About the day » Friday November 6, 1908Calender converter

• Amanda Beatrice "Betty" Guill, Halifax Co., VA († 1990)
• Adeline Sahli, South Dakota († 1993)
• Anna Elisabeth Born, Amsterdam († 1991)
• Aaltje van Aalderen, Meppel († 1912)
• Adriana van den Ouden, Rotterdam
• Agatha Adriana Wilhelmina Boogaart, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Anna Maria Janssen, St. Pieter, Limburg, Nederland
• Agatha Beens, Hedel († 1977)
• Anna KORTE, Roseland Cook County Illinois U.S.A († 2000)
• Anna Maria Petronella TOMPSON, Oudenbosch,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND

• Bruno van Erp Taalman Kip (69), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Arnold BEX (24), Zepperen (B)
• Anna Elisabeth Poll, Haarlem
• Carolina Maike de Walsche (57), Banda Neira
• Bartje van Zijl (5), Harderwijk
• Carolina Meike (Maijke) de Walsche (57), Djokjakarta Ned.Indië
• Aaltje Lammerts (72), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Christina Ickes (66)
• Adriana van Spronsen (66), Monster
• Aseneth Lois Davis (66), College Place, Walla Walla, Washington, Verenigde Staten

• 1885 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1935)
• 1887 » Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager († 1946)
• 1897 » Jack O'Connor, English cricketer († 1977)
• 1900 » Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting († 1941)
• 1908 » Tony Canzoneri, American boxer († 1959)
• 1921 » Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer († 2006)
• 1924 » Harry Threadgold, English footballer († 1996)
• 1926 » Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor († 2012)
• 1926 » Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author († 2012)
• 1930 » Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist († 2011)

• 1816 » Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France who died a bizarre death (b. 1752)
• 1918 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)

• 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 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.

The temperature on November 6, 1908 was between -4.4 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.