June 1903
Month in 1903
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June 1, 1903 (Monday)
- Born: Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian bishop and martyr, in Stanislav (died 1973)
June 2, 1903 (Tuesday)
- An earthquake of 6.9 magnitude struck the Alaska Peninsula, part of the territory of the United States.
June 3, 1903 (Wednesday)
- English artist Laura Johnson married painter Harold Knight.[1]
June 4, 1903 (Thursday)
June 5, 1903 (Friday)
June 6, 1903 (Saturday)
- Sir Edward Elgar conducted his oratorio, The Dream of Gerontius, at Westminster Cathedral, the first time it had been performed in London.
- Born: Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer, in Tiflis, Russian Empire (died 1978)
June 7, 1903 (Sunday)
June 8, 1903 (Monday)
- Born: Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author, in Brussels (died 1987)
June 9, 1903 (Tuesday)
- Trinity College, Dublin, announced its intention to accept women as full members in the following year. "Steamboat ladies" from Oxford and Cambridge would be among the first recipients.[2]
- Died: Gaspar Núñez de Arce, 68, Spanish poet
June 10, 1903 (Wednesday)
- Born: Theo Lingen, German actor (d. 1978)
June 11, 1903 (Thursday)
- Harry Vardon of Jersey won the 1903 Open Championship golf tournament at Prestwick in Scotland.[3]
- Died:
- King Alexander I of Serbia, 26, and his wife Queen Draga, 38, both shot dead in a coup d'état in Belgrade by conspirators from the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) society.[4]
- Nikolai Bugaev, 65, Russian mathematician
June 12, 1903 (Friday)
June 13, 1903 (Saturday)
- Italy's Prime Minister, Giuseppe Zanardelli, resigned after losing a vote in the Italian Chamber of Deputies; he reconsidered, and would remain in the post until November.[5]
June 14, 1903 (Sunday)
- Heppner flood of 1903: The town of Heppner, Oregon, was nearly destroyed by a cloud burst that resulted in a flash flood that killed an estimated 247 people.[6]
June 15, 1903 (Monday)
June 16, 1903 (Tuesday)
- In Germany's federal election, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the popular vote, but the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag.[7]
- In the Danish Folketing election, the Venstre Reform Party, under incumbent Council President Johan Henrik Deuntzer, won 73 of the 114 seats.[8]
- Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen set off from Oslo in an attempt at the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage.[9]
- The Ford Motor Company was incorporated in Detroit by Henry Ford.[10]
June 17, 1903 (Wednesday)
- The British ironclad turret ship HMS Scorpion foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while being towed from the United Kingdom to the United States to be scrapped, and was lost.[11] The Royal Navy ship had already been decommissioned, sunk as a target, and raised for its scrap value.
June 18, 1903 (Thursday)
- Born:
- Jeanette MacDonald, US singer and actress, in Philadelphia (died 1965)
- Raymond Radiguet, French author, in Saint-Maur (died 1923)
June 19, 1903 (Friday)
- The United States military officially adopted the M1903 Springfield rifle.
- A minor earthquake (4.9 magnitude) struck an area of North Wales, UK, centred on the town of Caernarfon.[12]
- Born:
- Lou Gehrig, American baseball player, in New York City (died 1941)[13]
- Wally Hammond, English cricketer, in Dover (died 1965)
- Died: Herbert Vaughan, 71, English Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster
June 20, 1903 (Saturday)
- US magazine The Saturday Evening Post began its serialization of Jack London's third novel, The Call of the Wild.
June 21, 1903 (Sunday)
- Born:
- Al Hirschfeld, US caricaturist, in St Louis (died 2003)
- Alf Sjöberg, Swedish theatre and film director, in Stockholm (died 1980)
June 22, 1903 (Monday)
- Born:
- John Dillinger, US gangster, in Indianapolis (died 1934)
- Jiro Horikoshi, Japanese aircraft designer, in Fujioka (died 1982)
- Ben Pollack, US jazz drummer and bandleader, in Chicago (died 1971)
June 23, 1903 (Tuesday)
- Nadir of American race relations: George White, an African-American suspected of murdering Helen Bishop, a minister's daughter, was lynched in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.[14]
- Born: Anthony Veiller, US screenwriter and film producer, son of screenwriter Bayard Veiller and actress Margaret Wycherly, in New York City (died 1965)
June 24, 1903 (Wednesday)
June 25, 1903 (Thursday)
- Born:
- Pierre Brossolette, French journalist and resistance fighter, in Paris (died 1944)
- George Orwell, English author, in Motihari, Bengal Presidency, British India, under the name Eric Arthur Blair (died 1950)
June 26, 1903 (Friday)
June 27, 1903 (Saturday)
- 19-year-old American socialite Aida de Acosta became the first woman to fly a powered aircraft solo when she piloted Santos-Dumont's motorized dirigible, "No. 9", from Paris to Château de Bagatelle in France.[15]
- Elisabeth Moore (US) won the Women's Singles competition at the 1903 U.S. National Championships tennis tournament.[16]
June 28, 1903 (Sunday)
June 29, 1903 (Monday)
- A meteorite fall, classification H5, was observed in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
- Willie Anderson of Scotland won the U.S. Open golf tournament.[17]
- Born: Alan Blumlein, British electronics engineer, in London (died 1942)
June 30, 1903 (Tuesday)
- A meteorite fall, classification L6, was observed in Rich Mountain (Watauga County, North Carolina), United States.