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The following events occurred in April 1903:
April 1, 1903 (Wednesday)[]
- The Midwives Act 1902 comes into effect in the UK, requiring midwives to be certified and penalizing any woman practising midwifery without certification.[1]
- Died: Elliott Zborowski (born William Elliott Morris Zborowski), American racing driver, race crash (b. 1856)[2][3]
April 2, 1903 (Thursday)[]
- Composer Pietro Mascagni leaves New York City after completing a tour of the United States.[4]
April 3, 1903 (Friday)[]
- Born: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian social reformer and freedom fighter (died 1988); Peter Huchel, German poet, in Lichterfelde, under the name Hellmut Huchel (died 1981)
April 4, 1903 (Saturday)[]
- In the UK, the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway and the Wrexham and District Electric Tramways both become operational.[5]
- Democrat John Nelson Hinkle is defeated by Republican Robert H. Jeffrey in the election for Mayor of Columbus, Ohio.[6]
- Scotland defeat England in the final match of the British Home Championship football tournament, resulting in a three-way tie for first place in the competition.[7]
April 5, 1903 (Sunday)[]
- French composer Gabriel Fauré is invested as an officer of the Légion d'honneur.[8]
- Constable Tom Crace of the Morgan County, Kentucky Constable's Office is shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant.[9]
April 6, 1903 (Monday)[]
- Town Marshal J. M. Bishop of the Girard, Alabama Marshal's Office is fatally stabbed multiple times with a Mexican dagger by a domestic disturbance suspect. The mortally wounded Bishop shoots the suspect six times as he attempts to escape, killing him instantly.[10]
April 7, 1903 (Tuesday)[]
- In Florida, United States, the Apalachicola Northern Railroad (later AN Railway) obtains its charter.
April 8, 1903 (Wednesday)[]
- At the Camborne by-election in the UK, caused by the death of sitting Liberal MP William Sproston Caine, the seat is retained for the Liberals by 74-year-old Wilfrid Lawson.[11]
- 1903 Copa del Rey Final: Athletic Bilbao defeat Madrid CF 3-2 at the Estadio del Hipódromo in Madrid, to win Spain's football cup.[12]
April 9, 1903 (Thursday)[]
- William Propsting becomes Premier of Tasmania.[13]
- Three men are killed when a 12-inch (305 mm) gun in the forward turret of the battleship USS Iowa shatters during firing practice.[14]
April 10, 1903 (Friday)[]
- US tycoon Joseph Pulitzer donates $2 million to Columbia University, to found a school of journalism, also making allowance for literary prizes.[15]
April 11, 1903 (Saturday)[]
- The 8th Paris–Roubaix cycle race is won by Hippolyte Aucouturier.[16]
- Died: Gemma Galgani, 25, Italian mystic and Catholic saint (tuberculosis)[17]
April 12, 1903 (Sunday)[]
- A partial lunar eclipse takes place.
- Born: Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and Nobel laureate, in The Hague (died 1994)
April 13, 1903 (Monday)[]
- United States Navy Coxswain Peat Vitus Walter is accidentally shot and killed during gun practice.[14]
- Died: Moritz Lazarus, 78, German philosopher
April 14, 1903 (Tuesday)[]
- Aberdeen Football Club is founded, in Scotland.[18]
- Two workers are killed and two injured by a delayed explosion of dynamite during construction of the Mount Washington Transit Tunnel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[19]
- Patrolman Theodore C. Leslie of the Joplin, Missouri Police Department is shot and killed by a gun theft suspect. The suspect will later be lynched.[20]
April 15, 1903 (Wednesday)[]
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April 16, 1903 (Thursday)[]
- At a carnival in Henderson, North Carolina, a man becomes angry after Policeman John Wesley Robertson and his partner inform him that, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, "he could not sit in a section that was reserved for others." When the officers attempt to arrest him, the man shoots both of them; they shoot the suspect four times. Robertson's partner is only slightly wounded, but Robertson and the shooter die that night at a hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina.[21]
April 17, 1903 (Friday)[]
- Deputy Sheriff John Harmon Mundine of the Lee County, Texas Sheriff's Department is debarking a train in Lexington, Texas when his pistol falls out of his pocket and shoots him in the stomach. He will die of peritonitis from the wound the following evening.[22]
April 18, 1903 (Saturday)[]
- In the UK, the 1903 FA Cup Final is won by Bury F.C., who defeat Derby County F.C. 6-0 at Crystal Palace.[23]
April 19, 1903 (Sunday)[]
- The first of the Kishinev pogroms takes place in Kishinev, capital of the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire. At least 47 Jews are killed and a further 92 are seriously injured during two days of rioting, led by priests and encouraged by the press.[24]
- Deputy Sheriff William E. Tibbet of the Kern County Sheriff's Office and City Marshal Thomas Jefferson Packard of the Bakersfield Police Department in California are shot while attempting to serve a murder warrant on a man named McKinney. Tibbet's brother, also a deputy sheriff, shoots and kills McKinney as he tries to escape. William Tibbet dies the same day; Packard will die the following day.[25][26][27]
- Born: Eliot Ness, US law enforcement agent, in Chicago (died 1957, heart attack)[28]
April 20, 1903 (Monday)[]
- John Aitken is elected unopposed as Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand.[29]
- In Rawlins, Wyoming, merchant Frank Keefe shoots and kills police Lieutenant Thomas J. Kling and Police Officer John Baxter from ambush at his store. He will be convicted of manslaughter in November and given a four-year prison sentence.[30][31][32]
April 21, 1903 (Tuesday)[]
- The Norwegian steamer Freia is wrecked near Scharhörn during a passage from Kristiania to Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands.[33]
April 22, 1903 (Wednesday)[]
- The New York Stock Exchange opens its new building in Broad Street, New York City, United States.[34]
April 23, 1903 (Thursday)[]
- The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Charles Thomson Ritchie, announces the repeal of Corn Duty, to come into force on 1 July 1903.[35]
April 24, 1903 (Friday)[]
- Born: José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish politician, in Madrid (died 1936)
April 25, 1903 (Saturday)[]
- In the UK, the final of the rugby league Challenge Cup takes place at Headingley Stadium in Leeds, and is won by Halifax, who defeat Salford 7-0.[36]
- Born: Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician, in Tambov (died 1987)
April 26, 1903 (Sunday)[]
- The Spanish football club Atlético Madrid is officially founded.[37]
- The first round of voting takes place in the Spanish general election.[38]
- Constable W. G. Reddick of the Jefferson County, Texas Constable's Office is shot and killed by the keeper of a gambling saloon he is trying to shut down for operating past midnight.[39]
- The 12th season of league football in Argentina begins, with six teams competing.[40]
April 27, 1903 (Monday)[]
- The Jamaica Race Course opens in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, United States. The Excelsior Handicap is run for the first time as part of the opening celebrations.[41]
April 28, 1903 (Tuesday)[]
- 1903 Manzikert earthquake: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 strikes Manzikert in eastern Turkey. Approximately 3,500 people and 20,000 animals are killed.[42]
April 29, 1903 (Wednesday)[]
- Frank Slide: The mining town of Frank, Alberta, Canada, is devastated by a rockslide caused by limestone breaking off the summit of Turtle Mountain. About 70–90 people are killed, mostly buried alive.[43]
April 30, 1903 (Thursday)[]
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References[]
- ^ The Public General Acts Passed in the Second Year of the Reign of His Majesty King Edward the Seventh. London: printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1902.
- ^ H. H. (11 April 1903). "Zum Tode des Grafen Zborowski" [On the Death of Count Zborowski.]. Automobilismus. Sport & Salon (in German). pp. 10–11. Retrieved 20 November 2021 – via ANNO.
- ^ "Count Eliot Zborowski 23/6/1856 - 1/4/1903". HistoricRacing. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Alan Mallach (2002). Pietro Mascagni and His Operas. UPNE. pp. 159–. ISBN 978-1-55553-524-7.
- ^ The Golden Age of Tramways. Taylor and Francis.
- ^ "Columbus; Campaign Ends in Cleveland". The San Francisco Call. San Francisco, California: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. April 5, 1903. p. 25. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.
- ^ "Fauré Gabriel Urbain". musicologie.org. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Constable Tom Crace, Morgan County Constable's Office, Kentucky". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Town Marshal J. M. Bishop, Girard Marshal's Office, Alabama". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ West Cumberland Times, 20 May 1903
- ^ "Linguasport - Spanish Cup (F)".
- ^ Parliamentary library profile
- ^ a b "Casualties: US Navy and Marine Corps Personnel Killed and Injured in Selected Accidents and Other Incidents Not Directly the Result of Enemy Action". Naval History and Heritage Command. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "Report to the Executors and Trustees of the Estate of Joseph Pulitzer..." (PDF). 1915. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "8th Paris – Roubaix, 1903". bikeraceinfo. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ^ Germanus, Venerable Father (2000). The Life of St. Gemma Galgani. Illinois: Tan Books and Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-0895556691.
- ^ Stirling, Kevin. "Aberdeen v Dundee". Aberdeen Football Club. Archived from the original on 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
- ^ "Mount Washington Transit Tunnel". brooklineconnection.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Patrolman Theodore C. Leslie, Joplin Police Department, Missouri". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Policeman John Wesley Robertson, Henderson Police Department, North Carolina". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Deputy Sheriff John Harmon Mundine, Lee County Sheriff's Department, Texas". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "The Emirates FA Cup, Past Results". The FA. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
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- ^ "OUTLAW SLAYER LOSES HIS JOB Bakersfield Judge Declares Man Who Killed McKinney Is Not Entitled to the Marshalship APPEAL WILL BE TAKEN Mystery of the Theft and Burning of Ballots Has Not Been Thoroughly Solved". San Francisco Call. Vol. 95, no. 39. 8 January 1904. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ "Deputy Sheriff William E. Tibbet, Kern County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "City Marshal Thomas Jefferson Packard, Bakersfield Police Department, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Eliot Ness - Ohio History Central". www.ohiohistorycentral.org. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Mayoral Election". Free Lance. Vol. III, no. 147. 25 April 1903. p. 22. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Convicted for Killing Policeman [sic]". San Francisco Call. Vol. 94, no. 161. 8 November 1903. Page 11, column 6. Retrieved 23 November 2021 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ "Lieutenant Thomas J. Kling, Rawlins Police Department, Wyoming". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Police Officer John Baxter, Rawlins Police Department, Wyoming". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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- ^ "Real decreto declarando disueltos el Congreso de los Diputados y la parte electiva del Senado, de 26 de marzo de 1903" [Royal decree declaring dissolved the Congress of Deputies and the elective part of the Senate, of 26 March 1903] (PDF) (in Spanish). boe.es. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
- ^ "Constable W. G. Reddick, Jefferson County Constable's Office - Precinct 1, Texas". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ Gorgazzi, Osvaldo. "Argentina 1903". RSSSF.com.
- ^ "New Track Opens To-day". The New York Times. April 27, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
- ^ Ambraseys, N. (2001). "Reassessment of earthquakes, 1900–1999, in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East" (PDF). 145: 471–485.
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