 » Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance († 2004)
• 1911 » Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian († 1985)
• 1912 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter († 1955)

• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)

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. 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. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• 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 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
• January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.

The temperature on May 11, 1908 was between 4.2 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.