Historical Events In 1903

Jan 02   Anton van Duinkerken, [Willem JMA Asselbergs], literary   

Jan 02   Pres T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black   

Jan 02   President T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola MI, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black.   

Jan 03   Charles Foulkes, Canada, general.   

Jan 04   Geo[rge J H] Poggenbeek, Dutch surrealist painter, dies at 49   

Jan 04   Joris Diels, Flemish actor/director (Haagsche Comedy)   

Jan 04   Topsy, an elephant, was electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign.   

Jan 05   Leighton Lucas, composer.   

Jan 05   San Francisco-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use.   

Jan 05   SF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use.   

Jan 06   Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament)   

Jan 06   Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam   

Jan 07   Alan Napier, Birmingham England, actor (Alfred-Batman)   

Jan 07   Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blanched Soldier" (BG).   

Jan 07   Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" (BG)   

Jan 07   Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger," premieres in Brussel   

Jan 08   Gene Roth, [Eugene Stutenroth], SD, actor (She Demons, Spider).   

Jan 09   2 NYers buy Baltimore baseball franchise for $18000 and moved it to NY   

Jan 09   Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota established.   

Jan 10   Barbara Hepworth, English abstract sculptor/actress (Rescued by Rover)   

Jan 11   Alan Paton, South Africa, writer (Cry, the Beloved Country).   

Jan 12   Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam   

Jan 12   Igor V Kurtshatov, Russian nuclear physicist   

Jan 12   Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown PA, killing 170   

Jan 13   Kay Francis, [Katherine E Gibbs], Okla City, actress (False Madonna)   

Jan 14   Veronica Turleigh, County Donegal Ireland, actress (Promoter)   

Jan 17   Warren Hull, Gasport NY, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World)   

Jan 18   Berthold Goldschmidt, German/British (opera)composer (Beatrice Cenci)   

Jan 19   1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US and England.   

Jan 19   Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur.   

Jan 19   New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced   

Jan 19   The inaugural regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US and England   

Jan 20   Leon Ames, Portland Indiana, actor (Mr Ed, Father of the Bride)   

Jan 21   "Wizard of Oz," premieres in New York City NY   

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Jan 02   Anton van Duinkerken, [Willem JMA Asselbergs], literary was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Charles Foulkes, Canada, general was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Joris Diels, Flemish actor/director (Haagsche Comedy) was born in the year 1903.   

Jan 05   In the year 1903 birth of leighton Lucas, composer   

Jan 05   Harold Gatty, Australian aviator, navigator with Wiley Post (d. 1957) was born in the year 1903.   

Jan 06   In the year 1903 birth of boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament)   

Jan 06   In the year 1903 birth of francis L Sullivan, London England, actor (Missing Rembrandt)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 17   Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828) died in the year 1903.   

Jan 21   Hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Jan 28   In the year 1903 augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer, dies at 55   

Feb 01   On this day in history 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   Henryk Szulc, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.