Video: 'The Great War episode 1 Exposion' (June 4, 1913, at 18:43)

(Wednesday, June 4, 1913) — British suffragist Emily Davison was struck and mortally injured today after moving into the path of a horse owned by King George V during the running of the Epsom Derby. Jockey Herbert Jones was thrown off and injured. Anmer recovered and completed the race on its own, but Davison, whose exact motives remain unclear, died at a hospital four days later.