1903
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 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
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January 1: Edward VII becomes Emperor of India.
- Frank Slide 4-30-1903.jpg
April 29: The Frank Slide occurs
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- 1903 ford model a.jpg
July 23: 1903 Ford Model A.
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December 17: The Wright Flyer in the air, the first airplane flight, by Orville Wright.
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Alan Paton, writer from South Africa
- Claudio Arrau 1 Allan Warren.jpg
Claudio Arrau taken in his suite at the Savoy Hotel, London
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Giulio Natta
- Empress Kojun 1956-11-face.jpg
Empress Kojun
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1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar.
Aer, music, theatre, literature
- Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery is released.
Events
- July 1–19 – The first Tour de France is held. Maurice Garin wins it.
- 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