Page 14: Historical Events In 1903

Dec 06   Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders.   

Dec 08   Adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946)   

Dec 08   Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83   

Dec 09   Norwegian parliament vote unanimiously for female suffrage   

Dec 09   The Norwegian government refuses a proposal to give women the vote.   

Dec 10   George J Lewis, Guadalajara Mexico, sacotr (Don-Zorro).   

Dec 10   Marie Curie is recorded as becoming the inaugural woman to receive a Nobel prize   

Dec 10   Nobel for physics awarded to Pierre/Marie Curie   

Dec 11   British forces under MacDonald and Young march into Tibet.   

Dec 11   Patrick McShane, cricket player/ump (1884-85 Ashes series), dies.   

Dec 12   Enid Balint-Edmonds, psychoanalyst.   

Dec 12   Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo   

Dec 13   Carlos Montoya, Madrid Spain, guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966)   

Dec 13   Italo Marcioni patents ice cream cone (NJ).   

Dec 13   Italo Marcioni patents the ice cream cone (NJ).   

Dec 14   Reg Foster completes 287 England v Australia on Test Cricket debut   

Dec 14   William Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair.   

Dec 16   Hardie Albright, Pittsburgh, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter)   

Dec 16   Majestic Theater, New York NY, is recorded as becoming inaugural in US to employ women ushers   

Dec 16   Majestic Theater, NYC, is recorded as becoming 1st in US to employ women ushers.   

Dec 17   At 10 35 AM, inaugural sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)   

Dec 17   At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright).   

Dec 17   At 10:35 AM, inaugural sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)   

Dec 17   Erskine Caldwell, American novelist is born.   

Dec 17   Erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre)   

Dec 18   Panama Canal Zone acquired 'in perpetuity', by the USA for an annual rent.   

Dec 19   Cyril Dean Darlington, England, biologist (hereditary mechanisms)   

Dec 19   Williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn and Manhattan.   

Dec 20   Gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56   

Dec 23   Fredi [Fredericka] Carolyn Washington, actress (Black and Tan)   

Dec 25   Antiochos Evanghelatos, composer.   

Dec 27   "Sweet Adaline," a barbershop quartet favorite, is 1st sung.   

Dec 27   "Sweet Adeline," a barbershop quartet favorite, is inaugural sung.   

Dec 27   The barbershop quartet favorite, Sweet Adeline, was sung for the inaugural time -- in New York City   

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Jan 02   Anton van duinkerken: [willem jma asselbergs], literary   

Jan 03   Charles foulkes: Canada, general   

Jan 04   Joris diels: Flemish actor/director (haagsche comedy)   

Jan 05   Leighton lucas: Composer   

Jan 05   Harold gatty: Australian aviator, navigator with wiley post    

Jan 06   Boris blacher: Newchwang china, german composer (orchester-ornament)   

Jan 06   Francis l sullivan: London england, actor (missing rembrandt)   

Jan 06   Maurice abravanel: Saloniki greece, conductor/composer   

Jan 03   Alois hitler: Father of adolf hitler (b. 1837)   

Jan 04   Geo[rge j h] poggenbeek: Dutch surrealist painter,    

Jan 17   Ignaz wechselmann: Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)   

Jan 21   Hermanus j a m schaepman: Dutch clergyman/politician,    

Jan 28   Augusta mary anne holmes: Composer,    

Feb 01   George g stokes: British physicist/pres royal society,   

Feb 03   Frederick e kitziger: Composer,    

Feb 11   Henryk szulc: Composer,