About the day » Friday October 23, 1908Calender converter

• Anna Elizabeth Marinus, Watergraafsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abram Vroegop, Broek op Langedijk, Nederland († 1920)
• Alida Maria Heijboer, Haarlem († 1990)
• Anna Catharina Maria van Berkel, Tilburg, Nederland († 1975)
• Alice Lorna Smith, Totnes, Devon, United Kingdom († 1991)
• Alida Maria Zieverink, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Klumpers, Markelo
• Anna Elizabetha (Bep) Marinus, Amsterdam († 2004)
• Abraham van den Braber, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Anna Catharina Maria van Berkel, Tilburg († 1975)

• Anna Malipaard (0), zevenbergen (noord brabant)
• Anna Maria Klister, Losser, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Margaret Wennink (60), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Ake van der Vinne (75), Nieuw-Buinen, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Kraaijpoel (0), Culemborg (GL)
• Smolders (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant. Nederland
• Clasina Nicolasine PALLADA (85), Beek (Ubbergen), 1183, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alphonsine Gertrudis Habets (0), Boorsem (B)
• Albertus Johannes Geelmuijden (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje van Gunst (44), Menaldumadeel

• 1904 » Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach († 1995)
• 1905 » Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1983)
• 1905 » Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer († 2003)
• 1905 » Yen Chia-kan, Chinese lawyer and politician, President of the Republic of China († 1993)
• 1908 » František Douda, Czech shot putter († 1990)
• 1908 » Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
• 1909 » Zellig Harris, American linguist and methodologist († 1992)
• 1910 » Hayden Rorke, American actor († 1987)
• 1910 » Richard Mortensen, Danish painter and educator († 1993)
• 1911 » Jack Keller, American hurdler († 1978)

• 1885 » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)
• 1915 » W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Richard McFadden, Scottish footballer and soldier (b. 1889)
• 1917 » Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)
• 1921 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)
• 1935 » Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)

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 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
• 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.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

The temperature on October 23, 1908 was between 1.1 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.