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  • Bern, Switzerland
    Jan, 1903
    Albert Einstein

    Marriage

    Bern, Switzerland
    Jan, 1903

    Einstein and Marić married in January 1903.




  • Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
    1903
    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Graduated

    Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
    1903

    Roosevelt graduated from Harvard in 1903 with an A.B. (Bachelor of Arts) in history.




  • Russian Empire
    1903
    1905 Russian Revolution

    Payments of taxes

    Russian Empire
    1903

    By 1903 their total arrears in payments of taxes and dues was 118 million rubles".




  • Russian Empire
    1903
    1905 Russian Revolution

    Union of Zemstvo Constitutionalists

    Russian Empire
    1903

    Russian progressives formed the Union of Zemstvo Constitutionalists in 1903.




  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    1903
    New York Stock Exchange

    New York Stock Exchange Building

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    1903

    The main New York Stock Exchange Building, built in 1903, is at 18 Broad Street, between the corners of Wall Street and Exchange Place, and was designed in the Beaux Arts style by George B. Post.




  • Berea College, Kentucky, U.S.
    1903
    Carter G. Woodson

    Bachelor of Literature degree from Berea College

    Berea College, Kentucky, U.S.
    1903

    Woodson earned his Bachelor of Literature degree from Berea College in Kentucky in 1903 by taking classes part-time between 1901 and 1903.




  • China
    Sunday Jan 25, 1903
    Xinhai Revolution

    The Great Ming Uprising

    China
    Sunday Jan 25, 1903

    A very short uprising occurred from 25 to 28 January 1903, to establish a "Great Ming Heavenly kingdom". This involved Tse Tsan-tai, Li Jitang, Liang Muguang and Hong Quanfu, who formerly took part in the Jintian uprising during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom era.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    1903
    Winston Churchill

    Real division between Churchill and the Conservatives

    London, England, United Kingdom
    1903

    By 1903, there was a real division between Churchill and the Conservatives, largely because he opposed their promotion of economic protectionism, but also because he sensed that the animosity of many party members would prevent him from gaining a Cabinet position under a Conservative government.


  • Ireland
    Tuesday Mar 17, 1903
    St. Patrick's Day

    Official public holiday in Ireland

    Ireland
    Tuesday Mar 17, 1903

    In 1903, St Patrick's Day became an official public holiday in Ireland. This was thanks to the Bank Holiday (Ireland) Act 1903, an act of the United Kingdom Parliament introduced by Irish Member of Parliament James O'Mara. O'Mara later introduced the law which required that public houses be shut on 17 March after drinking got out of hand, a provision that was repealed in the 1970s.


  • Ireland
    Tuesday Mar 17, 1903
    St. Patrick's Day

    The first St Patrick's Day parade

    Ireland
    Tuesday Mar 17, 1903

    The first St Patrick's Day parade in Ireland was held in Waterford in 1903. The week of St Patrick's Day 1903 had been declared Irish Language Week by the Gaelic League and in Waterford, they opted to have a procession on Sunday 15 March. The procession comprised the Mayor and members of Waterford Corporation, the Trades Hall, the various trade unions and bands who included the 'Barrack St Band' and the 'Thomas Francis Meagher Band'. The parade began at the premises of the Gaelic League in George's St and finished in the Peoples Park, where the public was addressed by the Mayor and other dignitaries. On Tuesday 17 March, most Waterford businesses—including public houses—were closed and marching bands paraded as they had two days previously. The Waterford Trades Hall had been emphatic that the National Holiday be observed.


  • Switzerland
    Thursday Mar 19, 1903
    Benito Mussolini

    Mussolini invited for general strike

    Switzerland
    Thursday Mar 19, 1903

    In 1903, he was arrested by the Bernese police because of his advocacy of a violent general strike, spent two weeks in jail, and was deported to Italy. After he was released there, he returned to Switzerland.


  • U.S.
    Monday Mar 23, 1903
    The Wright brothers

    Flying Machine

    U.S.
    Monday Mar 23, 1903

    On March 23, 1903, the Wrights applied for their famous patent for a "Flying Machine", based on their successful 1902 glider.


  • Chile and Peru
    1903
    Plague

    Plague infection is first reported in Chile and Peru

    Chile and Peru
    1903

    Plague infection is first reported in Chile and Peru.


  • Paris, France
    Jun, 1903
    Marie Curie

    Marie Curie was awarded Her Doctorate

    Paris, France
    Jun, 1903

    In June 1903, supervised by Gabriel Lippmann, Curie was awarded her doctorate from the University of Paris.


  • London, England
    Jun, 1903
    Marie Curie

    Giving a Speech on Radioactivity at The Royal Institution In London

    London, England
    Jun, 1903

    In June 1903, the couple were invited to the Royal Institution in London to give a speech on radioactivity; being a woman, she was prevented from speaking, and Pierre Curie alone was allowed to.


  • Philippines
    1903
    Carter G. Woodson

    Woodson was a school supervisor

    Philippines
    1903

    From 1903 to 1907, Woodson was a school supervisor in the Philippines.


  • Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 16, 1903
    Ford

    Ford Motor Company

    Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 16, 1903

    Ford Motor Company founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903.


  • U.S.
    1903
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    The Souls of Black Folk

    U.S.
    1903

    In an effort to portray the genius and humanity of the black race, Du Bois published The Souls of Black Folk (1903), a collection of 14 essays.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1903
    Library of Congress

    Herbert Putnam persuaded President Theodore Roosevelt to transfer by executive order the papers of the Founding Fathers from the State Department to the Library of Congress

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1903

    Putnam's tenure also saw increasing diversity in the library's acquisitions. In 1903, he persuaded President Theodore Roosevelt to transfer by executive order the papers of the Founding Fathers from the State Department to the Library of Congress.


  • Berlin, German Empire (Present day Germany)
    1903
    Gustav Stresemann

    Getting married

    Berlin, German Empire (Present day Germany)
    1903

    In 1903 Gustav married Käte Kleefeld (1883–1970), daughter of a wealthy Jewish Berlin businessman, and the sister of Kurt von Kleefeld, the last person in Germany to be ennobled (in 1918).


  • Japan
    1903
    Yasunari Kawabata

    Orphaned

    Japan
    1903

    Yasunari was orphaned by the time he was four, after which he lived with his grandparents.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Oct, 1903
    Winston Churchill

    Balfour's government announced protectionist legislation

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Oct, 1903

    Balfour's government announced protectionist legislation in October 1903.


  • Montedoro, Sicily, Italy
    Thursday Oct 29, 1903
    Russell Bufalino

    Birth

    Montedoro, Sicily, Italy
    Thursday Oct 29, 1903

    Bufalino was born on October 29, 1903, in Montedoro, Sicily.


  • Stockholm, Sweden
    Thursday Dec 10, 1903
    Marie Curie

    The First Woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize

    Stockholm, Sweden
    Thursday Dec 10, 1903

    In December 1903, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded Pierre Curie, Marie Curie, and Henri Becquerel the Nobel Prize in Physics, "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel." At first the committee had intended to honor only Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel, but a committee member and advocate for women scientists, Swedish mathematician Magnus Goesta Mittag-Leffler, alerted Pierre to the situation, and after his complaint, Marie's name was added to the nomination. Marie Curie was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize.


  • England, United Kingdom
    Dec, 1903
    Winston Churchill

    Oldham Conservative Association informed him that it would not support his candidature at the next general election

    England, United Kingdom
    Dec, 1903

    Two months later, incensed by Churchill's criticism of the government, the Oldham Conservative Association informed him that it would not support his candidature at the next general election.


  • Kill Devil Hills ,Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.
    Dec, 1903
    The Wright brothers

    First powered flight attempt

    Kill Devil Hills ,Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.
    Dec, 1903

    In camp at Kill Devil Hills, they endured weeks of delays caused by broken propeller shafts during engine tests. After the shafts were replaced (requiring two trips back to Dayton), Wilbur won a coin toss and made a three-second flight attempt on December 14, 1903, stalling after takeoff and causing minor damage to the Flyer.


  • Washington, D.C., U.S.
    1903
    Jimmy Hoffa

    The Teamsters union

    Washington, D.C., U.S.
    1903

    The Teamsters union, founded in 1903.


  • Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.
    Thursday Dec 17, 1903
    10:35:00 AM
    The Wright brothers

    Wrights finally took to the air

    Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.
    Thursday Dec 17, 1903
    10:35:00 AM

    Following repairs, the Wrights finally took to the air on December 17, 1903, making two flights each from level ground into a freezing headwind gusting to 27 miles per hour (43 km/h). The first flight, by Orville at 10:35 am, of 120 feet (37 m) in 12 seconds, at a speed of only 6.8 miles per hour (10.9 km/h) over the ground, was recorded in a famous photograph.


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