About the day » Saturday July 8, 1905Calender converter

• Alphonsus Judocus Geurts, Maashees en Overloon, Boxmeer
• Alphons Geurts († 1995)
• Miedema, Stiens († 1905)
• Annie M. O'CONNELL († 1975)
• Albertien Hofstee, Schelfhorst, Eelde
• Alijda van Daatselaar, Achterveld, Utrecht, Nederland
• van Leeuwen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Bastiaansen, Ginneken en Bavel († 1986)
• Amandus Otto Friedrich Rieper († 1982)
• Andrew J Danko Jr, Clarence, Centre, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1994)

• Miedema (0), Stiens
• Antonius Dircks (68), Asten
• Albert François Salvador (49), Parijs,75000,Paris,Île-de-France,France
• Anna Hogervorst (48), Rijswijk
• Amanda Lucy Galloway (57), Boulder Creek, California, U.S.A
• Adrianus Tolido (58), Wassenaar
• Adriaan van Boven (45), Kortgene, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina Gerarda (Mina) Kaiser (56), Dordrecht
• Aaltje Smid (1), Valthermond, Odoorn
• Adriaan van Tilburg (25), Oosterhout, North Brabant, Netherlands

• 1900 » George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author († 1959)
• 1904 » Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic († 2008)
• 1905 » Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director († 1997)
• 1906 » Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the IDS Center and PPG Place († 2005)
• 1907 » George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan († 1995)
• 1908 » Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor († 1975)
• 1908 » Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States († 1979)
• 1908 » V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao, Indian economist, politician, professor and educator († 1991)
• 1909 » Alan Brown, English soldier († 1971)
• 1909 » Ike Petersen, American football back († 1995)

• 1873 » Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805)
• 1887 » Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Wilhelmus
14. Hendrikus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Trijntje
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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 5.5 million citizens.
• February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
• April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
• June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
• August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
• October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
• December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

The temperature on July 8, 1905 was between 7.5 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.