February 1903
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February 20, 1903: King Edward VII approves new flag of Australia
... to replace previous Australian flag
The following events occurred in February 1903:
February 1, 1903 (Sunday)[]
- The Mumbles-based British lifeboat James Stevens capsizes at the mouth of the River Afan in Wales, while on its way to rescue the stranded Christina resulting in the deaths of six of her fourteen crew, mostly volunteers who worked as oyster fishermen.[1]
- Died: Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, 83, Irish mathematician and physicist
February 2, 1903 (Monday)[]
- Born: Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, Dutch mathematician, in Amsterdam (died 1996)
February 3, 1903 (Tuesday)[]
- Discovery Expedition: Captain Scott and his companions, Edward Adrian Wilson and Ernest Shackleton, return to after their southern journey of 960 miles (1,540 km), including relays, in 93 days at a daily average of just over 10 miles (16 km).[2]
- Born: Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish politician and pioneering aviator, in London (died 1973)
February 4, 1903 (Wednesday)[]
- Born: Alexander Imich, Polish-born American parapsychologist and chemist, in Częstochowa (died 2014)
February 5, 1903 (Thursday)[]
- In the South Antrim by-election in Ireland, brought about by the resignation of Irish Unionist MP William Ellison-Macartney, Charles Curtis Craig retains the seat for the party.[3]
- Born: Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations, in Tokyo (died 1994)[4]
February 6, 1903 (Friday)[]
- Born: Claudio Arrau, Chilean pianist, in Chillán (died 1991)
February 7, 1903 (Saturday)[]
- Died: James Glaisher, 93, English meteorologist and aeronaut[5]
February 8, 1903 (Sunday)[]
- Born:
- Greta Keller, Austrian cabaret singer and actress, in Vienna (died 1977)
- Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician, first Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaysia, in Alor Setar, Kedah[6] (died 1990)
February 9, 1903 (Monday)[]
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February 10, 1903 (Tuesday)[]
- Fred Hesse and Capt. Benjamin Letson of the St. Louis Fire Department in Missouri are seriously injured in a collision between a fire truck and a streetcar. Letson will die of his injuries on February 13; Hesse will die on February 17.[7]
- Born:
- Waldemar Hoven, German physician and war criminal, in Freiburg (executed 1948)
- Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer, in Kozlov (died 1939, carbon monoxide poisoning)[8]
February 11, 1903 (Wednesday)[]
- Oxnard strike of 1903: Japanese and 200 Mexican laborers become charter members of the (JMLA); it is the first time in U.S. history that a labor union has been formed by members of different races.[9]
- Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its première in Vienna, Austria, conducted by Ferdinand Löwe, nearly seven years after the composer's death.
February 12, 1903 (Thursday)[]
- The aircraft engine that will power the Wright brothers' first airplane later in 1903 is run for the first time in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It is the first successful attempt to build a heavier-than-air aircraft engine.[10]
- Randall Davidson is enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury at Canterbury Cathedral in England, succeeding the late Frederick Temple.[11]
- The North British Locomotive Company is established in Glasgow, Scotland, through a merger of manufacturing companies Dübs, Neilson, Reid, and Sharp Stewart.[12]
February 13, 1903 (Friday)[]
- Venezuelan crisis of 1902–03: Britain, Germany and Italy reach a settlement with Venezuela, ending the naval blockade imposed because of the country's refusal to pay foreign debts and reparation for damages suffered by European citizens in the Federal War. The settlement is achieved through American intervention by means of the .[13]
- Born: Georges Simenon, Belgian writer, in Liège (died 1989)
February 14, 1903 (Saturday)[]
- Born: Stuart Erwin, American actor, in Squaw Valley, California (died 1967)
- Died: Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, 72, Hungarian noblewoman, widow of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este and Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
February 15, 1903 (Sunday)[]
- Morris and Rose Michtom introduce the first teddy bear in the United States, naming it after U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.[14]
- William Wand of the St. Louis Fire Department in Missouri, injured on January 30 in a traffic accident on the way to a fire, dies after receiving an experimental treatment for tetanus which involves being injected with carbolic acid every three hours.[15]
February 16, 1903 (Monday)[]
- Romanian inventor Traian Vuia tells the Académie des Sciences of Paris about his procedure for taking off in a heavier-than-air mechanical machine. His ideas are rejected.[16]
- Born: Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist and actor, in Chicago (died 1978)
February 17, 1903 (Tuesday)[]
February 18, 1903 (Wednesday)[]
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February 19, 1903 (Thursday)[]
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February 20, 1903 (Friday)[]
- King Edward VII of the United Kingdom approves a redesign of the Flag of Australia, on which the stars of the Southern Cross are combined with the Union Jack.[17]
February 21, 1903 (Saturday)[]
- Born:
- Anaïs Nin, French writer, in Neuilly-sur-Seine (died 1977)
- Raymond Queneau, French poet and novelist, in Le Havre (died 1976)
February 22, 1903 (Sunday)[]
- Born:
- Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer and media personality, in Toronto (died 1990)
- Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian Nazi, in Vändra (died 1969)
- Frank P. Ramsey, English mathematician, in Cambridge (died 1930)
- Died: Hugo Wolf, 42, Austrian composer (syphilis)[18]
February 23, 1903 (Monday)[]
- Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity" under the terms of the Cuban–American Treaty.
February 24, 1903 (Tuesday)[]
- Born: Vladimir Bartol, Slovene author, in Trieste, Austria-Hungary (died 1967)
February 25, 1903 (Wednesday)[]
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February 26, 1903 (Thursday)[]
- The ocean liner SS Columbus, later renamed by the White Star Line as Republic, is launched by Harland and Wolff at Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- Foreman John T. Andariese of the New York City Fire Department falls two stories to his death, from the sixth floor to the fourth floor of a building, while clearing up after a fire.[19]
- Born: Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, in Imperia (died 1979)
- Died: Richard Jordan Gatling, 84, American inventor
February 27, 1903 (Friday)[]
- Battle of Kwatarkwashi: Forces from the British-administered Protectorate of Northern Nigeria defeat the army of the Sokoto Caliphate's Kano Emirate, effectively ending self-government of the emirate.[20]
- Born: Grethe Weiser, German actress, in Hanover (died 1970)
February 28, 1903 (Saturday)[]
- Born: Vincente Minnelli, American director, in Chicago (died 1986)
References[]
- ^ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ Preston, Diana (1999). A First Rate Tragedy: Captain Scott's Antarctic Expeditions (paperback ed.). London: Constable. pp. 61–67. ISBN 0-09-479530-4. OCLC 59395617.
- ^ "Macartney, William Grey Ellison-1852-1924". Dictionary of Ulster Biography. (via the wayBack machine). Archived from the original on 19 March 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
- ^ "Koto Matsudaira". Munzinger (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-30.
- ^ H. P. Hollis, ‘Glaisher, James (1809–1903)’, rev. J. Tucker, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2008, accessed 5 Jan 2009
- ^ Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj, Tunku". Encyclopedia Britannica. Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. pp. 21. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
- ^ Tolbert, Eleanor (29 June 2021). "Battling flames, hauling hose: Remembering St. Louis firefighters killed in line of duty". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "The 'Paper Man' mystery". ESPNFC.com.
- ^ Ramirez, Raymond (2002). "Immigrant Workers and 'Shared Leadership'." Asian American Studies Classweb
- ^ Crouch, Tom, The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1989, p. 245.
- ^ Mews, Stuart (2004). "Davidson, Randall Thomas, Baron Davidson of Lambeth (1848–1930)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
- ^ Lowe, James W. (1975). British Steam Locomotive Builders. Cambridge: Goose and Son. ISBN 0-900404-21-3.
- ^ The Protocols' full text is available here: "Germany, Great Britain, and Italy v. Venezuela et al", The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 2, No. 4 (October 1908), pp. 902–911
- ^ "History of the Teddy Bear". About.com. Retrieved March 7, 2006.
- ^ Tolbert, Eleanor (29 June 2021). "Battling flames, hauling hose: Remembering St. Louis firefighters killed in line of duty". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Traian Vuia". Hargrave: The Pioneers. Centre for Telecommunications and Information Engineering, Monash University. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
- ^ Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. 8, 20 February 1903
- ^ Walker, Frank, Hugo Wolf – A Biography (J M Dent & Sons, London 1951)
- ^ "Line of Duty". NYC Fire Wire. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ Ikime, Obaro (1977). Fall of Nigeria. Heinemann. ISBN 0435941402.
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