Page 4: Historical Events In 1903

Mar 03   North Carolina is recorded as becoming 1st state requiring registration of nurses.   

Mar 03   North Carolina is recorded as becoming inaugural state requiring registration of nurses.   

Mar 04   Harold Berens, comedian   

Mar 04   Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68   

Mar 05   Definitive treaty for construction of Baghdad railway drawn   

Mar 05   Lowell Peters, Cleveland Tn, vocalist (Southernaires)   

Mar 06   Elizabeth Pinkston Becker, US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1928)   

Mar 10   Bix Biederbecke, rocker   

Mar 10   Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine.   

Mar 11   Dorothy Schiff, publisher (NY Post)   

Mar 12   NY Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL   

Mar 13   Nicolas Beets [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura), dies at 88   

Mar 14   1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, FL   

Mar 14   Johannes H Weissenbruch, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 88   

Mar 14   Molla Mustafa Barzani, Iran, Kurd leader (KDP).   

Mar 15   British conquest of northern Nigeria is complete.   

Mar 15   Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa.   

Mar 16   Mike Mansfield, (Sen-D-Mont) majority whip   

Mar 16   Roy Bean, American jurist   

Mar 19   Benjamin M Telders, president of Dutch Liberal States Party.   

Mar 20   Vincent Richards, hall of fame tennis pro (elected 1961)   

Mar 22   James S Russell, US pilot/admiral (WW II Pacific Ocean).   

Mar 22   Niagera Falls runs out of water because of a drought   

Mar 22   NY Highlanders (Yankees) tickets 1st go on sale.   

Mar 23   Wright brothers obtain airplane patent.   

Mar 24   Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939).   

Mar 25   Frankie Carle, Providence RI, orch leader (Golden Touch)   

Mar 25   Racing Club de Avellaneda, one of the big five of Argentina, is founded   

Mar 26   American Hotel opens in Amsterdam.   

Mar 27   Walt Kiesling, NFL guard/coach (HOF)   

Mar 28   Rudolf Serkin, Eger Bohemia, pianist (Marlboro Sch of Music)   

Mar 30   Countee Cullen, US poet (Color, Ballad of the Brown Girl).   

Mar 31   Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (New Zealand)   

Mar 31   Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (NZ).   

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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,