Notable Historical Events - 1903
1903 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
In Delhi, a great durbar, or formal reception, marks the coronation of King Edward VII as Emperor of India; the British release some 16,000 prisoners in honor of the occasion |
Jan 2 |
Pres T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black |
Jan 4 |
Topsy, an elephant, electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign. |
Jan 5 |
SF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use |
Jan 6 |
Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam |
Jan 7 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blanched Soldier" (BG) |
Jan 7 |
Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger," premieres in Brussel |
Jan 9 |
2 NYers buy Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 & moved it to NY |
Jan 9 |
Baseball's National & American Leagues make peace |
Jan 9 |
Wind Cave National Park, SD established |
Jan 9 |
Frank Farrell & Bill Devery purchase AL Balt franchise for $18,000 & move it to NYC (Yankees) |
Jan 12 |
Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam |
Jan 12 |
Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170 |
Jan 19 |
1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England |
Jan 19 |
New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced |
Jan 21 |
"Wizard of Oz," premieres in NYC |
Jan 21 |
Harry Houdini escapes from Halvemaansteeg police station in Amsterdam |
Jan 21 |
International Theater (Majestic, Park) opens at 5 Columbus Circle NYC |
Jan 22 |
The Hay-Herran Treaty concerning the USA's right to the Panama Canal is signed by the Colombian Charge d'affaires in Washington DC (never ratified) |
Jan 29 |
Dutch railroad workers strike |
Feb 3 |
Frederick Lugard occupies Kano West Africa |
Feb 4 |
Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA beat Winn Victorias, 2 games to 1 & 1 tie |
Feb 7 |
VVV '03 Soccer team forms in Venlo |
Feb 11 |
Anton Bruckner's 9th Symfonie premieres in Vienna |
Feb 11 |
US Congress adopts the Expedition Act, which authorizes the Attorney General to 'expedite' anti-trust cases through the courts, reflecting growing popular support for President Roosevelt's 'trust busting' campaign |
Feb 14 |
US Dept of Commerce & Labor forms |
Feb 15 |
1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom |
Feb 16 |
-59°F (-51°C), Pokegama Dam, Minnesota (state record) |
Feb 18 |
Kuyper government launches anti strike laws |
Feb 20 |
Nick Young remains as NL president as AG Spalding ends challenge |
Feb 21 |
Cornerstone laid for US army war college, Washington, DC |
Feb 22 |
Due to drought the US side of Niagara Falls runs short of water |
Feb 23 |
The US and Cuba sign an agreement by which Cuba releases Guantanamo and Bahia Hondo to the US for naval stations |
Feb 23 |
The Sultan agrees to an Austro-Russian plan to reform the government of Macedonia in yet another effort to stifle the rising disorder among the rival Bulgarian |
Feb 28 |
Barney Dreyfuss & James Potter buys Philadelphia Phillies for $170,000 |
Mar 2 |
Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in NYC |
Mar 3 |
North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses |
Mar 5 |
Definitive treaty for construction of Baghdad railway drawn up |
Mar 10 |
Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine |
Mar 10 |
Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Montreal AAA in 2 games |
Mar 12 |
NY Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL |
Mar 14 |
1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, FL |
Mar 14 |
Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage Thisles in 2 games |
Mar 14 |
WB Yeats & Lady Gregory's "Hour-glass" premieres in Dublin |
Mar 15 |
After years of fighting between the British and the rebellious Africans, the British claim supremacy over 500,000 square miles, thus controlling all northern Nigeria |
Mar 18 |
Following through on its attacks on Roman Catholic institutions, the French Government dissolves the Catholic religious orders |
Mar 22 |
NY Highlanders (Yankees) tickets 1st go on sale |
Mar 22 |
Niagera Falls runs out of water because of a drought |
Mar 22 |
The Anthracite Coal Commission, set up by President Roosevelt, submits its recommendations for shorter hours, a 10-per cent wage increase, and an 'open shop' |
Mar 23 |
Wright brothers obtain airplane patent |
Mar 25 |
Racing Club de Avellaneda, one of the big five of Argentina, is founded. |
Mar 26 |
American Hotel opens in Amsterdam |
Mar 31 |
Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (NZ) |
Apr 6 |
General railroad strike against "worgwetten" (anti-strike laws) |
Apr 6 |
The Kishinev pogrom in Bessarabia begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Israel and the Western world. |
Apr 6 |
In Holland, railroad and dock workers go out on strike, but the government passes anti-strike bills, calls out troops, and promptly ends the strike on the 13th April |
Apr 14 |
Dr Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid (NYC) |
Apr 20 |
7th Boston Marathon won by John Lorden of Mass in 2:41:29.8 |
Apr 22 |
American Power Boat Association forms |
Apr 22 |
NY Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game, Senators win 3-1 before 11,950 |
Apr 23 |
NY Highlanders (Yankees) win their 2nd game beating Wash Senators 7-2 |
Apr 27 |
1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out, Phila A's win 6-0 |
Apr 27 |
Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens |
Apr 29 |
Limestone slides at Turtle Mountain kills 9 (Frank, Alberta) |
Apr 30 |
NY Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home game, (Hilltop Park-168th St & Broadway, Manhattan), they beat Wash Senators, 6-2 |
May 1 |
King Edward VII of Great Britain visits Paris, where he is feted in a first step toward improving Anglo-French relations, culminating in the sighing of the Entente Cordiale on 8 April, 1904 |
May 2 |
29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker riding Judge Himes wins in 2:09 |
May 3 |
AVC Heracles (SC Heracles '74) soccer team forms in Almelo |
May 6 |
Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers |
May 14 |
President Theodore Roosevelt visits San Francisco |
May 16 |
1st transcontinental motorcycle trip begins at SF (George Wymann) |
May 17 |
Cleve Indians beat NY Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio |
May 20 |
Britain's House of Commons begins a debate on the charges of poor administration and ill treatment of natives in Belgium's colony in the Congo Free State |
May 22 |
Launch of the White Star Liner SS Ionic. |
May 23 |
1st automobile trip across US from San Francisco to NY, ended April 1 |
May 23 |
1st direct primary election law in US adopted, by Wisconsin |
May 26 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Three Gables" (BG) |
May 27 |
37th Belmont: John Bullman aboard Africander wins in 2:21.75 |
May 27 |
Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam |
May 29 |
May coup d'etat: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization. |
May 30 |
28th Preakness: W Gannon aboard Flocarline wins in 1:44.8 |
Jun 2 |
Netherlands Korfball League forms |
Jun 2 |
Pirates win a triple header from Dodgers |
Jun 6 |
President Emile Loubet of France and Minister of Foreign Affairs Theophile Declasse visit London, furthering the cause of Entente Cordiale between Britain and France |
Jun 10 |
In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, a military coup d'etat- led by the Queen's brother-in-law and other offices - kills King Alexander I of Serbia, Queen Draga, and many officers |
Jun 12 |
Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city |
Jun 12 |
The Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity is founded at the University of Michigan School of Music. |
Jun 15 |
The Serbian Assembly meets and elects Prince Peter Karageorgevich king |
Jun 16 |
1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox |
Jun 16 |
Ford Motors under Henry Ford incorporates |
Jun 16 |
Pepsi Cola company forms |
Jun 16 |
Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway. |
Jun 18 |
1st transcontinental auto trip begins in SF; arrives NY 3-mo later |
Jun 21 |
Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Mazarine Stone" takes place (BG) |
Jun 24 |
Russia prohibits meetings dealing with Zionist |
Jun 25 |
Yanks & White Sox end deadlocked at 6-6 in 18 |
Jun 25 |
Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt is only 20th-century pitcher to lose 2 complete games in one day, falling to Pittsburgh 1-0 & 5-3 |
Jun 27 |
9th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 307 at Baltusrol GC NJ |
Jun 29 |
British government protests against abuses in Belgian Congo |
Jul 1 |
1st Tour de France bicycle race begins |
Jul 1 |
20th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Dorothea Chambers beats E Larcombe (4-6 6-4 6-2) |
Jul 1 |
27th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Laurence Doherty beats F Riseley (7-5 6-3 6-0) |
Jul 2 |
AL/NL batting champ Ed Delahanty, disappears, found dead days later |
Jul 2 |
Pitcher Jack Doscher, 1 son of a major leaguer debuts with Cubs |
Jul 4 |
Pacific Cable (SF, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, Pres TR sends message |
Jul 6 |
George Wyman arrives in NYC by motorcycle 51 days out of SF |
Jul 17 |
The Russian Social Democratic Workers Party meets, first in Brussels and then London because their leaders have been forced into exile by the Russian Government |
Jul 20 |
Giuseppe Sarto elected Pope Pius X, known as the 'pope of the poor and humble' |
Jul 25 |
Castle on top of Telegraph Hill closes |
Aug 1 |
1st coast-to-coast automobile trip (SF-NY) completed |
Aug 2 |
Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey |
Aug 4 |
Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X |
Aug 8 |
3rd Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Boston (4-1) |
Aug 8 |
In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleve, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park & forfeits game |
Aug 12 |
The Japanese Minister to Russia presents a note to the Russian Government protesting against its failure to evacuate Manchuria |
Aug 14 |
james j jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 10 for heavyweight boxing title |
Aug 15 |
The New Zealand All Blacks play their first Rugby Test Match against Australia's Wallabies at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; New Zealand wins, 22-3 |
Aug 16 |
Tigers play a home game in Toledo Ohio, Yanks win 12-8 |
Aug 17 |
Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia University & begins Pulitzer Prizes |
Aug 19 |
Phillies suffer record 9th straight posponed game |
Aug 23 |
6th Zionist Congres, Theodor Herzl declares Jewish state |
Aug 26 |
Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game |
Aug 27 |
23rd US Men's Tennis: Hugh L Doherty beats William A Larned (6-0 6-3 10-8) |
Aug 29 |
The Finance Minister, Count Witte, is dismissed in what is seen as a victory for those in Russia who want their country to expand into Manchuria and Korea in defiance of the Japanese |
Aug 31 |
Joe McGinnity wins his 3rd doubleheader of month |
Sep 3 |
Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup |
Sep 6 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Creeping Man" (BG) |
Sep 7 |
Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY |
Sep 9 |
6 km long Engadin-railroad tunnel of Switzerland inaugurated |
Sep 11 |
The first race at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world. |
Sep 14 |
NY Giant Red Ames no-hits St Louis, 5-0 in a 5 inning game |
Sep 15 |
Queen Wilhelmina calls railroad strikers "criminals" |
Sep 17 |
Boston Pilgrims clinch AL pennant, beating Cleveland, 14-3 |
Sep 18 |
Phillies' Chick Fraser no-hits Chicago Cubs, 10-0 |
Sep 19 |
King Leopold II denies Belgian cruelty in Congo |
Sep 21 |
1st cowboy film "Kit Carson" premieres in US |
Sep 22 |
Italo Marchiony granted patent for ice cream cone |
Sep 24 |
Alfred Deakin succeeds Edmund Barton as Australia premier |
Sep 24 |
Bill Bradley becomes 1st Cleveland baseball player (Cleveland Naps) to hit for cycle |
Sep 27 |
Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name. |
Sep 30 |
New Gresham's School officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood. |
Oct 1 |
1st baseball World Series, Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox) |
Oct 5 |
Sir Samuel Griffith is appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia and Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor are appointed as foundation justices. |
Oct 6 |
The High Court of Australia sits for the first time. |
Oct 8 |
J M Synge's "In the Shadow of the Glen" premieres in Dublin |
Oct 9 |
11" (28.4 cm) rainfall in 24 hrs (NYC) |
Oct 10 |
The Women's Social and Political Union was formed by Emmeline Pankhurst to fight for women's rights in Britain. |
Oct 12 |
Lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St NYC |
Oct 13 |
Pilgrims beat Pirates 5 games to 3 in 1st World Series |
Oct 13 |
Victor Herbert's "Babes in Toyland" premieres in NYC |
Oct 16 |
Homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia |
Oct 20 |
US wins disputed boundary between District of Alaska & Canada |
Oct 24 |
First trotter to run a mile under 2 minutes (Lou Dillon 1:58.1) |
Oct 24 |
George Sutton becomes billards champion |
Oct 26 |
Yerba Buena is first Key System ferry to cross San Francisco Bay |
Oct 30 |
In violation of their promise to evacuate Manchuria, the Russian reoccupy Mukden and reinforce their troops in Manchuria |
Nov 2 |
Lyceum Theater (New Lyceum) opens at 149 W 45th St NYC |
Nov 2 |
New Amsterdam Theater opens at 214 W 42nd St NYC |
Nov 3 |
Colombia grants independence to Panama |
Nov 3 |
Giovanni Giolitti becomes Permier of Italy; a progressive liberal, he will hold his post through most of the next decade and introduce social, agrarian and labor reforms |
Nov 4 |
Panama and Colombia wake up to news that the insurrectionists have declared an independent Republic of Panama |
Nov 6 |
USA recognizes independence of Panama |
Nov 15 |
Eugen d'Albert's opera "Tiefland" premieres in Prague |
Nov 16 |
V Herbert & H Smith' musical "Babette" premieres in NYC |
Nov 17 |
Dahomey (Benin) becomes a French protectorate. |
Nov 17 |
In the Treaty of Petropolis, Bolivia cedes the territory of Arce to Brazil; Bolivia gains rail and water outlets in the east |
Nov 18 |
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives US exclusive canal rights in Panama |
Nov 19 |
Carrie Nation attempts to address Senate |
Nov 22 |
Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt are engaged |
Nov 23 |
Enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto" |
Nov 23 |
Colorado Governor James Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike. |
Nov 24 |
Clyde Coleman of NYC patents automobile electric starter |
Nov 24 |
George Ade's "County Chairman" premieres in NYC |
Nov 27 |
Opera "Die Heugierigen Frauen" is produced (Munich) |
Dec 1 |
"The Great Train Robbery", the 1st Western film, released |
Dec 3 |
Panglima Polim surrenders to Capt Colijn at Atjeh |
Dec 6 |
Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders |
Dec 9 |
Norwegian parliament vote unanimiously for female suffrage |
Dec 10 |
Nobel for physics awarded to Pierre and Marie Curie |
Dec 11 |
British forces under MacDonald & Young march into Tibet |
Dec 12 |
Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo |
Dec 13 |
Italo Marcioni patents ice cream cone mound (NJ) |
Dec 13 |
Wright Bros make 1st flight at Kittyhawk |
Dec 14 |
Reg Foster completes 287 England v Australia on Test Cricket debut |
Dec 16 |
Majestic Theater, NYC, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers |
Dec 17 |
At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) |
Dec 19 |
Williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn & Manhattan |
Dec 27 |
"Sweet Adaline," a barbershop quartet favorite, is 1st sung |
Dec 28 |
Clyde Fitch's "Glad of It," premieres in NYC |
Dec 29 |
French Equatorial Africa separates into Gabon, Chad & Ubangi-Shari |
Dec 30 |
Electric arc lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago leaving 602 dead in one of the deadliest blazes in American history |
Dec 30 |
American Political Science Association founded at New Orleans |
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