About the day » Wednesday June 3, 1908Calender converter

• Gerritje Judina van Reede, Doorn
• Adriana Maria Cornelia Zwaans, Tilburg († 1995)
• Alida Elisabeth Helsloot, Amsterdam († 1936)
• Anna Maria Zomer, Mussel, Nederland
• Voets, Rosmalen († 1928)
• Anna Roubos, De Werken en Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• aaltje van den BLINK, oostvoorne
• Anna Catharina Stoker, Velsen († 1908)
• Anna Jacoba Maria Schaafsma, Haarlemmerliede († 2002)
• Alberto Josephus Maria van Berkel, Tilburg († 1908)

• Anna Catharina Fermans (0), Weert Limburg (NL)
• Albert Vos (54)
• Adam Naaktgeboren (1), dordrecht (zuid holland)
• Antje Steghgers (35), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aris Simonsz Stammis (63), Hoorn
• Ardina Jonkers (49), Schijndel
• Arie Bulsing (65), Arnhem (Arnhem) (Gelderland)
• Adriaan Hendrikx (84), Ginneken en Bavel
• Albert Vos (54)
• Antonius Johannes Ravesteijn (0), Utrecht

• 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)

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. Arie
15. Wilhelmus
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 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
• April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
• May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
• November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

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.