About the day » Friday December 8, 1911Calender converter

• Alfred Lester PSCHERER, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 1984)
• Angela Germaine SEGERS, Pamel,1760,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Alida Maria Bosma, Den Helder († 2005)
• Adriaantje Verweij († 1996)
• Arie Schenk († 1977)
• Anna Adrians de Mooij, Rijnsburg
• Adrianus Josephus Maria van der Spank, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alphonsus Cornelius Wilhelmus Prince, Tilburg
• Adrianus Bijl, Rotterdam († 1958)
• Antonius Johannes Pijnenburg, Schijndel

• Abraham Dourleijn (24), Domburg, Walcheren, NL
• Adam Fredrick (Friedrich) Knippenberg (82), Beardstown, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Magnin (24), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje De Wilde (72), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Magnin (24), Leiden
• Anne Catharina Gerritsen (87), Utrecht
• Amos Ladd Keith (75), Eton, Murray, Georgia, United States
• Anna Catharina Gerritsen (87)
• Alexander Verhagen (75), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Weevers (0), Opglabbeek (B)

• 1908 » Concha Piquer, Spanish singer and actress († 1990)
• 1908 » John A. Volpe, American soldier and politician, 61st Governor of Massachusetts († 1994)
• 1911 » Lee J. Cobb, American actor († 1976)
• 1911 » Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter († 1992)
• 1913 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer († 1966)
• 1914 » Ernie Toshack, Australian cricketer († 2003)
• 1914 » Floyd Tillman, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2003)
• 1915 » Ernest Lehman, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1916 » Richard Fleischer, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1917 » Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer and administrator († 1998)

• 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
• 1914 » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
• 1914 » Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)
• 1918 » Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)
• 1919 » J. Alden Weir, American painter (b. 1852)
• 1929 » José Vicente Concha, Colombian politician and 8th President of Colombia (b. 1867)

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. Gerardus
14. Arie
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
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 6.0 million citizens.
• January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
• January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
• May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
• August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
• October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
• November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on December 8, 1911 was between 0.5 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.