1903: Common year starting on Thursday
1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s – 1900s – 1910s 1920s 1930s |
| Years: | 1900 1901 1902 – 1903 – 1904 1905 1906 |
Aer, music, theatre, literature
- Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery is released.
Events
- December 17 – Orville Wright of the Wright brothers flies an airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
- Abeerden Football Club founded in Scotland.
Births
January
February
March
- March 24 – Adolf Butenandt, German chemist (d. 1995)
April
May
- May 3 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977)
June
- June 21 – Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (d. 2003)
- June 25 – George Orwell, English writer (d. 1950)
July
August
September
October
November
December
Deaths
- May 8 – Paul Gauguin, French painter
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