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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
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Historical Events Of 1903
- January 29, 1903 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
- February 14, 1903 – The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
- April 26, 1903 – Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
- July 23, 1903 – The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
- September 11, 1903 – The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
- September 27, 1903 – Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name.
- October 6, 1903 – The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
- November 17, 1903 – The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for “majority”) and Mensheviks (Russian for “minority”).
- December 17, 1903 – The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
- December 30, 1903 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Who Were Born On 1903?
- February 13, 1903 – Georgy Beriev, Georgian-Russian aircraft designer, founded the Beriev Aircraft Company (d. 1979)
- February 26, 1903 – Orde Wingate, Indian-English general (d. 1944)
- February 27, 1903 – Grethe Weiser, German actress and singer (d. 1970)
- March 14, 1903 – Adolph Gottlieb, American painter and sculptor (d. 1974)
- May 5, 1903 – James Beard, American chef and author (d. 1985)
- July 3, 1903 – Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1992)
- September 29, 1903 – Diana Vreeland, French-American journalist (d. 1989)
- October 12, 1903 – Josephine Hutchinson, American actress (d. 1998)
- November 15, 1903 – Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (d. 1974)
- November 28, 1903 – Gladys O'Connor, English-Canadian actress (d. 2012)