June 1903

The following events occurred in June 1903:

[June 1], 1903 (Monday)

An earthquake of 6.9 magnitude struck the Alaska Peninsula, part of the territory of the United States.

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.
Died: Gaspar Núñez de Arce, 68, Spanish poet

Harry Vardon of Jersey won the 1903 Open Championship golf tournament at Prestwick in Scotland.
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.
*Nikolai Bugaev, 65, Russian mathematician

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.

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.

In Germany's federal election, the Social Democratic Party won the popular vote, but the Centre Party remained the largest party in the Reichstag.
In the Danish Folketing election, the Venstre Reform Party, under incumbent Council President Johan Henrik Deuntzer, won 73 of the 114 seats.
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen set off from Oslo in an attempt at the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
The Ford Motor Company was incorporated in Detroit by Henry Ford.

The British ironclad turret ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while being towed from the United Kingdom to the United States to be scrapped, and was lost. The Royal Navy ship had already been decommissioned, sunk as a target, and raised for its scrap value.

The United States military officially adopted the M1903 Springfield rifle.
A minor earthquake struck an area of North Wales, UK, centred on the town of Caernarfon.
Born:
*Lou Gehrig, American baseball player, in New York City
*Wally Hammond, English cricketer, in Dover
Died: Herbert Vaughan, 71, English Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster

US magazine The Saturday Evening Post began its serialization of Jack London's third novel, The Call of the Wild.

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.
Born: Anthony Veiller, US screenwriter and film producer, son of screenwriter Bayard Veiller and actress Margaret Wycherly, in New York City

Born:
*Pierre Brossolette, French journalist and resistance fighter, in Paris
*George Orwell, English author, in Motihari, Bengal Presidency, British India, under the name Eric Arthur Blair

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.
Elisabeth Moore won the Women's Singles competition at the 1903 U.S. National Championships tennis tournament.

A meteorite fall, classification H5, was observed in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Willie Anderson of Scotland won the U.S. Open golf tournament.
Born: Alan Blumlein, British electronics engineer, in London