About the day » Friday August 14, 1908Calender converter

• Aagje Bos, Rotterdam
• Alke Holtjer, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 2003)
• Albert Schreuder, Lunteren,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1963)
• Adriaan Versteeg, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland († 1995)
• , EASTBOURNE (East-Sussex), UK
• Alfretta Bernice Skelly, 5308 Lockwood, Chicago, IL († 2006)
• Adolphus Eusebius Maria Meijer, Angeren, Nederland († 1938)
• Abraham Vermeer, Pernis († 1909)
• Alfred Irving Schlossberg, Portsmouth, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Griffioen, Kamerik († 1908)

• Anna Maria Neeltje Koopman (0), Meppel
• Anna Maria Neeltje Koopman (0), Meppel
• Anna Maria Catharina Kaag (74), Hoorn
• Aagje VAN LEEUWEN (77), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van der Valk (0), Zierikzee
• Antje Mol (45), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Pirovano- (0), Velsen, Nederland
• Griffioen (0), Kamerik
• Aaltje van Dompzelaar (van Domselaar) (89), Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• (Barones) Marie Louise Christine Frederika Van Utenmove (56)

• 1901 » Alice Rivaz, Swiss pianist and author († 1998)
• 1903 » Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter and illustrator († 1995)
• 1910 » Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and producer († 1995)
• 1910 » Willy Ronis, French photographer († 2009)
• 1911 » Jan Koetsier, Dutch composer and conductor († 2006)
• 1911 » Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian spiritual leader, philosopher, and author († 2006)
• 1912 » Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic († 1985)
• 1913 » Hector Crawford, Australian director and producer († 1991)
• 1913 » Paul Dean, American baseball player († 1981)
• 1914 » Herman Branson, American physicist, chemist, and academic († 1995)

• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)

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 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
• January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The temperature on August 14, 1908 was between 9.3 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.