June 1903

[June 1], 1903 (Monday)

• Born: Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian bishop and martyr, in Stanislav

  [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.

  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

  June 7, 1903 (Sunday)

[June 8], 1903 (Monday)

• Born: Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author, in Brussels

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

  [June 10], 1903 (Wednesday)

• Born: Theo Lingen, German actor

  [June 11], 1903 (Thursday)

• 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 society.
• *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.

  [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.

  June 15, 1903 (Monday)

[June 16], 1903 (Tuesday)

• 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.

  [June 17], 1903 (Wednesday)

• 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.

  [June 18], 1903 (Thursday)

• Born:
• *Jeanette MacDonald, US singer and actress, in Philadelphia
• *Raymond Radiguet, French author, in Saint-Maur

  [June 19], 1903 (Friday)

• 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

  [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
• *Alf Sjöberg, Swedish theatre and film director, in Stockholm

  [June 22], 1903 (Monday)

• Born:
• *John Dillinger, US gangster, in Indianapolis
• *Jiro Horikoshi, Japanese aircraft designer, in Fujioka
• *Ben Pollack, US jazz drummer and bandleader, in Chicago

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

  June 24, 1903 (Wednesday)

[June 25], 1903 (Thursday)

• 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

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

  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.
• Born: Alan Blumlein, British electronics engineer, in London

  [June 30], 1903 (Tuesday)

• A meteorite fall, classification L6, was observed in Rich Mountain, United States.