Page 12: Historical Events In 1903

Oct 09   11" (28.4 cm) rainfall in 24 hrs (NYC) on this day in history.   

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

Oct 09   Walter O'Malley, baseball team owner (Dodgers) in the year 1903.   

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

Oct 12   Grayson Kirk, Jeffersonville Ohio, educator on this day in history.   

Oct 12   Lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St NYC in the year 1903.   

Oct 13   On this day in history jens Bjerre, composer   

Oct 13   On this day in history pirates beats Pilgrims (Red Sox) 5 games to 3 in 1st World Series   

Oct 16   On this day in history homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia   

Oct 16   Mario Pilati, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 17   Irene Ryan, El Paso Texas, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies) on this day in history.   

Oct 18   On this day in history ambrose Thibodeaux, cajun accordionist   

Oct 19   On this day in history vittorio Giannini, composer   

Oct 20   John Lodge, Washington DC, actor (Witchmaker) in the year 1903.   

Oct 20   US wins disputed boundary between District of Alaska & Canada in the year 1903.   

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

Oct 22   On this day in history george Beadle, US biologist (Nobel 1958)   

Oct 23   Francis Ellingwood Abbot, theologian (Scientific Theism), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Oct 23   On this day in history milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer   

Oct 24   1st trotter to run a mile under 2 minutes (Lou Dillon 1:58.1) in the year 1903.   

Oct 24   On this day in history george Sutton becomes billiard champ   

Oct 24   In the year 1903 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   In the year 1903 senate begins investigating Teapot Dome scandals of Harding admin   

Oct 26   In the year 1903 herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73   

Oct 26   Yerba Buena is 1st Key System ferry to cross SF Bay in the year 1903.   

Oct 28   Evelyn A Waugh, London, author (Brideshead Revisited, Scoop) on this day in history.   

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

Oct 29   On this day in history vivian Ellis, composer   

Oct 30   Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer in the year 1903.   

Nov 01   On this day in history don Robey, US gospel singer   

Nov 01   In the year 1903 [Christian M] Theodor Mommsen, German historian (Nobel 1902), dies   

Nov 02   Lyceum Theater (New Lyceum) opens at 149 W 45th St NYC on this day in history.   

Nov 03   Colombia grants Panama independence in the year 1903.   

Nov 03   Panama Declares Its Independence from Colombia on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1903 birth of charles Foulkes, Canada, general   

Jan 04   In the year 1903 birth of joris Diels, Flemish actor/director (Haagsche Comedy)   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament) was born in the year 1903.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of francis L Sullivan, London England, actor (Missing Rembrandt)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler (b. 1837)   

Jan 04   In the year 1903 geo[rge J H] Poggenbeek, Dutch surrealist painter, dies at 49   

Jan 17   On this day in history death of ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)   

Jan 21   On this day in history hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58   

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

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

Feb 03   Frederick E Kitziger, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1903.   

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