page_title: 1908
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1908 / Births / August
caption_attribution_description: English: Prime Minister Harold Holt of Australia at a SEATO leaders' summit.
context_page_description: 1908 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1908th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 908th year of the 2nd millennium, the 8th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1908, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
  According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
context_section_description: August 4 – Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (d. 1994)
  August 5 – Harold Holt, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
  August 6 – Will Lee, American actor and comedian (d. 1982)
  August 8
  Arthur Goldberg, American politician, diplomat, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1990)
  Chivu Stoica, 48th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1975)
  August 9 – A. I. Bezzerides, American screenwriter (d. 2007)
  August 10
  Rica Erickson, Australian naturalist, botanical artist (d. 2009)
  Lauri Lehtinen, Finnish Olympic athlete (d. 1973)
  August 13 – Gene Raymond, American actor (d. 1998)
  August 18 – Edgar Faure, 2-time Prime Minister of France (d. 1988)
  August 21
  M. M. Kaye, British writer (d. 2004)
  Tom Tully, American actor (d. 1982)
  August 22 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (d. 2004)
  August 27
  Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer (d. 2001)
  Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
  August 28 – Robert Merle, French writer (d. 2004)
  August 30
  Leonor Fini, Argentine artist (d. 1996)
  Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991)
  August 31 – William Saroyan, American writer (d. 1981)
caption: Harold Holt
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