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The following events occurred in June 1903:

June 1, 1903 (Monday)

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June 2, 1903 (Tuesday)

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

June 3, 1903 (Wednesday)

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June 4, 1903 (Thursday)

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June 5, 1903 (Friday)

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June 6, 1903 (Saturday)

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June 7, 1903 (Sunday)

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June 8, 1903 (Monday)

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June 9, 1903 (Tuesday)

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June 10, 1903 (Wednesday)

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June 11, 1903 (Thursday)

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June 12, 1903 (Friday)

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June 13, 1903 (Saturday)

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June 14, 1903 (Sunday)

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June 14, 1903: Downtown Heppner, Oregon, during the flood

June 15, 1903 (Monday)

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June 16, 1903 (Tuesday)

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June 17, 1903 (Wednesday)

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  • 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)

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June 19, 1903 (Friday)

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  • 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:
  • Died: Herbert Vaughan, 71, English Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster

June 20, 1903 (Saturday)

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June 21, 1903 (Sunday)

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  • 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)

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  • Born:

June 23, 1903 (Tuesday)

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June 24, 1903 (Wednesday)

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June 25, 1903 (Thursday)

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  • 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)

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June 27, 1903 (Saturday)

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June 28, 1903 (Sunday)

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June 29, 1903 (Monday)

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June 30, 1903 (Tuesday)

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References

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  1. ^ "Penlee Gallery biography". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  2. ^ "A Timeline of the History of Women in Trinity". A Century of Women in Trinity College. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  3. ^ Brenner, Morgan G. (2009). The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of the Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860–2008. Vol. 1. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3360-5.
  4. ^ Dorich, William (October 1992). Kosovo. ISBN 0-317-05074-5.
  5. ^ "Work On Italian Cabinet; Premier Zanardelli Tries in Vain to Get Strengthening Material" (PDF). The New York Times. June 21, 1903.
  6. ^ "Oregon's Top 10 Weather Events of 1900s". National Weather Service. Archived from the original on October 19, 2004. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
  7. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  8. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  9. ^ Roald Amundsen and the Exploration of the Northwest Passage. Oslo, Norway: Fram Museum. 2008. pp. 63, 65. ISBN 9788282350013.
  10. ^ James Martin Miller; Henry Ford (1922), The amazing story of Henry Ford, M. A. Donohue & co., p. 72
  11. ^ "HMS Scorpion". Navy Historical Center (United States Navy). Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  12. ^ "Notes on individual earthquakes". British Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  13. ^ "Lou Gehrig Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  14. ^ Themal, Harry (January 9, 2017). "New Castle County's gruesome 1903 lynching by fire". Delaware Online. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  15. ^ "Women in Transportation – Changing America's History: Reference Materials" (PDF). United States Department of Transportation. March 1998. p. 10. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  16. ^ Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annual for 1904. New York: American Sports Publishing Company. 1904. p. 119.
  17. ^ "1903 U.S. Open". Archived from the original on 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2017-04-03.