About the day » Tuesday June 2, 1908Calender converter

• Adelaide Zimmermann, São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Alida Cornelia Mierop, Ouddorp (Z.H.)
• Aafje Bleeker, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Adriana Peterse, Zeist,Gemeente Zeist,Utrecht,Netherlands († 1971)
• Adriana Hoeben, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Agnes Nieveen, Charles Mix, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Ankje de Haan, Augustinusga, Friesland, Nederland († 1997)
• Alphonse Adolphe DEGLAS, Enghien, 7850, Hainaut, Belgique († 1990)
• Anna (Aukes) Landmeter, Boarnburgum, Friesland, Nederland († 1978)
• Alphonse Adolphe Ghislain DEGLAS, Enghien, 55010, Hainaut, Belgique

• Adrianus Timmermans (89), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Moerzaad (95), Nieuwerkerk
• Alphonse Louis van Hauwaert (63), Gent,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Andries Brunekreef (57), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis Sassen (0), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Craanen (64), Den haag
• Antonia Petronella van den Broek, Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje van der Veen (54), Zwaagwesteinde
• Anna Josepha Gabriela LEGAIN (92), Gijzegem
• Antje Jans van der Veen (54), Zwaagwesteinde

• 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)
• 1914 » Johnny Bulla, American golfer († 2003)
• 1915 » Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy († 1992)

• 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)

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

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

• 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
• April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
• April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

The temperature on June 2, 1908 was between 15.8 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.