About the day » Thursday August 27, 1908Calender converter

• Anna Maria Theresia Lambrechts, Westerlo, België († 1985)
• Ada Marie Quintine Coenen, Huis den Oosterhoff
• Albertje Bos, Siddeburen († 1945)
• Anna Engelina Schür, Onstwedde, GRO, Nederland († 1979)
• * Theodora Bogaart († 2001)
• Adriaan van den Driest, Aagtekerke († 2006)
• Adriana Hillegonda Wijnmaalen, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Anna BLAKEMORE (ANDERSON)
• Anna Brigitta Hoogendijk, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert Karel Duijzers, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)

• Annetta Wesemael (0), Aalst
• Anna Maria Coolen (65), Weert
• Adriana Agatha Geertruida Sixma (67), Veenklooster, Kollumerland C.A., Friesland, Netherlands
• Barend Smeenk (75)
• Alberdina Wiebes Houkes (0), Valthermond, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Angelina Dortu (63), Heerlen
• Augustus Streuve (40), Oedelem
• Alphonsine Marie Agnès Robertine van HERCKENRODE (67), Reppel
• Adrianus - Johannes Vegers (0), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Boormeester (23), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1904 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect († 1963)
• 1904 » Norah Lofts, English author († 1983)
• 1905 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek soldier († 1945)
• 1906 » Ed Gein, American murderer and body snatcher, The Butcher of Plainfield († 1982)
• 1908 » Don Bradman, Australian cricketer and manager († 2001)
• 1908 » Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States († 1973)
• 1909 » Charles Pozzi, French race car driver († 2001)
• 1909 » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1959)
• 1909 » Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist († 1966)
• 1911 » Kay Walsh, English actress and dancer († 2005)

• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1903 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
• 1935 » Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)

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 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
• June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.

The temperature on August 27, 1908 was between 12.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.