About the day » Thursday June 4, 1908Calender converter

• Aalt van Engelen, Hilversum
• Albert van Beek, Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1984)
• Adrianus Martinus Johannes Hellemons, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Adrianus Johan Vreugdenhil, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aarjen Balder, Broek op Langedijk, Nederland († 1980)
• Adriana van Wijk, Papendrecht
• Albert Huizing, Exloërmond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 1989)
• Pisters, Hulsberg
• Achille Claes, Vorselaar, België
• Adrianus Johannes Vreugdenhil, Monster († 1972)

• Antje Tobias (86), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van der Gaag (1), Schiedam
• Cornelia Jans Nicolai (78), Groningen
• Aafke Meints Bottema (64), Kollumerland C.A., Friesland, Netherlands
• Cecilia Maria van Hal (81), Rosmalen, Nederland
• Bridget Doolan (Sr Oswald) (34), Dublin North, Ireland
• Blanche Marie Damassine Vilain (46), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Wybrens Joustra (83), Sneek
• Agatha Petronilla Catharina Maria PILLOT (12), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Saat (Zaat) (0)

• 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)

• 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)
• 1939 » Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (b. 1900)

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.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
• June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.

The temperature on June 4, 1908 was between 15.7 °C and 28.7 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.