About the day » Tuesday February 8, 1910Calender converter

• Abram Apon, Rotterdam
• Albert Reitzema, Hoogezand († 1975)
• Age Wynia, Wonseradeel
• Alijda Bernarda Kappert, Stad Doetinchem († 2003)
• (l.l.) Post, Vlaardingen († 1910)
• Abraham Abrahamse, Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL († 1965)
• Alijda Bernarda Kappert, Doetinchem (Stad) († 2003)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Aarnoutse, Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Age Wijnia, Nederland († 1992)
• Anna SINNEMA, Oldeboorn Friesland Netherlands († 1924)

• Antonetta Roodhorst (75), Ameide
• Alice Paquette (40), Ripon, Papineau, Québec, Canada
• Anna de Jong (83), Maarn
• Aleida Appelhof (75), Zwolle, Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Evers (84), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Petter (31), Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Maria van den Corput (65), Gilze en Rijen, Gemeente Gilze en Rijen
• Ann Elizabeth MODEN (68), Geelong, Victoria, Australia
• Anna de Jong (83), Maarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Ybeles Huizenga (93), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1903 » Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress († 1977)
• 1903 » Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia († 1990)
• 1906 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography († 1968)
• 1909 » Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist († 2012)
• 1911 » Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and author († 1979)
• 1913 » Betty Field, American actress († 1973)
• 1913 » Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter († 2009)
• 1914 » Bill Finger, American author and screenwriter, co-created Batman († 1974)
• 1915 » Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French singer, dancer, and actor († 1997)
• 1918 » Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager († 2003)

• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)

• 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.
• January 1 » Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
• March 3 » Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
• August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
• September 22 » The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
• October 5 » In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
• October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.

The temperature on February 8, 1910 was between 1.4 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.