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• Alfred CHAMBERLAIN, Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire († 1986)
• Baby HUIZENGA († 1912)
• Aouke Jacobus van Tuinen, Vriezenveen
• - Snijder, Emmen († 1912)
• Bont, 't Zandt, Groningen, Nederland († 1912)
• Anna Crama, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Steenbergen, Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antke Blom, Hindeloopen († 2005)
• Alida Jansen, Renkum († 1992)
• Anton Martinus Eduard Dust, Den Helder († 1982)

• Alida Sophia Jutte (59), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Wilhelmina(Toos) Streppel (43), Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anselmus Adriaan Anton Anssems (2), Delfzijl
• Antonia Willemina Streppel (43), Apeldoorn
• Antonius Johannis Wilhelmus Willems (72), Dodewaard, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina BEELEN (78), Tegelen,, Pays-Bas
• Alb. Lutz (0), Bretzingen
• Annigje Kolk (59), de Berg (Steenwijkerwold)
• Anna Maria Ester Props (72), Maarssen
• Anna Catharina Beelen (78), Tegelen,Limburg,Nederland

• 1908 » Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1909 » John Fante, American author and screenwriter († 1983)
• 1910 » George Musso, American football player and police officer († 2000)
• 1911 » Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher and academic († 1995)
• 1911 » Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1912 » Alois Brunner, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 2001 or 2010)
• 1912 » Sonja Henie, Norwegian-American figure skater and actress († 1969)
• 1914 » María Félix, Yaqui/Basque-Mexican actress († 2002)
• 1915 » Ivan Supek, Croatian physicist, philosopher and writer († 2007)
• 1917 » Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist († 2007)

• 1894 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)

• 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 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
• February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
• February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
• May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
• June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.

The temperature on April 8, 1912 was between 6.0 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.