March 1903
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The following events occurred in March 1903:
March 1, 1903 (Sunday)[]
- The Ligue nationaliste canadienne is founded in Quebec, Canada, by Henri Bourassa and Olivar Asselin.[1]
- 23-year-old Hugh Guthrie Leighton, an electrical engineering student at the Armour Institute and former college football player at the University of Chicago, dies of dilation of the heart at his father's home in Chicago. His health had never recovered after he collapsed following a Thanksgiving 1902 football game.[2]
- Jailer David B. Morrell of the Thurston County, Washington Sheriff's Department, a veteran of the American Civil War, is killed by an escaping prisoner who beats him with a lead pipe broken off a sink and shoots him with Morrell's own revolver. After leaving the jail, the suspect returns seeking protection after almost being lynched. He will receive a 20-year prison sentence for manslaughter.[3]
March 2, 1903 (Monday)[]
- In New York City, the Martha Washington Hotel, the first hotel exclusively for women, opens at 29 East 29th Street in Manhattan.[4]
March 3, 1903 (Tuesday)[]
- The British Admiralty announces plans to build a naval base at Rosyth, in the Firth of Forth.
- The Baker valve gear for steam locomotives is patented for the first time, in the United States.[5]
March 4, 1903 (Wednesday)[]
- The 58th United States Congress assembles in Washington, DC.
- Beşiktaş J.K. football club is formed in modern-day Turkey.[6]
- Born: Dorothy Mackaill, British-born US actress, in Sculcoates (died 1990)[7]
March 5, 1903 (Thursday)[]
- The Ottoman Empire and the German Empire sign an agreement to build the Constantinople–Baghdad Railway.[8]
- Died: Gaston Paris, 63, French writer and Nobel Prize nominee[9]
March 6, 1903 (Friday)[]
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March 7, 1903 (Saturday)[]
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March 8, 1903 (Sunday)[]
- The funeral of Charles Gavan Duffy, former Premier of Victoria, takes place at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.
March 9, 1903 (Monday)[]
- Elizabeth Milbank Anderson is identified as the donor of $1,000,000 to Barnard College, a women's college in New York, United States.[10]
March 10, 1903 (Tuesday)[]
- Born: Bix Beiderbecke, jazz musician (died 1931), in Davenport, Iowa[11]
March 11, 1903 (Wednesday)[]
- Born: Ronald Syme, New Zealand classical scholar and historian, in Eltham (died 1989)[12]
March 12, 1903 (Thursday)[]
- The University of Puerto Rico is officially founded.
March 13, 1903 (Friday)[]
- Having abolished the Sokoto Caliphate in West Africa, the new British administration accepts the concession of the last Vizier of the Caliphate and appoints Muhammadu Attahiru II as the new Caliph.[13]
March 14, 1903 (Saturday)[]
- The Hay–Herrán Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Colombian Senate later rejects the treaty.
- Born:
- Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish military leader, in Barzan, Iraq (died 1979)[14]
- Adolph Gottlieb, US abstract expressionist painter, sculptor and printmaker, in New York City (died 1974)[15]
March 15, 1903 (Sunday)[]
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March 16, 1903 (Monday)[]
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March 17, 1903 (Tuesday)[]
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March 18, 1903 (Wednesday)[]
- Born: Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, in Livorno (died 1944)[16]
March 19, 1903 (Thursday)[]
- Died: Pista Dankó, 44, Hungarian Romani bandleader and composer (lung disease)[17]
March 20, 1903 (Friday)[]
- Died: Charles Godfrey Leland, 78, US humorist, writer, and folklorist
March 21, 1903 (Saturday)[]
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March 22, 1903 (Sunday)[]
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March 23, 1903 (Monday)[]
- The Wright brothers file a patent application based on the design of their Glider No. 3.[18]
March 24, 1903 (Tuesday)[]
- Born: Frank Sargeson, New Zealand writer, in Hamilton, as Norris Frank Davey (died 1982)
March 25, 1903 (Wednesday)[]
- The Alaska boundary dispute is decided by arbitration, in favour of the United States.[19]
- The football club Racing Club de Avellaneda is founded in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
March 26, 1903 (Thursday)[]
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March 27, 1903 (Friday)[]
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March 28, 1903 (Saturday)[]
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March 29, 1903 (Sunday)[]
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March 30, 1903 (Monday)[]
- Patrolman Louis D. Wanner of the Buffalo Police Department in New York is thrown over the head of his horse while on patrol and fractures his skull. He will die on April 5 without regaining consciousness.[20]
- Deputy Sheriff Thompson B. Campbell of the McDonough County, Illinois Sheriff's Office is stabbed to death on a train by a prisoner he is escorting to the Central Insane Hospital.[21]
March 31, 1903 (Tuesday)[]
- New Zealand inventor Richard Pearse is believed to have made a short, uncontrolled flight in a powered heavier-than-air machine.[22]
References[]
- ^ (1994). A history of Quebec nationalism. Miles Kelly Publishing. p. 55. ISBN 1550284401 – via Google Books.
- ^ "FOOTBALL DRILL IS FATAL YOUNG MAN A VICTIM OF EXHAUSTIVE TRAINING. Vitality Shattered by the Rigid Requirements of the Game, Hugh Guthrie Leighton Collapses, Becomes Ill, and Dies — Doctor Censures Physical Director for Failing to Warn Student of His Danger—Breakdown Follows Contest". Chicago Tribune. 3 March 1903. p. 5. Retrieved 9 December 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jailer David B. Morrell, Thurston County Sheriff's Department, Washington". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ Catherine Cocks (2001). Doing the Town: The Rise of Urban Tourism in the United States, 1850–1915. University of California Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-520-92649-3.
- ^ Blake, LeRoy W. (May–June 1979). "Remembering the A.D. Baker Company". Farm Collector: 4. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ^ """ Erdem802 "": Beşiktaş (4 Mart 1903)".
- ^ Dorothy Mackaill birth registration (2nd Quarter (April-May-June), 1903, England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915; accessed May 19, 2018.
- ^ Baghdad Railway (1911). Bagdad Railway: Convention of March 5, 1903. Statutes of Imperial Bagdad Railway Company, Specification, Loan Contract, First Series 1903, Loan Contract, Second and Third Series 1908, Additional Convention of June 2, 1908. H.M. Stationery Office.
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ "Barnard's Benefactor Made Known". Columbia Daily Spectator (archive). 9 March 1903. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Evans, Philip R. and Linda K. Evans. Bix: The Leon Bix Beiderbecke Story. Bakersfield, Calif.: Prelike Press, 1998. ISBN 0-9665448-0-3.
- ^ "Ronald Syme, 86, Classics Scholar And Historian at Oxford, Is Dead". The New York Times. 7 September 1989.
- ^ Falola, Toyin (2009). Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
- ^ Profile of Mustafa Barzani
- ^ Oxford Index
- ^ Moseley, Ray (2004). Mussolini : the last 600 days of il Duce (1. ed.). Dallas: Taylor Trade Publ. p. 79. ISBN 1589790952.
- ^ Gsemer Geza (2001) Szögeny Dankó Pista. Alomregeny, Budapest.
- ^ Century of Flight Aviation Timeline 1903
- ^ Gibson, F. W. "The Alaskan Boundary Dispute," Canadian Historical Association Report (1945) pp 25–40
- ^ "Patrolman Louis D. Wanner, Buffalo Police Department, New York". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Deputy Sheriff Thompson B. Campbell, McDonough County Sheriff's Office, Illinois". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ Ogilvie, Gordon (1994). The Riddle of Richard Pearse: The Story of New Zealand's Pioneer Aviator and Inventor (Revised ed.). Auckland, NZ: Reed Publishing. ISBN 0-589-00794-7.
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