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December 17 – Wright brothers ' first flight. June 27–19-year-old American socialite Aida de Acosta becomes the first woman to fly a powered aircraft solo when she pilots Santos-Dumont 's motorized dirigible, "No. 9", from Paris to Château de Bagatelle in France. [1]
1 April – Midwives Act 1902 comes into effect, regulating the profession of midwifery in England and Wales. 14 April – Aberdeen Football Club is established. 18 April – Bury F.C. beat Derby County by an all-time record 6 goals to nil to win the 1903 FA Cup Final. 23 April – Budget removes Corn Duty.
22 October 1903. Commenced. 1 March 1904. Status: In force. The Defence Act 1903 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, that acquired royal assent on 22 October 1903. [1] It was created to allow for the naval and military defence of Australia. The Act was amended and expanded over time, to legislate for in 1909 then ...
Ford Model C. The original Ford Model A is the first car produced by the Ford Motor Company, beginning production in 1903. Ernest Pfennig, a Chicago dentist, became the first owner of a Model A on July 23, 1903; [4] 1,750 cars were made in 1903 and 1904 at the Ford Mack Avenue Plant, a modest rented wood-frame building on Detroit 's East Side ...
9月15日 - イスラエル・クリスタル、世界男性最高齢者、1903年生まれ最後の男性、ホロコースト生還者（+ 2017年） 9月17日 - 男女ノ川登三、大相撲 力士（+ 1971年） 9月21日 - 正田英三郎、日清製粉グループ本社会長（+ 1999年）
The Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903 [a] was a naval blockade imposed against Venezuela by Great Britain, Germany, and Italy from December 1902 to February 1903, after President Cipriano Castro refused to pay foreign debts and damages suffered by European citizens in recent Venezuelan civil wars. Castro assumed that the American Monroe Doctrine ...
The Iroquois Theatre fire was a catastrophic building fire in Chicago, Illinois, that broke out on December 30, 1903 during a performance attended by 1,700 people. The fire caused 602 deaths and 250 non-fatal injuries. [1] It ranks as the worst theater fire in the United States, surpassing the carnage of the Brooklyn Theatre fire of 1876, which ...
