1903
| 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 |
1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar.
Aer, music, theatre, literature[change | change source]
- Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery is released.
Events[change | change source]
- December 17 – Orville Wright of the Wright brothers flies an airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
- Abeerden Football Club founded in Scotland.
Births[change | change source]
January[change | change source]
February[change | change source]
March[change | change source]
- March 24 – Adolf Butenandt, German chemist (d. 1995)
April[change | change source]
May[change | change source]
- May 3 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977)
June[change | change source]
- June 21 – Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (d. 2003)
- June 25 – George Orwell, English writer (d. 1950)
July[change | change source]
August[change | change source]
September[change | change source]
October[change | change source]
November[change | change source]
December[change | change source]
Deaths[change | change source]
- May 8 – Paul Gauguin, French painter