WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1903
Find out what all happened January to May 1903

Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity". (23. February 1903)

The Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge is established by US President Theodore Roosevelt. (14. March 1903)

Launch of the White Star Liner, SS Ionic. (22. May 1903)

El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve. (17. January 1903)

The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor). (14. February 1903)

Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign. (4. January 1903)

The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Israel and the Western world. (19. April 1903)

In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women. (2. March 1903)

Richard Pearse allegedly makes a powered flight in an early aircraft. (31. March 1903)

A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, North-West Territories, Canada. (29. April 1903)

Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia. (9. January 1903)

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. (14. March 1903)

Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria. (11. February 1903)

In the May coup d'état, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization. (29. May 1903)

President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States.[citation needed ] (18. January 1903)