About the day » Wednesday June 3, 1908Calender converter

• (Teus) Teunis Christiaan Eckhardt, Gorinchem
• Adriana Maria Cornelia Zwaans, Tilburg († 1995)
• Anna Maria Berthauer, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Aleida Lambertha Smitt, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1963)
• Anna Maria Zomer, Mussel, Nederland
• Alice Jones, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States († 1975)
• Aaltje van Wezel, Hengelo
• Albert Theodore Sjolie, Velva, McHenry, North Dakota, United States († 1978)
• Adriana Antonia Johanna Odelia van Oudenhoven, Dongen († 1982)
• Hup, Geelbroek (Rolde)

• Antonij Kock (27), Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ardina Jonkers, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Tulkens (75), Elen (B)
• Adriaan Hendrikx (84), Ginneken en Bavel
• Antje Dirkdr Langereis (83), Wijdenes, Drechterland, NH, Netherlands
• Aafje Ariendr Kuiper (63)
• Adriaan Moot (18), Haarlem
• Alida Maria Johanna van der Togt (74), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Vos (54)
• Albert Vos (54)

• 1903 » Eddie Acuff, American actor († 1956)
• 1904 » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon († 1950)
• 1904 » Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor († 1984)
• 1905 » Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer († 1946)
• 1906 » Josephine Baker, French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative († 1975)
• 1906 » R. G. D. Allen, English economist, mathematician, and statistician († 1983)
• 1906 » Walter Robins, English cricketer and footballer († 1968)
• 1907 » Paul Rotha, English director and producer († 1984)
• 1910 » Paulette Goddard, American actress and model († 1990)
• 1911 » Ellen Corby, American actress and screenwriter († 1999)

• 1882 » Christian Wilberg, German painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1894 » Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1825)
• 1900 » Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (b. 1862)
• 1902 » Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1829)
• 1906 » John Maxwell, American golfer (b. 1871)
• 1921 » Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (b. 1879)
• 1924 » Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
• 1933 » William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852)

• 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 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
• October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

The temperature on June 3, 1908 was between 14.0 °C and 28.2 °C and averaged 21.8 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.