About the day » Saturday May 9, 1908Calender converter

• Anne Veronica "Anna" Devine, Shantavney Scotch, Ballygawley, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 2008)
• Anna Johanna van Eden, Haarlem († 1930)
• Adriana Peternella Janna Loch († 2001)
• Anna Maria Rosalia SCHRIJVERS, Peer († 1987)
• Anna Filipiak († 1945)
• Albert Hofstra, Winsum († 1984)
• Abraham Johannes van Dorp, Vlaardingen († 1978)
• * Adolf Maas, Amsterdam († 1994)
• Anna Timmermans, Assen
• Angeline Gramser, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• Antonius Wilhelmus van Wessel (0), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Susan Bollinger (75), Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
• Catharina Esveld (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonius GRAVE (67), Raalte, Nederland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Veenendaal (0), Hilversum
• Antonius Thijs (64), Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hijzelendoorn, den haag
• Andries Vromen (0), Maastricht
• Bernardus Petrus Henricus Severins (0), Oosterhout
• Arend Nieboer (0), Oud Annerveen,Anloo,Drenthe,Netherlands

• 1904 » Conrad Bernier, Canadian-American organist, composer, and educator († 1988)
• 1905 » Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist († 1998)
• 1906 » Eleanor Estes, American librarian, author, and illustrator († 1988)
• 1907 » Baldur von Schirach, German politician († 1974)
• 1907 » Jackie Grant, Trinidadian cricketer († 1978)
• 1907 » Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist and author († 1976)
• 1909 » Don Messer, Canadian violinist († 1973)
• 1909 » Gordon Bunshaft, American architect, designed the Solow Building († 1990)
• 1911 » Harry Simeone, American music arranger, conductor, and composer († 2005)
• 1912 » Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor († 1963)

• 1889 » William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
• 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Albert Abraham Michelson, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1933 » John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (b. 1877)
• 1938 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (b. 1866)

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 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
• June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.

The temperature on May 9, 1908 was between 9.3 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.