About the day » Friday July 31, 1908Calender converter

• Anna Maria Deuling, Laudermarke gem. Vlagtwedde († 1955)
• Aaltje de Weerdt, Oldebroek (Hattemerbroek) († 1909)
• Anna Maria Franken, Vaals
• Anna Maria Francisca Canisius, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland († 1909)
• Anna Maria Clementina Cools, Olmen, België († 1908)
• Adile Cyrille VANNESTE, Beveren-Roeselare († 1990)
• Albertje Koebrugge, Onstwedde, Nederland
• Adriana van der Burg, Den Haag († 1908)
• A. M. Mathilde Van Eyck, Rukkelingen-Loon, België († 1989)
• Abe Johannes Hielkema, Ængwirden

• Berendina Aleida van Lochem (74), Lintelo
• Aaltjen Wevers (80), Goor
• Adrianus Vogel (78), Rotterdam
• Boeke Kwant (2), Groningen
• Arien van Schenkhof (0), Kesteren (Neder-Betuwe)
• Andries Miedema (71), Het Bildt
• Anne Catharina Heeren (73), Groot-Gelmen, België
• Barbara Vonk (59), Sliedrecht
• Adrianus van de Mosselaar, Alem, Maren en Kessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Boeke KWANT (2), Groningen Groningen Netherlands

• 1902 » Gubby Allen, Australian-English cricketer and soldier († 1989)
• 1904 » Brett Halliday, American engineer, surveyor, and author († 1977)
• 1909 » Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Austrian theorist and author († 1999)
• 1911 » George Liberace, American violinist († 1983)
• 1912 » Bill Brown, Australian cricketer († 2008)
• 1912 » Irv Kupcinet, American football player and journalist († 2003)
• 1912 » Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2006)
• 1913 » Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player († 1984)
• 1914 » Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter († 1983)
• 1914 » Paul J. Christiansen, American conductor and composer († 1997)

• 1875 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
• 1884 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)
• 1886 » Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)

• 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.
• April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
• November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
• 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.

The temperature on July 31, 1908 was between 9.5 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.