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.
- February 11, 1903 – Anton Bruckner’s 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.
- July 20, 1903 – The Ford Motor Company ships its first car.
- 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.
- September 27, 1903 – Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name.
- November 17, 1903 – The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups; the Bolsheviks (Russian for “majority”) and Mensheviks (Russian for “minority”).
- November 18, 1903 – The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
- December 17, 1903 – The Wright Brothers make their first powered and heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
- December 30, 1903 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Who Were Born On 1903?
- February 12, 1903 – Joseph F. Biroc, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
- February 16, 1903 – Georges-Henri Lévesque, Quebec priest and sociologist (d. 2000)
- February 25, 1903 – King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
- April 6, 1903 – Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player (d. 1962)
- July 6, 1903 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1982)
- August 27, 1903 – Ferenc Keserű, Hungarian water polo player (d. 1968)
- September 13, 1903 – Claudette Colbert, American actress (d. 1996)
- September 15, 1903 – Roy Acuff, American country musician (d. 1992)
- December 13, 1903 – Ella Baker, American civil rights activist (d. 1986)