About the day » Monday December 8, 1913Calender converter

• Anna Gerharda Nicola Vis, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Karel, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Bos († 1914)
• Adri Muylwijk
• Koning, Vries, Drenthe, Nederland († 1987)
• Alta Leona van Dusseldorp († 1986)
• Adrianus Johannes Gerardus Kooijman, Haarzuilens
• Aaltje Nicolai, Veenwouden
• Adriana van Houtum, Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1914)
• ADRIANUS MOERMAN, ROTTERDAM († 1976)

• Arnoldus van Hout (74), Stratum
• Abraham van de Guchte (66), Driewegen (Borsele), Zeeland, Netherlands
• Agatha van Veen (32), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Apolonia Lokerse (79), 's-Heer Abtskerke, Zeeland, NL
• Anna Antonia Dierckx (70), Turnhout
• Agnes Marie Hubertine van Venckenray (82), Leeuwarden, Nederland
• (stillborn son) de BRUIN (0), Hillegersberg (Rotterdam) (Z.-H.), Neth
• Arnoldus van HOUT (74), Stratum, Eindhoven, 3547, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie van Oosten (62), Naaldwijk
• Arnoldus van Ham (62), Borkel en Schaft

• 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. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
• January 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
• February 13 » The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
• March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
• March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
• March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
• December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.

The temperature on December 8, 1913 was between -3.1 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.