About the day » Thursday December 3, 1908Calender converter

• Anna Maria Wilhelmina van Eijs, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1975)
• Anna Hendrika Gort, Standdaarbuiten, Nederland
• Adrianus Martinus Bertens, Tilburg
• Adrianus Nicolaas Cramer, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthony J Alt, USA († 1991)
• van Houwelingen, Velsen
• * Hendrikus van Esch, Hedikhuizen († 1985)
• Alida Abel, Schiedam († 1968)
• Aaltje Been, Haarlem
• Albertus Driessen, Angeren, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1965)

• Anna Snoep (78), 's Gravenpolder
• Aris Cz Oudes (64), Alkmaar
• Aaltje Swart (54), Groningen
• Aaltien BOERMA (65), Vries, Drenthe, Nederland
• Barbara Gruyaert (77), Ardooie,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Barbera Ruben (86), Grijpskerk
• Antoon van der Heijden (4), Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bartel van Verre (76), Middelburg,ZL
• Albert Pruntel (0), Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Gerdina Neeltje Harwig (5), Brummen

• 1901 » Glenn Hartranft, American shot putter and discus thrower († 1970)
• 1901 » Mildred Wiley, American high jumper († 2000)
• 1902 » Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist († 1993)
• 1902 » John Watkins, Canadian diplomat († 1964)
• 1902 » Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain and pilot († 1976)
• 1904 » Edgar Moon, Australian tennis player († 1976)
• 1905 » Les Ames, English cricketer († 1990)
• 1907 » Connee Boswell, American jazz singer († 1976)
• 1911 » Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic († 1979)
• 1914 » Irving Fine, American composer and academic († 1962)

• 1888 » Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)
• 1890 » Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
• 1892 » Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)
• 1902 » Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
• 1904 » David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)
• 1912 » Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Harold Garnett, English-French cricketer (b. 1879)
• 1919 » Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (b. 1841)

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.
• April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
• 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 December 3, 1908 was between -1.3 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.