Historical Events In 1903

Oct 09   11" (28.4 cm) rainfall in 24 hrs (NYC) in the year 1903.  

Oct 09   11" rainfall in 24 hrs (NYC) in the year 1903.  

Oct 09   On this day in history walter O'Malley, baseball team owner (Dodgers)  

Oct 10   On this day in history charles T von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Count of Flanders/prince  

Oct 12   On this day in history grayson Kirk, Jeffersonville Ohio, educator  

Oct 12   On this day in history lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St NYC  

Oct 13   Jens Bjerre, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 13   In the year 1903 pirates beats Pilgrims (Red Sox) 5 games to 3 in 1st World Series  

Oct 16   Homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia on this day in history.  

Oct 16   Mario Pilati, composer in the year 1903.  

Oct 17   On this day in history irene Ryan, El Paso Texas, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies)  

Oct 18   On this day in history ambrose Thibodeaux, cajun accordionist  

Oct 19   On this day in history vittorio Giannini, composer  

Oct 20   On this day in history john Lodge, Washington DC, actor (Witchmaker)  

Oct 20   In the year 1903 uS wins disputed boundary between District of Alaska & Canada  

Oct 20   US wins disputed boundary between the District of Alaska & Canada on this day in history.  

Oct 22   George Beadle, US biologist (Nobel 1958) on this day in history.  

Oct 23   In the year 1903 francis Ellingwood Abbot, theologian (Scientific Theism), dies at 66  

Oct 23   On this day in history milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer  

Oct 24   In the year 1903 1st trotter to run a mile under 2 minutes (Lou Dillon 1:58.1)  

Oct 24   In the year 1903 george Sutton becomes billiard champ  

Oct 24   The National Transcontinental Railway Act is passed. In order to expand into Western Canada the Grand Trunk Railway agrees to build a line from Moncton, New Brunswick to Quebec, then on a more northerly route than on any other transcontinental line to a point on the British Columbia Coast, which was to become Prince Rupert. The part between Moncton and Winnipeg was to be known as the National Transcontinental Railway and was to be built by the government. The line west of Winnipeg, to be known as the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, was to be built by the Grand Trunk itself in the year 1903.  

Oct 25   Senate begins investigating Teapot Dome scandals of Harding admin in the year 1903.  

Oct 26   On this day in history herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73  

Oct 26   On this day in history yerba Buena is 1st Key System ferry to cross SF Bay  

Oct 28   In the year 1903 evelyn A Waugh, London, author (Brideshead Revisited, Scoop)  

Oct 28   In the year 1903 the birth of Evelyn Waugh, English novelist  

Oct 29   In the year 1903 vivian Ellis, composer  

Oct 30   Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer in the year 1903.  

Nov 01   Don Robey, US gospel singer on this day in history.  

Nov 01   [Christian M] Theodor Mommsen, German historian (Nobel 1902), dies in the year 1903.  

Nov 02   Lyceum Theater (New Lyceum) opens at 149 W 45th St NYC in the year 1903.  

Nov 03   On this day in history colombia grants Panama independence  

Nov 03   On this day in history panama Declares Its Independence from Colombia  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of anton van Duinkerken, [Willem JMA Asselbergs], literary  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of charles Foulkes, Canada, general  

Jan 04   Joris Diels, Flemish actor/director (Haagsche Comedy) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Leighton Lucas, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of harold Gatty, Australian aviator, navigator with Wiley Post (d. 1957)  

Jan 06   Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Francis L Sullivan, London England, actor (Missing Rembrandt) was born in the year 1903.  

Jan 06   In the year 1903 birth of maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer  

Jan 03   Alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler (b. 1837) died in the year 1903.  

Jan 04   On this day in history geo[rge J H] Poggenbeek, Dutch surrealist painter, dies at 49  

Jan 17   In the year 1903 death of ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)  

Jan 21   On this day in history hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58  

Jan 28   Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1903.  

Feb 01   In the year 1903 george G Stokes, British physicist/pres Royal Society, dies at 83  

Feb 03   Frederick E Kitziger, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Feb 11   On this day in history henryk Szulc, composer, dies at 67