About the day » Tuesday November 17, 1908Calender converter

• Adrianus van Boxtel, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alardus Gerardus van de Geer, Wamel († 1950)
• Aaltje Odink († 1993)
• Abraham Jannis Verhage, IJzendijke, Zeeland, NL († 1965)
• Holierhoek, Hof van Delft
• Akke Jans van Dijk
• Aartje Cornelia BRAND, Dubbeldam
• Anje Klazina Borg, Siddeburen, Groningen, Nederland
• Agnes Geilenkirchen, Kerkrade (L
• Adrianus Cornelis Landa, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1962)

• Albert Hovestad (0), Rhenen, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Kok- (0), Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Lap (72), Den Hoorn (Texel, NH)
• Alagonda Geertruida Oterdoom (91), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks Duinkerken (81), Hollandscheveld, 7913, Netherlands
• Adriana Jacoba Korenhof (80), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barta Meeuwenberg- (41), Zeddam, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerardus Berkelmans (0), Vlijmen
• Adriana Jacoba Korenhof (80), Leiden
• Antonij Elisen (70), Borculo

• 1901 » Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission († 1982)
• 1902 » Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
• 1904 » Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and architect († 1988)
• 1905 » Arthur Chipperfield, Australian cricketer († 1987)
• 1905 » Astrid of Sweden († 1935)
• 1905 » Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor († 1967)
• 1906 » Rollie Stiles, American baseball player († 2007)
• 1906 » Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company († 1991)
• 1907 » Israel Regardie, English occultist and author († 1985)
• 1911 » Christian Fouchet, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1974)

• 1891 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)
• 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865)

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.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
• September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on November 17, 1908 was between 3.7 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.