June 1913 in History

Events in History

Event of Interest

Jun 4 English suffragette Emily Davison dies after throwing herself in front of King George V's horse Anmer during running of the Derby at Epsom

Jun 5 Dutch Disability laws go into effect
Jun 6 Rabbit Maranville, is thrown out trying to steal home 3 times
Jun 7 1st verifiable ascent of main summit of Denali (Mt McKinley), North America's highest mountain led by Hudson Stuck and Harry Karstens
Jun 11 Grand Vizir Mahmud Shevket Pasha is assassinated, resulting in continuing Young Turk terrorism until WWI

Event of Interest

Jun 14 The South African Government pass the Immigration Act, which restricts the entry and free movement of Asians; it leads to widespread agitation and rioting by resident Indians, led by Gandhi

Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi

Jun 15 The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippine concludes
Jun 16 South African Government pass the segregationist Native Land Act, which restricts purchase or lease of land by native Africans
Jun 19 Natives Land Act, Act No 27, passed in South Africa: confines Africans to hopelessly overcrowded reserves and deprives them of rights to purchase land outside the native reserves
Jun 20 Bert Daniels set AL mark, being hit-by-pitch 3 times in a doubleheader
Jun 21 Tiny Broadwick is 1st woman to parachute from an airplane
Jun 25 American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913
Jun 25 Dutch Parliamentary election (confess party looses majority)
Jun 29 An attack by Bulgarian General Michael Savov on Greek and Serbian positions causes the start of the Second Balkan War
Jun 30 To increase the peacetime strength of the German Army, the Reichstag pass the Army and Finance Bills, a massive defense buildup

Birthdays in History

Jun 1 Bill Deedes, British journalist (d. 2007)
Jun 2 Barbara Pym, romantic author (Very Private Eye), (d. 1980)
Jun 2 Walter Andreas Schwarz, German singer and author (d. 1992)
Jun 3 Pedro Mir, Dominican Poet Laureate (d. 2000)
Jun 6 Carlo L. Golino, Italian-American scholar, born in Pescara, Italy (d. 1991)
Jun 6 Jiří Hájek, Czech politician and diplomat, born in Krhanice, Czech Republic (d. 1993)
Jun 7 David Cox, British medievalist (d. 1994)
Jun 8 Graham Watson, British literary agent (Curtis Brown, including authors Daphne du Maurier and John Steinbeck), born in Newcastle, England (d. 2002)
Jun 8 Peter Diamand, artistic administrator, born in Berlin (d. 1998)
Jun 9 Alida Bosshardt, Dutch Salvation Army officer (worked with Prostitutes in Amsterdam's red light district), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 2007)
Jun 9 Patrick Steptoe, English scientist (developed in vitro fertilization), born in Oxford, England (d. 1988)
Jun 10 Wilbur J. Cohen, American pioneer of social security, worked on the New Deal, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1987)
Jun 11 John Elliott Terry, British film financier (National Film Finance Corp) (d. 1995)
Jun 12 Jean Victor Allard, Canadian army general, born in Sainte-Monique-de-Nicolet, Quebec (d. 1996)
Jun 13 Etienne Leroux, Afrikaans author (Een vir Azazel), born in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape (d. 1989)
Jun 15 Trevor Huddleston, English Anglican bishop in South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (wrote Naught for Your Comfort), born in Bedford, England (d. 1998)

Jun 17 Felix Hartlaub, German historian and writer, born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1945)
Jun 18 Sylvia Porter, American financial writer (Sylvia Porter's Money Book), born in Patchogue, New York (d. 1991)
Jun 22 Wladyslaw Sila-Nowicki, Polish lawyer and advisor to Solidarity labor union, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1994)
Jun 23 Jacques Rabemananjara, Malagasy playwright, poet (Antsa; Antidote), and politician (Vice President, 1971-72), born in Maroantsetra in Antongil Bay, Madagascar (d. 2005)
Jun 23 William P. Rogers, American Republican politician (US Secretary of State, 1969-73), born in Norfolk, New York (d. 2001)
Jun 24 John Kubris, Czech paratrooper in WWII (killed Nazi head of Bohemia Reinhard Heydrich in Operation Anthropoid), born in Dolní Vilémovice, Moravia, Austri-Hungary (d. 1921)
Jun 26 Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician, born in Basse-Pointe, Martinique (d. 2008)
Jun 26 Maurice Wilkes, British computer scientist and inventor (stored program concept for computers), born in Dudley, England (d. 2010)
Jun 28 Walter Oesau, German fighter pilot (WWII), born in Farnewinkel, Germany (d. 1944)
Jun 30 Alfonso López Michelsen, 24th President of Colombia (1974-78), born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 2007)

Weddings in History

A. A. Milne

Jun 4 Author A. A. Milne (31) weds Dorothy Daphne de Selincourt

Deaths in History

Jun 2 Alfred Austin, English poet laureate of England (Garden), dies at 78
Jun 8 Emily Davison, English suffragette, dies after being hit by King George's horse at Epsom Derby 2 days earlier, at 40
Jun 11 Machmud Shevket Pasha, Turks grand vizier, murdered
Jun 13 Jonathan Hutchinson, English surgeon and scientist, dies at 84
Jun 21 Gaston Tarry, French mathematician, dies at 69
Jun 21 Stefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), dies at 37
Jun 28 Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, President of Brazil (b. 1841)