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1903 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2026. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1903 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1903

• January 17, 1903 – El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
• January 29, 1903 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• May 22, 1903 – Launch of the White Star Liner, SS Ionic.
• June 11, 1903 – A group of Serbian officers stormed royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife queen Draga.
• July 23, 1903 – The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
• September 27, 1903 – Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name.
• October 31, 1903 – Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, Indiana, killed 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
• November 3, 1903 – With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
• December 16, 1903 – Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to the guests.
• December 17, 1903 – The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Who Were Born On 1903?

• February 3, 1903 – Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish soldier, pilot, and politician (d. 1973)
• February 27, 1903 – Reginald Gardiner, English-American actor and singer (d. 1980)
• March 27, 1903 – Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet and playwright (d. 1950)
• April 17, 1903 – Nicolas Nabokov, Russian-American composer and educator (d. 1978)
• June 13, 1903 – Willard Harrison Bennett, American physicist and chemist (d. 1987)
• June 29, 1903 – Alan Blumlein, English engineer, developed the H2S radar (d. 1942)
• September 14, 1903 – Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (d. 1980)
• December 12, 1903 – Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1963)
• December 16, 1903 – Hardie Albright, American actor (d. 1975)
• December 17, 1903 – Erskine Caldwell, American author (d. 1987)