What Happened in June 1903

Historical Events

Jun 2 First patent for adrenaline (epinephrine) granted to Japanese-American chemist Jokichi Takamine [1]
Jun 6 President Emile Loubet of France and Minister of Foreign Affairs Theophile Declasse visit London, furthering the cause of Entente Cordiale between Britain and France

43rd British Men's Open

Jun 11 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon wins his 4th Open title by 6 strokes from younger brother Tom Vardon

Jun 11 King Alexander I and his wife Queen Draga Mašin of Serbia are assassinated in the royal palace in Belgrade by a group of army officers led by Captain Dragutin Dimitrijević, as part of a military coup
Jun 12 Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city
Jun 12 The Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity is founded at the University of Michigan School of Music
Jun 15 The Serbian Assembly meets and elects Prince Peter Karageorgevich king
Jun 16 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox

Ford Motors Founded

Jun 16 Ford Motors under Henry Ford incorporates

Jun 16 Pepsi Cola company forms
Jun 16 Reichstag elections with gains for the Social Democratic Party of Germany

Northwest Passage

Jun 16 Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway

Jun 20 Charlotte Maxeke (née Mannya) becomes the first native African to graduate from a US college (Wilberforce University in Ohio)
Jun 24 Russia prohibits meetings dealing with Zionism
Jun 25 Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt is only 20th-century pitcher to lose 2 complete games in one day, falling to Pittsburgh 1-0 & 5-3
Jun 25 NY Yanks & Chicago White Sox end deadlocked game at 6-6 in 18
Jun 27 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Elisabeth Moore beats Marion Jones 7-5, 8-6 for her third of 4 US singles titles
Jun 29 British government protests against abuses in Belgian Congo
Jun 29 US Open Men's Golf, Baltusrol GC: Willie Anderson of Scotland first to win the Open twice; beats countryman David Brown by 2 strokes in an 18-hole playoff

Wimbledon Men's Championship

Jun 30 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Laurence Doherty beats Frank Riseley 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 for his second consecutive title

Jun 30 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothea Chambers beats Ethel Larcombe 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, the first of 7 titles

Events in 1903

Famous Birthdays

Jun 1 Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R Bishop and Martyr (d. 1973)
Jun 1 Percy Whitlock, English composer and organist, born in Chatham, England (d. 1946)
Jun 2 Mario Pilati, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1938)
Jun 3 Eddie Acuff, American actor (Guns of the Pecos, Phantom Creeps, Outer Gate), (d. 1956)
Jun 6 Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (Gayane; Sabre Dance), born in Tbilisi, Georgia (d. 1978)
Jun 8 Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer, Dutch theologist (Dogmatic Studies), born in Amsterdam (d. 1996)
Jun 8 Marguerite Yourcenar, French-American novelist (Memoirs of Hadrian, The Abyss), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1987)
Jun 8 Ralph Webster Yarborough, American politician, U.S. Senator from Texas (1957-71), born in Chandler, Texas (d. 1996)
Jun 8 Ronald Shiner, British actor (Dry Rot, Carry on Admiral, Keep it Clean, Aunt Clara), born in London, England (d. 1966)
Jun 10 Clyde Beatty, American animal trainer and actor (Africa Screams, The Big Cage), born in Bainbridge, Ross County, Ohio (d. 1965)
Jun 10 Theo Lingen, German director and actor (M, Charm of La Boheme), born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1978)
Jun 11 Ernie Nevers, American College, Pro Football Hall of Fame fullback, coach (Stanford, Chicago Cardinals), born in Willow River, Minnesota (d. 1976)
Jun 12 Emmett Hardy, American jazz musician, born in Gretna, Louisiana (d. 1925)
Jun 13 Filip Kutev, Bulgarian composer (State Ensemble for Folk Song and Dance), born in Aytos, Burgas (d. 1982)

Red Grange (1903-1991)

Jun 13 American "Galloping Ghost" of football (University of Illinois, Chicago Bears), born in Forksville, Pennsylvania

Jun 14 Alonzo Church, American Mathematician whose work provided foundation for computer science, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1995)
Jun 14 Arthur McDonald, Royal Air Force officer and radar pioneer, born in South Africa (d. 1996)
Jun 15 (Carlos) "Charlie" Gemora, Filipino-American film make-up artist and actor who specialized in playing gorillas (Murders in the Rue Morgue; The Chimp & Swiss Miss; At the Circus; Road to Zanzibar), born in Negros, Philippine Islands (d. 1961)
Jun 16 Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (Mein Traum), born in Ganterschwil, Switzerland (d. 1945)
Jun 17 Mikhail Svetlov, Russian poet and writer, born in Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire (d. 1964)
Jun 17 Ruth Wakefield, American inventor who created the Toll House Cookie, the first chocolate chip cookie, born in East Walpole, Massachusetts (d. 1977)
Jun 18 Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer ("When I'm Calling You"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1965)
Jun 18 Raymond Radiguet, French journalist and writer (Le diable ouch corps), born in Saint-Maur, France (d. 1923)
Jun 19 Hans Litten, German lawyer, workers' rights advocate, anti-Nazi antagonist, and educator, born in 1903 Halle an der Saale, German Empire (d. 1938) [1]

Lou Gehrig (1903-1941)

Jun 19 American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (6 x World Series, 2 x AL MVP; 7 x MLB All Star; NY Yankees), born in New York City

Jun 19 Wally Hammond, England cricket batsman (7,249 Test runs @ 58.45), born in Dover, England (d. 1965)
Jun 20 Glenna Collett-Vare, American golfer (6-time US Amateur champion), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1989)
Jun 20 Sam Rabin [Rabinowitz], British sculptor, artist, actor and freestyle wrestler (Olympic bronze middleweight 1928), born in Cheetham, North Manchester, England (d. 1991)
Jun 21 Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (NINA, NY Times), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2003)
Jun 21 Louis Krasner, Ukrainian-American violinist, born in Cherkasy, Ukraine (d. 1995)

Carl Hubbell (1903-1988)

Jun 22 American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (9 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1933; NL MVP 1933, 36; NY Giants), born in Carthage, Missouri

John Dillinger (1903-1934)

Jun 22 Notorious American bank robber, born in Indianapolis, Indiana

Jun 23 Anthony Veiller, American writer (Night of Iguana, Moulin Rouge), born in New York City (d. 1965)
Jun 23 Hans C Branner, Danish writer (Two Minutes of Silence), born in Ordrup, Denmark (d. 1966)
Jun 23 Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician (d. 1992)
Jun 25 Anne Revere, American actress, (A Place in the Sun), born in New York City (d. 1990)

George Orwell (1903-1950)

Jun 25 British author (Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four), born in Motihari, British India

Jun 26 Ashley Clarke, British diplomat to Italy and president (Venice in Peril Fund) (d. 1994)
Jun 26 Babe Herman, American baseball right fielder (.324 career average; hit for cycle record x 3; Brooklyn Robins), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1987)
Jun 29 Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer, born in Hampstead, London (d. 1942)

Born in 1903

Famous Deaths

Jun 10 Luigi Cremona, Italian mathematician (grafostatica), dies at 72
Jun 11 King Alexander I of Serbia assassinated during a coup d'etat at 26
Jun 11 Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician, dies at 65
Jun 22 George White, African American resident of Delaware, lynched
Jun 29 Rentaro Taki, Japanese pianist and composer, dies at 23

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