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May 2, 1908Died on Sunday May 3, 1908
- Bernardus van Tuijl (73), Vuren, Nederland
- Casparina Maria Catharina Verlegh (58), Batavia, Jakarta, Java, Indonesië
- Casparina Maria Catharina Verlegh, Batavia, Nederlands-Indië
- Adriana Maria Plas, van der (72), Halsteren gem. Bergen op Zoom Nbr. NL
- Albert Harm Willems (59), Buck Grove, Grundy County, Iowa
- Alberdina Nijman (68), Gorssel
- Adriaantje Kalis (27), Heinenoord Nederland
- Carl Friedrich Nobbe (67), Farmersville, Montgomery County, Illinois
- Anneüs Jacob IJpeij (70), Zuidwolde, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
- Catharina van der Lans (87), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 3, 1908 at Delpher
Born on May 3
- 1905 » Edmund Black, American hammer thrower († 1996)
- 1905 » Red Ruffing, American baseball pitcher and coach († 1986)
- 1905 » Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic († 1988)
- 1906 » Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist and author († 1975)
- 1906 » Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican journalist, author, and playwright († 2005)
- 1906 » Mary Astor, American actress († 1987)
- 1906 » René Huyghe, French historian and author († 1997)
- 1910 » Norman Corwin, American screenwriter and producer († 2011)
- 1912 » May Sarton, American poet, novelist and memoirist († 1995)
- 1912 » Virgil Fox, American organist and composer († 1980)
Died on May 3
- 1882 » Leonidas Smolents, Austrian–Greek general and army minister (b. 1806)
- 1910 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
- 1916 » Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
- 1916 » Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
- 1916 » Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
- 1918 » Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
- 1919 » Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (b. 1854)
- 1921 » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
- 1925 » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)
- 1932 » Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)
Names that were popular for boys in 1908
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Antonius
- Adrianus
- Gerrit
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
- Joseph
- Jacob
Names that were popular for girls in 1908
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Margaretha
- Antonia
- Marie
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1908
- 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.
- February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
- April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
- 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.
- August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
- September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
- December 28 » The 7.1 Mw Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.
The weather on Sunday May 3, 1908
The temperature on May 3, 1908 was between 8.4 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI