About the day » Saturday January 11, 1908Calender converter

• Albertus Niewold, Solwerd, Groningen, Nederland
• Aleida Hinnen († 2007)
• Alice LEMAY, Saints-Anges, Lachine, Québec, Canada († 2002)
• Albertje Koops, Nieuw-Buinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Stultjens, Nederweert († 1980)
• Agatha Maria Goes, Willeskop
• Toussaint, Magelang († 1971)
• Albertje Klompmakers, Mussel, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1908)
• Aleida Hinnen, Stad Almelo
• Albert Mulder, Noordwolde, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 1980)

• Anna Maria Christina Donné (40), Kerkom, België
• Anna Elisabeth BEX (73), Merkelbeek (NL/LI)
• Anna Everdina Maria Paûl (20), Zevenhuizen, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafke Jans de Boer (71), Holwerd, Netherlands
• Albert Meereboer (68), Warder
• Aagje van Beek (78), Zuidland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aeilke Bakema (1), Sappemeer
• Andrew James Friedman (32), Malvern, Carroll, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Ailke Bakema (1), Sappemeer, Nederland
• Adriana Radermaker (47), Soest, Gemeente Soest, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1905 » Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist and theorist († 1960)
• 1906 » Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD († 2008)
• 1907 » Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher († 1972)
• 1907 » Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France († 1982)
• 1908 » Lionel Stander, American actor and activist († 1994)
• 1910 » Arthur Lambourn, New Zealand rugby player († 1999)
• 1910 » Shane Paltridge, Australian soldier and politician († 1966)
• 1911 » Nora Heysen, Australian painter († 2003)
• 1911 » Tommy Duncan, American singer-songwriter († 1967)
• 1911 » Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan († 2004)

• 1882 » Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1891 » Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
• 1904 » William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
• 1914 » Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)
• 1920 » Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
• 1928 » Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (b. 1840)
• 1931 » James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician (b. 1882)

• 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 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.

The temperature on January 11, 1908 was between -8.4 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -4.8 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.