About the day » Wednesday July 8, 1914Calender converter

• Anne de Leeuw, Giethoorn († 2006)
• Annie Bell Bowen, North Carolina († 1995)
• * Willem Bouwen Mulders, Vlaardingen († 1976)
• Agnes Simone Vanherck, Velm, België († 2012)
• Aaltje Booker, Oostzaan, Nederland
• Anna ten Veen, Steenwijk
• Alberdinus Hendrikus (Teun) Schurink, Voorst († 1999)
• Albert Dekker, Grand Rapids (Kent County) (Michigan) († 2004)
• Aaltje Boneschansker, Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands († 1995)
• Adriana Bouwmeester, De Lier, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aaltjen Buunk (63), Hengelo (Bronckhorst)
• Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck (74), Baarn,Gemeente Baarn,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Antonette Smit (0), Vriescheloo
• Anje (Emmes) DIJKHUIS (83), Uithuizermeeden, Hefshuizen, Eemsmond, Groningen, Nederland
• Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck (64), Baarn
• Ann Frew (81), Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland
• (80), Boom, Antwerpen, Belgi
• ?? Bontenbal (0), Rotterdam
• Bernardus Deterd (61), Borne
• Adriana Maria de Bijl (0), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1911 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer († 1941)
• 1913 » Alejandra Soler, Spanish politician († 2017)
• 1914 » Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpet player († 1993)
• 1914 » Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal († 2010)
• 1915 » Lowell English, United States Marine Corps general († 2005)
• 1915 » Neil D. Van Sickle, American Air Force major general († 2019)
• 1916 » Jean Rouverol, American author, actress and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1917 » Faye Emerson, American actress († 1983)
• 1917 » J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer († 1999)
• 1917 » Pamela Brown, English actress († 1975)

• 1887 » Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Gerardus
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Hendrikus

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

• 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 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 6.2 million citizens.
• August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
• August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
• September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
• September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
• November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.

The temperature on July 8, 1914 was between 6.9 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.