About the day » Thursday August 27, 1908Calender converter

• Allegonda Geertruida Daamen, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ada Marie Quintine Coenen, Huis den Oosterhoff
• Albertje BAAS, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1963)
• Anna Engelina Schür, Onstwedde († 1979)
• Albertje Euverman, Brucht († 1959)
• Sieben, Jan
• Aart Amersfoort, IJsselmonde
• Adriaan van den Driest, Aagtekerke († 2006)
• Anna Maria Theresia Lambrechts, Westerlo, België († 1985)
• Alice Marie Berta JACOB, MALMEDY, Liège, Belgique († 1990)

• Adriana Agatha Geertruida Sixma barones van Heemstra (67), Veenklooster,Gemeente Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland,Friesland,Netherlands
• Andries van Roozendaal (71), Gilze en Rijen
• "Sosthène" Marie Charles Gabriel de La Rochefoucauld (82), château de Bonnétable
• arie van der WAAL (70), puttershoek
• Adriana Agatha Geertruida Sixma van Heemstra (67), Veenklooster, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland
• Augustine Villerot (89), Casco, St Clair, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Beusenberg (86), Standdaarbuiten
• Angelina Dortu (63), Heerlen
• Adriana Agatha Geertruida Sixma barones van Heemstra (67), Veenklooster
• Augustus Streuve (40), Oedelem

• 1904 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect († 1963)
• 1904 » Norah Lofts, English author († 1983)
• 1905 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek soldier († 1945)
• 1906 » Ed Gein, American murderer and body snatcher, The Butcher of Plainfield († 1982)
• 1908 » Don Bradman, Australian cricketer and manager († 2001)
• 1908 » Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States († 1973)
• 1909 » Charles Pozzi, French race car driver († 2001)
• 1909 » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1959)
• 1909 » Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist († 1966)
• 1911 » Kay Walsh, English actress and dancer († 2005)

• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1903 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
• 1935 » Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)

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 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
• April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
• November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
• 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 August 27, 1908 was between 12.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.