About the day » Saturday August 8, 1908Calender converter

• Alfred Harold MacDonald, Qu'appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada († 1992)
• Albert Bos, Klazienaveen, Emmen († 1997)
• Akke de Vries, Ureterp († 1983)
• Aime Balthasar Franciscus PUT, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1968)
• Aart Benschop, Jaarsveld, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1974)
• Anna Maria Pluijmaekers, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Roelen, Zevenbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Alexander Petrus Simons, Austruweel, Provincie Antwerpen († 1985)
• Anna Gertrudis Reijnders, Posterholt,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anje Blink, Schildwolde († 1996)

• Berend Wolters(De Groot) (56), Ter-Apelkanaal
• Aaltjen Peters Korthoef (0), Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove
• Bernardus Wessels (23), Braamt, Nederland
• Adriana Arendsd. Verlee (80), Middelharnis (ZH Nederland)
• Anne d'Overschie de Neerysche (36), Louvain (Leuven), 24062, Belgique
• Anthonia Vonck (72), Moorsel
• Adriana Verlee (80), Middelharnis
• "Anne-Marie" Ghislaine d'Overschie-Neeryssche (36), Louvain, Belgique
• de Nooijer (0), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Philomena Bell (0), Stratum

• 1904 » Achille Varzi, Italian racing driver († 1948)
• 1905 » André Jolivet, French composer († 1974)
• 1907 » Benny Carter, American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer († 2003)
• 1908 » Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1990)
• 1909 » Bill Voce, England cricketer and coach († 1984)
• 1909 » Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English cricketer and politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand († 1977)
• 1909 » Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales († 1987)
• 1910 » Jimmy Murphy, Welsh-English footballer and manager († 1989)
• 1910 » Sylvia Sidney, American actress († 1999)
• 1911 » Rosetta LeNoire, American actress († 2002)

• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1920 » Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (b. 1855)
• 1921 » Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)
• 1928 » Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871)

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 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
• April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
• 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 August 8, 1908 was between 7.3 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.