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June 12, 1908Born on Saturday June 13, 1908
- Agatha Antonia Tamis, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Abraham Ketellapper, Amsterdam (NL) († 1943)
- André Richard Waterloos, Balegem
- Alle Arjen Bonnema, Dortmund-Körne (Noordrijn-Westfalen), Duitsland
- Aart Meijer, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
- Adrianus Gerardus Verdam, Laag-Nieuwkoop, Nederland († 1964)
- Jacob Herman Vink, Steenwijkerwold
- Adrianus Gerardus Verdam, Laag-Nieuwkoop († 1964)
- Aloysius Stumpers, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1971)
- Adrianus Johannes Straver, Haastrecht
Died on Saturday June 13, 1908
- Albertus Ondersteijn (74), Den Dungen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Agatha Maria Jansen (25), Haarlemmermeer
- Adriaan Hendrikszoon Veenhoven (78), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
- Cabalt (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Aleida Gezina Wilmink (53), Hengelo
- Adrianus van Boven (0), Sint-Michielsgestel
- Barteld Olijve (82), 't Haantje (Sleen)
- Akke Alberts Hanenburg (67), Dantumawoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
- Anna Theresia Frouchiar (61), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- August Maurits Frederik van der Pijl (76), Amsterdam
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from June 13, 1908 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië
- De Sumatra post
- De tribune : soc. dem. weekblad
- Nieuwsblad van Friesland : Hepkema's courant
- Leeuwarder courant
- Middelburgsche courant
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Algemeen Handelsblad
Born on June 13
- 1905 » James T. Rutnam, Sri Lankan historian and author († 1988)
- 1906 » Bruno de Finetti, Austrian-Italian mathematician and statistician († 1985)
- 1909 » E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian theorist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala († 1998)
- 1910 » Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Spanish journalist, author, and playwright († 1999)
- 1910 » Mary Whitehouse, English activist, founded the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association († 2001)
- 1910 » Mary Wickes, American actress († 1995)
- 1911 » Erwin Wilhelm Müller, German physicist and academic († 1977)
- 1911 » Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)
- 1911 » Maurice Copeland, American actor († 1985)
- 1912 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter († 1943)
Died on June 13
- 1881 » Joseph Škoda, Czech physician and dermatologist (b. 1805)
- 1886 » Ludwig II, king of Bavaria (b. 1845)
- 1894 » John Cox Bray, Australian politician, 15th Premier of South Australia (b. 1842)
- 1898 » Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
- 1904 » Nikiforos Lytras, Greek painter and educator (b. 1832)
- 1917 » Louis-Philippe Hébert, Canadian sculptor (b. 1850)
- 1918 » Michael Alexandrovich, Russian Grand Duke (b. 1878)
- 1930 » Henry Segrave, American-English racing driver (b. 1896)
- 1931 » Kitasato Shibasaburō, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1851)
- 1939 » Arthur Coningham, Australian cricketer (b. 1863)
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.
- 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.
- March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
- April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
- April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
- 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.
- July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
The weather on Saturday June 13, 1908
The temperature on June 13, 1908 was between 11.1 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI