What Happened In March 1903 In History

Historical Events for March, 1903

• 2nd » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
• 14th » 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 would later reject the treaty.
• 14th » The Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge is established by US President Theodore Roosevelt.
• 31st » Richard Pearse allegedly makes a powered flight in an early aircraft.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1903

• 3rd » Vasily Kozlov (politician) e.g Vasily Kozlov, Belarusian general and politician (d. 1967)
• 4th » Carrie Best, Canadian journalist (d. 2001)
• 4th » William C. Boyd, American immunologist (d. 1983)
• 4th » Malcolm Dole, American chemist (d. 1990)
• 4th » Merwin Graham, American runner (d. 1989)
• 4th » Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress (d. 1990)
• 4th » John Scarne, American magician (d. 1985)
• 6th » Empress Kōjun of Japan (d. 2000)
• 9th » Bernarda Bryson, American painter and lithographer (d. 2004)
• 10th » Bix Beiderbecke, American pianist and composer (d. 1931)
• 11th » Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and scholar (d. 1989)
• 11th » Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader (d. 1992)
• 14th » Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish politician (d. 1979)
• 14th » Adolph Gottlieb, American painter (d. 1974)
• 16th » Mike Mansfield, American politician and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (d. 2001)
• 18th » Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy) known as Minister of Foreign Affairs for Italy (d. 1944)
• 20th » Edgar Buchanan, American actor (d. 1979)
• 22nd » Bill Holman (cartoonist) called Bill Holman, American cartoonist (d. 1987)
• 24th » Adolf Butenandt, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 24th » Malcolm Muggeridge, English journalist, author, and scholar (d. 1990)
• 25th » Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
• 25th » Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Ukrainian-American theologian and scholar (d. 1990)
• 27th » Nobuo Aoyagi, Japanese director and producer (d. 1976)
• 27th » Betty Balfour, English actress (d. 1977)
• 27th » Leif Tronstad, Norwegian soldier and scientist (d. 1945)
• 27th » Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet and playwright (d. 1950)
• 28th » Rudolf Serkin, Czech-American pianist (d. 1991)
• 28th » Charles Starrett, American actor (d. 1986)
• 29th » Douglas Harkness, Canadian politician (d. 1999)
• 29th » Arthur Negus, English television host (d. 1985)
• 30th » Countee Cullen, American poet (d. 1946)
• 30th » Joy Ridderhof, American missionary (d. 1984)
• 31st » John Harron, American actor (d. 1939)

Famous Deaths for March 1903

• 4th » Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author (b. 1834)
• 5th » George Francis Robert Henderson, English colonel and author (b. 1854)
• 16th » Roy Bean, American jurist (b. 1825)

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