About the day » Tuesday May 5, 1908Calender converter

• Aart Evers, Putten
• Adrianus Christianus de Weert, Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1910)
• Aagje van Wijngaarden, Mijdrecht († 1913)
• Alice Muriel Kraal, Singapore († 1975)
• Anna Maria Francisca Banens, Beek, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Maria VAN ROOIJEN, IJsselstein († 1976)
• Anna Cornelia Schaerlaeckens, Gilze en Rijen († 1959)
• Anna Goverdina Kleemans, Ginneken en Bavel
• Alberta Veldhuis, ......... († 1984)
• Abeltje Bolhuis, Oostwold, Midwolda, Oldambt, Groningen, Nederland

• Amelia De Man (57), Dendermonde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen
• Aaltje de Vries- (7), Emmen, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Gorp (88), Goirle
• Annigje Geerts Hoen (59), Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Annigjen Hoen (49), Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertje Doldersum (74), Het Haagje (Hoogeveen)
• Annetje Evers (40), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van den Brink (0), Oosterhuizen zie Gelderland-Apeldoorn-Oosterhuizen
• Aaltje de Vries (7), Emmen, Drenthe (NL)
• Anje Kampen (0), Westerwijtwerd, Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland

• 1903 » James Beard, American chef and author († 1985)
• 1905 » Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator († 1986)
• 1906 » Charles Exbrayat, French author and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1907 » Daryna Dmytrivna Polotniuk, Bukovinian (Ukrainian) journalist and author († 1982)
• 1908 » Kurt Böhme, German opera singer († 1989)
• 1909 » Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet and author († 1944)
• 1910 » Leo Lionni, American author and illustrator († 1999)
• 1911 » Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player († 2010)
• 1911 » Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1911 » Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist († 1932)

• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)

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. Arie
15. Wilhelmus
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.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• 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.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

The temperature on May 5, 1908 was between 10.1 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.