1903 Calendar
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1903 Historical Event(s)
January 4, 1903
– Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign.
January 29, 1903
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
April 29, 1903
– A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta, Canada.
May 22, 1903
– Launch of the White Star Liner, SS Ionic.
June 11, 1903
– Group of Serbian officers stormed royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife queen Draga.
June 16, 1903
– Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage, leaving Oslo, Norway.
August 3, 1903
– Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists only for 10 days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
August 29, 1903
– The Russian battleship Slava, the last of the five Sclass Borodinos, is launched.
December 14, 1903
– The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
December 17, 1903
– The Wright Brothers make their first powered and heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Who Were Born On 1903?
February 5, 1903
– Joan Whitney Payson, American heiress (d. 1975)
February 17, 1903
– Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian writer (d. 1951)
March 3, 1903
– Vasily Kozlov, Soviet politician (d. 1967)
March 14, 1903
– Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish politician (d. 1979)
May 17, 1903
– Cool Papa Bell, baseball player (d. 1991)
May 21, 1903
– Manly Wade Wellman, American writer (d. 1986)
June 17, 1903
– Ruth Wakefield, American cook and hotelier (d. 1977)
August 19, 1903
– Lewis Sargent, American actor d.1970
December 5, 1903
– Johannes Heesters, Dutch singer and actor (d. 2011)
December 16, 1903
– Hardie Albright, American actor (d. 1975)