1903
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s – 1900s – 1910s 1920s 1930s |
| Years: | 1900 1901 1902 – 1903 – 1904 1905 1906 |
1903 Media
January 1: Edward VII becomes Emperor of India.
February 15: first teddy bear.
April 29: The Frank Slide occurs
July 23: 1903 Ford Model A.
December 17: The Wright Flyer in the air, the first airplane flight, by Orville Wright.
Alan Paton, writer from South Africa
Claudio Arrau taken in his suite at the Savoy Hotel, London
Giulio Natta
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Aer, music, theatre, literature
- Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery is released.
Events
- December 17 – Orville Wright of the Wright brothers flies an airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
- Abeerden Football Club founded in Scotland.
Births
January
February
March
- March 24 – Adolf Butenandt, German chemist (d. 1995)
April
May
- May 3 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977)
June
- June 21 – Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (d. 2003)
- June 25 – George Orwell, English writer (d. 1950)
July
August
September
October
November
December
Deaths
- May 8 – Paul Gauguin, French painter