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• Adriana Rozina PRETORIUS, Hartebeesfontein († 1997)
• Anna Lina Häfele, Dürrenbüchig, Duitsland
• Antje Niemeijer, Nieuweschans, Nederland († 1986)
• Anna Maria Berthilia Ulens, Aalst-bij-Sint-Truiden, België († 1918)
• Anna Maria Peters, Barger Oosterveld, Drenthe, Nederland († 1980)
• Angenita Hendrika de Boer, Amsterdam († 2001)
• Alfons J. Reynaerts, Veulen, België († 1963)
• Anna Helena van der Wal, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Pieters VAN LUNE, Niekerk (Grootegast) Groningen Netherlands
• Alberdina Wilhelmina Sophia Borger, Gramsbergen

• Arie Heijndijk (1), Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augusta Goderis (42), Zarren
• Anny Sträter (21)
• Andrew Jackson Hall (51)
• Carolus Franciscus Dekkers (0), Essen (B)
• Anselmus Franciscus Desitter (67), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aukjen Feitzes de Vries (71), Lippenhuizen
• Arie van Antwerpen (0), Monster
• Augusto Novis (70), Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brasil
• Andries du Bois (63), Groningen

• 1905 » Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director († 1997)
• 1906 » Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the IDS Center and PPG Place († 2005)
• 1907 » George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan († 1995)
• 1908 » Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor († 1975)
• 1908 » Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States († 1979)
• 1908 » V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao, Indian economist, politician, professor and educator († 1991)
• 1909 » Alan Brown, English soldier († 1971)
• 1909 » Ike Petersen, American football back († 1995)
• 1910 » Carlos Betances Ramírez, Puerto Rican general († 2001)
• 1911 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer († 1941)

• 1887 » Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)

• 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 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
• December 28 » The 7.1 M_w  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

The temperature on July 8, 1908 was between 11.5 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 11.4 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.