About the day » Wednesday June 8, 1892Calender converter

• Albert Jacobus Buwalda, Dokkum, Friesland, Netherlands († 1972)
• Abraham Martius, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Steen, De Krim († 1926)
• Abraham van der Sluis, ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Annie May Albiston, Smithfield, Cache, Utah († 1976)
• Anna Catharina de Rijk, Terneuzen († 1892)
• Andrew Lincoln Wesley "Lincoln", Pulaski County, Kentucky († 1972)
• Adrianus Joannes Verstappen-, Tilburg, Nederland
• Andrew Carl Kirkpatrick, Colfax, Van Zandt, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1961)
• Ansij Evans, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie

• Antonie FRIJTERS (59), Oudenbosch,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• 2 MAURICE LOUIS ALGOET (0), Tiegem, 8573, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Aaltje Klaas Kooij (77), Huizen
• Anna Margaretha Ludden (74), Wahn, Emsland, Niedersachsen
• Annigje Oskam (20), Ameide
• Cent Baas (1), Ellewoutsdijk
• Alida Schutz (89), Hasselt
• Adriana de Ruiter (8), Fijnaart
• Antonij Frijters (59), Oudenbosch (NL)
• Antonius Henricus Josephus Hubertus Bolsius (52), Atlanta, Georgia, Verenigde Staten

• 1885 » Karl Genzken, German physician († 1957)
• 1891 » William Funnell, Australian public servant († 1962)
• 1893 » Ernst Marcus, German zoologist († 1968)
• 1893 » Gaby Morlay, French actress († 1964)
• 1894 » Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist († 1942)
• 1895 » Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1897 » John G. Bennett, English mathematician and technologist († 1974)
• 1899 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician († 1945)
• 1899 » Eugène Lapierre, Canadian organist, composer and arts administrator († 1970)
• 1900 » Lena Baker, African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously († 1945)

• 1846 » Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (b. 1799)
• 1857 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
• 1874 » Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
• July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
• September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
• September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
• October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
• November 8 » The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.

The temperature on June 8, 1892 was about 16.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.