Timeline June 1903

Events in June 1903 10

• 1864 – 1903 Draga of Serbia (1864-1903) Assassinated 11 June 1903, aged 38 Draga Mau0161in married King Alexander I of Serbia in 1900, a union that proved deeply unpopular with the Serbian public and military. She was killed alongside her husband by army officers during the palace coup of 11 June 1903. Her assassination marked the violent end of the Obrenoviu0107 dynasty.
• 1876 – 1903 Alexander I of Serbia (1876-1903) Assassinated 11 June 1903, aged 26 Alexander I Obrenoviu0107 became King of Serbia in 1889 and ruled amid persistent political turmoil. He was killed along with his wife, Queen Draga, by army officers in a palace coup on 11 June 1903. His death ended the Obrenoviu0107 dynasty's rule over Serbia.
• 1903 – 1978 Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) Died 1 May 1978, aged 74 Khachaturian was a Soviet Armenian composer best known for the "Sabre Dance" from his ballet "Gayane" and his Spartacus ballet score. He died in Moscow.
• 1903 May Coup in Serbia Army officers assassinate King Alexander I and Queen Draga On the night of 10-11 June 1903, a group of Serbian army officers stormed the royal palace in Belgrade and killed King Alexander I Obrenoviu0107 and Queen Draga. The assassination ended the Obrenoviu0107 dynasty and brought Peter I Karadu0111ordu0111eviu0107 to the throne. The coup reshaped Serbian politics and its regional alignment.
• 1903 Ford Motor Company founded Henry Ford establishes the automaker in Detroit Henry Ford and a group of investors incorporated the Ford Motor Company on 16 June 1903 in Detroit, Michigan. The company began production with the Model A before later revolutionizing manufacturing with the moving assembly line. It grew into one of the world's largest automakers.
• 1903 – 1965 Jeanette MacDonald (1903-1965) American soprano and actress, star of operetta films with Nelson Eddy.
• 1903 Jeanette MacDonald born in Philadelphia Jeanette MacDonald is born in Philadelphia.
• 1903 – 1950 George Orwell English novelist and essayist Orwell wrote Animal Farm and 1984, warning against totalitarianism, propaganda, and surveillance societies.
• 1903 – 1958 Big Bill Broonzy Blues singer and guitarist A founding figure of Chicago blues in the 1930s who later brought folk blues to Europe and inspired the British blues boom.
• 1903 Big Bill Broonzy born in the Delta Lee Conley Bradley Born in the Mississippi–Arkansas Delta, he starts as a fiddler.