About the day » Thursday August 11, 1910Calender converter

• Ada Essenburg, Zeeland, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• alberdina willemina de vries, rotterdam († 1999)
• Andries van Stijn, Asperen, 4147, Nederland († 1992)
• Adam Kubik, Buffalo (Erie Co., New York) († 1970)
• André Lodewijk van Emden, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Alberdina Willemina de Vries, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Anna Gerritdina ter Boo, Woolde, Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Alonzo Kay Berry, St Johns, Apache County, Arizona († 1985)
• Anna Geertruida Michorius, Hengelo
• Alice Elmyra Smith (Henley), Paducah, McCracken county, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2006)

• Carel Alexander Lodewijk Jacob JEEKEL (54), Jogjakarta (NOI)
• - Joustra (0), Emmen
• Anna Catharina Wolters (0), Emmen
• Agnes Essie Miller Randall (37), Penrith, NSW, AU
• Bastiaan HORDIJK (90), Numansdorp
• Arend van der Knijff (75), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Andrea Alberta Beauprez (0), Klerken
• Adriana Wilhelmina Maria Groenewegen (0), Honselersdijk, Nederland
• Aaltje van Gelderen (77), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arend van der Knijf (75), 's-Gravenzande

• 1907 » Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and lawyer († 1989)
• 1908 » Don Freeman, American author and illustrator († 1978)
• 1908 » Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher († 1999)
• 1909 » Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher and theologian († 1985)
• 1909 » Yūji Koseki, Japanese composer († 1989)
• 1911 » Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand († 2004)
• 1912 » Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic († 1954)
• 1912 » Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer († 1996)
• 1913 » Bob Scheffing, American baseball player and manager († 1985)
• 1913 » Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor († 1976)

• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)

• 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.
• 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.
• May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
• August 20 » Extremely dry and windy weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes several small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3million acres (12,000km) and killing 87 people.
• September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
• October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
• October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.

The temperature on August 11, 1910 was between 10.7 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.