About the day » Thursday June 2, 1904Calender converter

• van Noije, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana LITTEL, Overschie, Gemeente Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands († 1986)
• Alphonse H Ruedisueli, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1967)
• Adriaan Leijten, Rotterdam († 1984)
• Amber Comora Randall, Stella, Giles County, Tennessee († 1979)
• Albert Jager Lankhorst, Zwollerkerspel († 1904)
• Agate Juliane Johansen, Bakklandet, Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway († 1988)
• Agnes Lamberta van Klooster, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Andries Peekel, Heemskerk (Nederland) († 1977)
• Alberdina Jentina Metselaar, Hollandscheveld, Drenthe, Nederland († 1967)

• Caroline KOENIG (4), Asswiller,67320,Bas-Rhin,Alsace,FRANCE
• Alfons DE WISPELAERE (0), Zomergem
• Barentsen (0), Wissenkerke
• Carl Joseph Wiesemann (63), Amsterdam
• Belle Zora Hollifield Jones [Bu] (32), Rutherford County, North Carolina
• Antonia van Denken (30), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Haar (70), moddergat/zuidwolde
• Mack (0), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend (Nijerees) Nijrees (89), Almelo, Ambt
• Armand Valentin Lans (0), Kediri, Indonesië

• 1899 » Edwin Way Teale, American environmentalist and photographer († 1980)
• 1899 » Lotte Reiniger, German animator and director († 1981)
• 1904 » Frank Runacres, English painter and educator († 1974)
• 1904 » Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor († 1984)
• 1907 » Dorothy West, American journalist and author († 1998)
• 1907 » John Lehmann, English poet and publisher († 1987)
• 1910 » Hector Dyer, American sprinter († 1990)
• 1911 » Joe McCluskey, American runner († 2002)
• 1913 » Barbara Pym, English author († 1980)
• 1913 » Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician († 2015)

• 1875 » Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806)
• 1881 » Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1901 » George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)
• 1927 » Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)
• 1933 » Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
• 1941 » Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)

• 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
• January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
• February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
• July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
• July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
• August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.

The temperature on June 2, 1904 was between 10.6 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.