About the day » Wednesday June 3, 1942Calender converter

• Helena Albertha Bijster, Haarlem († 1985)
• Catherine Mary Burney, Boston MA, V.S († 1990)
• Alfons Julien André Geldof, Temse († 2006)
• Cornelis de Mik († 2012)
• Herman Marinus Buitenhuis († 2009)
• Catharina Elsas, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Gerardus Maria Schram, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Edward Arnold MALOSH, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin († 2021)
• Alie Tibben, Dedemsvaart († 2021)
• Anatole de Abreu Lima, Bernardino de Campos, São Paulo, Brasil († 2015)

• Antje van den Heuvel (64), Hilversum
• Alfons Deneve (52), Heverlee,, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Boele Alberts Postma (82), Wolvega, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) VEGTER (0), Wildervank (Veendam) Groningen Netherlands
• Berend Mulder (73)
• Abraham Kanter (68), Izbica Sobibor Extermination Camp
• Abraham Katzenstein (58), Sobibor, Lublin, Polen
• Abraham Hemmers (32), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Henrica Brekelmans (52), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Allegonda Gerritsd Laagland (72), Bolsward, fr.nld

• 1939 » Frank Blevins, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia († 2013)
• 1939 » Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 » Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player († 2020)
• 1942 » Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer († 1999)
• 1943 » Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 » Eddy Ottoz, Italian hurdler and coach
• 1944 » Edith McGuire, American sprinter and educator
• 1944 » Thomas Burns, British bishop
• 1945 » Hale Irwin, American golfer and architect
• 1945 » Ramon Jacinto, Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman, founded the Rajah Broadcasting Network

• 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)
• 1963 » Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician, 9th Turkish Speaker of the Parliament (b. 1887)

• 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
• May 15 » World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
• May 19 » World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
• August 7 » World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
• September 5 » World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
• September 13 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Japanese with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
• October 2 » World War II: Ocean Liner RMSQueen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMSCuracoa, killing 337 crewmen aboard Curacoa.

The temperature on June 3, 1942 was between 6.6 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.