About the day » Sunday September 6, 1908Calender converter

• Adrianus VISBEEN Azn, Rotterdam, NL-ZH
• Koper, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van Rijn, Brooklyn New-York, Verenigde Staten
• Aart Guliker, Nijkerkerveen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1975)
• Albertus Bennink, Hoogeveen, Alteveer
• Aldegonda Theelen, Neeroeteren, Provincie Limburg, België († 1987)
• Adriana Johanna Maria van der List, Rotterdam
• Adriana Paenen, Wuustwezel († 1909)
• Agatha Johanna Bossard, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aldegonda Maria Teelen, Neeroeteren, Provincie Limburg, België († 1978)

• Dena Koesyan (31), USA
• Catharina Anna van Dijk (18), Tilburg, Nederland
• Anna van Beelen (24), Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Ann Eliza Moon (56)
• Adrianus de Haan (61), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van Beelen (24), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Boudewijn Berend Neuteboom (71), Deventer
• Adriaan van den Meijdenberg (78), Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina VANWERSCH (84)
• Cornelis Hoogendoorn (58), Woerden, South Holland, Netherlands

• 1906 » Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1908 » Anthony Wagner, English genealogist and academic († 1995)
• 1908 » Korczak Ziolkowski, American sculptor, designed the Crazy Horse Memorial († 1982)
• 1909 » Michael Gordon, American actor and director († 1993)
• 1910 » Walter Giesler, American soccer player, referee, and coach († 1976)
• 1911 » Charles Deutsch, French aerodynamics engineer and automobile maker, co-founder of the brand "DB († 1980)
• 1911 » Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach († 2004)
• 1912 » Wayne Barlow, American organist, composer, and director († 1996)
• 1913 » Julie Gibson, American actress and singer († 2019)
• 1913 » Leônidas, Brazilian footballer († 2004)

• 1885 » Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815)
• 1902 » Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)
• 1907 » Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
• 1927 » William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)
• 1938 » John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
• 1939 » Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1944 » James Cannon Jr., American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
• 1945 » John S. McCain Sr., American admiral (b. 1884)

• 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.
• April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
• September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on September 6, 1908 was between 9.9 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.