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Born on Friday July 3, 1908
Died on Friday July 3, 1908

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 3, 1908 at Delpher


Born on July 3

Died on July 3

Names that were popular for boys in 1908
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1908
  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

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.
  • May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
  • 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 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
  • 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.
  • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
  • November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
Weather July 3, 1908

The temperature on July 3, 1908 was between 10.6 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.

Source: KNMI