About the day » Friday August 5, 1910Calender converter

• Anna Louise Combest Russell Anderson [Wk ObtFwktGlnwdBu]Wk? "Louise", Phil, Casey County, Kentucky († 2009)
• Alexander Albertus Antonius van Riele, Zwolle († 1910)
• Klaaske Frouwke Kielman, Nieuwolda († 1979)
• Adriana Henrica Dominica van Helvert, Tilburg († 1944)
• Albert Wind, Lonneker (Driene),, Overijssel, Nederland († 1926)
• Antonia Buitenhuis, Apeldoorn {GE}, Zevenhuizen († 1988)
• Antonie Goudbeek, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1997)
• Albertus van de Meent, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Out, Heerhugowaard († 2007)
• Andreas Petrus Peeters, Blerick († 1981)

• Aafje Houtman (85), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Crijns (2), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Mechtildis Van Loo (59), Hoensbroek
• Antje Lieuwes Kamstra (Kampstra) (78), Mantgum
• Anne Marie Root, op 't (101), Nederweert
• Aaltje de Boer (81), Koedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Geradts (0), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Maria Barbara WISSELS (71), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anna Catharina Crijns (2), Maastricht, Nederland
• Aleida Krop (61), ..........

• 1906 » Joan Hickson, English actress († 1998)
• 1906 » John Huston, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1906 » Wassily Leontief, German-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1908 » Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia († 1967)
• 1908 » Jose Garcia Villa, Filipino short story writer and poet († 1997)
• 1910 » Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and manager († 1979)
• 1910 » Herminio Masantonio, Argentinian footballer († 1956)
• 1911 » Robert Taylor, American actor and singer († 1969)
• 1912 » Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian († 2007)
• 1914 » Parley Baer, American actor († 2002)

• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 » Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1935 » David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Arie
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Helena
15. Aaltje
16. Neeltje

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
• April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
• April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
• April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
• June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
• September 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
• October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on August 5, 1910 was between 12.1 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 20.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.