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August 6, 1908Born on Friday August 7, 1908
- Adrianus de Krom, Halsteren, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
- Abraham Rodrigues de Miranda, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
- Adriana Maria van GURP, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Adriana Pieternella van Maurik, Gorinchem († 1989)
- Abraham Rodrigues de Miranda, Amsterdam († 1978)
- Albertus Antonius Wolfkamp, Hellendoorn († 1996)
- Adrianus Johannes Steentjes, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Aaron Todd ? ***** († 1986)
- Abraham Matthew Mohr, Ottawa County (Michigan) († 1995)
- Adrianus Petrus (Janus) de Krom, Halsteren († 2005)
Died on Friday August 7, 1908
- Anna Maria Brink (0), Lindloh, Haren (Ems)
- Anthonia van der Zouw (0), Utrecht, Nederland
- Christiana Kentie (19), Wijk en Aalburg, Gemeente Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
- Charles Louis CAPPAERT, Passendale,8980,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie
- Charles Louis Cappaert (80), Passendale,West-Vlaanderen,België
- Aaffien Gerrits Bult (47), Uitwierde
- Abraham van den Akker (1), Nijkerk
- Christiaan Joseph Vergossen (62), Spaanshuisken
- Alice Lillian MacLEAN (7), Georgetown, Kings Co., Prince Edward Island, CANADA
- Antonia Hendrica van der Geer (0), Bussum (Botweg 6)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 7, 1908 at Delpher
Born on August 7
- 1901 » Ann Harding, American actress and singer († 1981)
- 1903 » Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist († 1972)
- 1904 » Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
- 1907 » Albert Kotin, Belarusian-American soldier and painter († 1980)
- 1910 » Freddie Slack, American pianist and bandleader († 1965)
- 1911 » István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer and politician († 1979)
- 1911 » Nicholas Ray, American director and screenwriter († 1979)
- 1913 » George Van Eps, American guitarist († 1998)
- 1916 » Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer († 2008)
- 1918 » C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator († 1985)
Died on August 7
- 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
- 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
- 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
- 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
- 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
- 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
- 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
- 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
- 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
- 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
Names that were popular for boys in 1908
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Antonius
- Adrianus
- Gerrit
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
- Joseph
- Jacob
Names that were popular for girls in 1908
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Margaretha
- Antonia
- Marie
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.
- January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
- January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
- June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
- June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
- July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
- October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
The weather on Friday August 7, 1908
The temperature on August 7, 1908 was between 15.4 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI