Page 12: Historical Events In 1903

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

Oct 09   On this day in history 11" rainfall in 24 hrs (NYC)   

Oct 09   In the year 1903 walter O'Malley, baseball team owner (Dodgers)   

Oct 10   Charles T von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Count of Flanders/prince on this day in history.   

Oct 12   In the year 1903 grayson Kirk, Jeffersonville Ohio, educator   

Oct 12   Lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St NYC on this day in history.   

Oct 13   On this day in history jens Bjerre, composer   

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

Oct 16   In the year 1903 homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia   

Oct 16   In the year 1903 mario Pilati, composer   

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

Oct 18   Ambrose Thibodeaux, cajun accordionist on this day in history.   

Oct 19   In the year 1903 vittorio Giannini, composer   

Oct 20   In the year 1903 john Lodge, Washington DC, actor (Witchmaker)   

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

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

Oct 22   In the year 1903 george Beadle, US biologist (Nobel 1958)   

Oct 23   On this day in history francis Ellingwood Abbot, theologian (Scientific Theism), dies at 66   

Oct 23   In the year 1903 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   George Sutton becomes billiard champ on this day in history.   

Oct 24   On this day in history 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.   

Oct 25   On this day in history senate begins investigating Teapot Dome scandals of Harding admin   

Oct 26   Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 28   On this day in history evelyn A Waugh, London, author (Brideshead Revisited, Scoop)   

Oct 28   The birth of Evelyn Waugh, English novelist on this day in history.   

Oct 29   In the year 1903 vivian Ellis, composer   

Oct 30   Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer on this day in history.   

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

Nov 01   On this day in history [Christian M] Theodor Mommsen, German historian (Nobel 1902), dies   

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

Nov 03   On this day in history colombia grants Panama independence   

Nov 03   In the year 1903 panama Declares Its Independence from Colombia   

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Jan 02   In the year 1903 birth of anton van Duinkerken, [Willem JMA Asselbergs], literary   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of joris Diels, Flemish actor/director (Haagsche Comedy)   

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

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   Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer was born in the year 1903.   

Jan 03   In the year 1903 death of alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler (b. 1837)   

Jan 04   Geo[rge J H] Poggenbeek, Dutch surrealist painter, dies at 49 in the year 1903.   

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

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

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

Feb 01   George G Stokes, British physicist/pres Royal Society, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   In the year 1903 frederick E Kitziger, composer, dies at 59   

Feb 11   Henryk Szulc, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.