About the day » Thursday May 14, 1908Calender converter

• Angeline Klomp, Muskegon (Michigan, USA) († 1996)
• Agnes de Sitter, Groningen,Gemeente Groningen,Province of Groningen,Netherlands
• Adrianus den Boer, Rotterdam
• Andries de Vries, Leeuwarden († 1977)
• Anna Maria Van Opstal, Bergom Herselt, 2230, België († 1965)
• Annigje Neeltje Rijnaard, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1909)
• Agnes Willems de Sitter, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Verhoeven, Valkenswaard
• Andrea Sophia Van Schaften, Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Mentje Zeldenrust, Groningen († 1909)

• Anne Christine Wilhelmine Caßing (71), Enger, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Ann Lay (64), Kanab, Kane, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Abram Volker (49), Doorn
• August H. Schimmel (37), Marshall, Dane, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Anje Brands (66), Groningen
• Aleid veltrop (82), Emmen
• Aafje Jans Bakker (42), Oosterblokker, Drechterland,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jansma (1), Terband
• Aaltje OOSTINDIËR (10), Burum Friesland Netherlands
• van Leeuwen (0), Maurik, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1904 » Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator († 1973)
• 1905 » Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver († 1981)
• 1905 » Herbert Morrison, American soldier and journalist († 1989)
• 1905 » Jean Daniélou, French cardinal and theologian († 1974)
• 1907 » Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan († 1974)
• 1907 » Hans von der Groeben, German journalist and diplomat († 2005)
• 1908 » Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse and author († 2000)
• 1909 » Godfrey Rampling, English sprinter and colonel († 2009)
• 1910 » Ken Viljoen, South African cricketer († 1974)
• 1910 » Ne Win, Prime Minister and President of Burma († 2002)

• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)

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 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
• April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
• 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 May 14, 1908 was between 3.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.