About the day » Wednesday June 8, 1921Calender converter

• Akke Broer, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (Ali) Alida Bos, Sleen, Nederland († 1981)
• Anna Mantel, Emmerich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 2012)
• Anna Gertrudis Vergoossen, St. Joost († 2007)
• Beatrice Ilene Esther Rawn († 1928)
• Alie Munneke, Veendam († 2010)
• Adriana Maria Leijtens, Baardwijk (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1945)
• André Charles Cailliau, Vlamertinge († 2003)
• Agnes Grooms Poe, Summerville, South Carolina († 1962)
• Augustinus Cornelis Willems, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)

• Arnoldina Julia Meijers (80), Delft, Nederland
• Arend Putter (79), Avereest
• Alexander Hendrik de Mees (30), Paramaribo, Suriname
• Anna Maria Coleta Catharina Van Mol (51), Meerhout, België
• Alagonda Elizabeth Luiken (74), 's-Gravenhage
• Antonia Maria Elisabeth ABBEMA (84), Ede, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Aafke Eebeles Bijlstra (81), Murmerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Catharina Scholten (68), Zevenaar
• Adele HERINGS (46), Tervuren (B)
• Aafje Johanns Jungerius (23), Rijnsburg

• 1918 » George Edward Hughes, Irish-New Zealand philosopher and logician († 1994)
• 1918 » John D. Roberts, American chemist and academic († 2016)
• 1918 » Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer († 1987)
• 1919 » John R. Deane, Jr., American general († 2013)
• 1920 » Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright († 1995)
• 1921 » Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress and singer († 1993)
• 1921 » Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman († 1986)
• 1921 » LeRoy Neiman, American soldier and painter († 2012)
• 1921 » Olga Nardone, American actress († 2010)
• 1921 » Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia († 2008)

• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
• February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
• March 8 » Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
• June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
• October 29 » The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
• October 29 » The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.
• November 14 » The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.

The temperature on June 8, 1921 was between 10.0 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.