About the day » Tuesday June 3, 1924Calender converter

• Antonius Gerardus Thomas, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1924)
• Bernardus Willem van Loon, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Arie Suijker, Berkenwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland (Gem. Stolwijk) († 1994)
• Co van der Spek († 2013)
• Cornelis Johannes Zaal, Amsterdam († 1995)
• Barbara Ruby KING, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia († 2002)
• Aartje Angenent († 2012)
• Antoinette Theodorina Josephina Spaanenburg, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Antonia Bielen, Zonhoven († 2006)
• Bertie Inez Patterson († 1999)

• Adrianus Franciscus De Pooter (84), Herentals, België
• Auguste Wilhelmine Henriette Abendroth (38), Zwijndrecht
• Angela de Carvajal y Jiménez de Molina (56), Madrid, Madrid, Spain
• Antje van Doorn (54), Mitchelville, Iowa, USA, Nederland
• Aaltjen Tuiten (74), Deventer
• Adriana Maria Heijkants (43), Zijtaart, Netherlands
• Alida Catharina Arbouw (83), Leiden
• aagje jans BEZEMER (71), zwijndrecht
• Augustina Cornelia Besier (54), Velp, Rheden
• Adriana van Alphen (64)

• 1922 » Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1923 » Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician and theorist († 2017)
• 1924 » Bernard Glasser, American director and producer († 2014)
• 1924 » Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress († 1991)
• 1924 » Jimmy Rogers, American singer and guitarist († 1997)
• 1924 » Karunanidhi, Indian screenwriter and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu († 2018)
• 1924 » Torsten Wiesel, Swedish neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1925 » Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal († 2001)
• 1925 » Tony Curtis, American actor († 2010)
• 1926 » Allen Ginsberg, American poet († 1997)

• 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)
• 1938 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1875)

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

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

• 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
• February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
• February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
• March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
• March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
• June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
• November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.

The temperature on June 3, 1924 was between 4.2 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.