About the day » Friday May 29, 1908Calender converter

• Alphonsine Van Gremmegen, Antwerpen
• Albert van der Bijl, Zwolle († 1909)
• "Béatrice" Marthe Clémence de Crousaz, Lausanne, Suisse († 2001)
• Anna Cornelia Henrica Maria Simons, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Abraham Bosma, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen
• Albertus Franciscus Nienhuis, Vierhuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1933)
• Alice Maud Miller, Anaheim, Orange, California, Verenigde Staten († 1977)
• Alida Slechtenhorst, Baarn († 1999)
• Adrianus Antonius VAN DER TOGT, Den Haag, Provincie Zuid-Holland, PAY,-, PAY
• Allegonda Maria Nienhuis, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1948)

• Antonie Verweij (74), Nieuwveen, Nederland
• Adriana Melisse (58), Zevenbergen
• Antonie van de Griend (64), Hedikhuizen, NL
• Albertus D. Nauta (44)
• Adriana Henskens (0), Drunen
• Antonie van de Griend (64), Hedikhuizen
• Geesiena Aaltiena Venema (2), Musselkanaal
• Cornelis Hubert (26), Utrecht
• Antonia Maria Catharina Schouten (1), Goirle
• Antje Rienks Piersma (74), Groningen

• 1902 » Harry Kadwell, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1999)
• 1903 » Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, and producer († 2003)
• 1904 » Hubert Opperman, Australian cyclist and politician († 1996)
• 1905 » Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright († 1994)
• 1906 » T. H. White, Indian-English author († 1964)
• 1907 » Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician († 2002)
• 1908 » Diana Morgan, Welsh-English playwright and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1910 » Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician († 1978)
• 1913 » Tony Zale, American boxer († 1997)
• 1914 » Stacy Keach Sr., American actor († 2003)

• 1896 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
• 1914 » Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)
• 1914 » Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1917 » Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (b. 1831)
• 1919 » Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1920 » Carlos Deltour, French rower (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Abbott Handerson Thayer, American painter and educator (b. 1849)

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 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 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
• December 28 » The 7.1 M_w  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

The temperature on May 29, 1908 was between 10.1 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.