About the day » Saturday June 4, 1904Calender converter

• Aart van der Kolk, Hardinxveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Albert Gerrit Oosterhuis, Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands
• Abraham Lisser († 1962)
• Adrianus Johannes SPAPENS († 1973)
• Abeltje Jacobs de Jong (Hoekema)
• Aafke Wytses Heddema, Ter Apelkanaal gem. Vlagtwedde
• Adrianus (Ales) Dillema, Kollum († 1961)
• Adriana Hermina Ringenaldus, Doorn († 1971)
• Alexander Huizinga, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Antonius Bloemenkamp, Lettele († 1970)

• Albert Boekema (92), Uitwellingerga, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Balster (18), Wijhe
• Albert Ates Rienstra (71), Whitinsville, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Andries van Wouwen (83), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alma Böttcher (29)
• Aaltje Munnik (75), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries van Wouwe (83), Zevenbergen
• Andries van Wouwe(N) (83), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexander Hood (89), Royal Lodge, Windsor Park, England
• "Marie Ernestine" Josephine Adolphine Henrietta Theresa Elisabeth Alexandrina von Hannover (54), Gmunden, Autriche

• 1903 » Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor († 1988)
• 1904 » Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist († 1992)
• 1907 » Jacques Roumain, Haitian journalist and politician († 1944)
• 1907 » Patience Strong, English poet and journalist († 1990)
• 1907 » Rosalind Russell, American actress († 1976)
• 1910 » Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft († 1999)
• 1912 » Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter († 1993)
• 1915 » Modibo Keïta, Malian educator and politician, 1st President of Mali († 1977)
• 1915 » Nils Kihlberg, Swedish actor, singer, and director († 1965)
• 1915 » Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer († 2006)

• 1872 » Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1798)
• 1875 » Eduard Mörike, German pastor and poet (b. 1804)
• 1876 » Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1830)
• 1922 » W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Margaret Murray Washington, American Academic (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and coach (b. 1853)
• 1928 » Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)
• 1929 » Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (b. 1881)
• 1931 » Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (b. 1853/54)
• 1933 » Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet and author (b. 1884)

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

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

• 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 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
• February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
• December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

The temperature on June 4, 1904 was between 8.4 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.