WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1903
Find out what all happened February to October 1903

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

Philippine–American War officially is concluded. (4. July 1903)

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

Group of Serbian officers stormed royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife queen Draga. (11. June 1903)

Start of first Tour de France bicycle race. (1. July 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)

Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage, leaving Oslo, Norway. (16. June 1903)

Dorothy Levitt is reported as the first woman in the world to compete in a 'motor race'. (4. July 1903)

The Ford Motor Company ships its first car. (20. July 1903)

Fall of the Ottoman Empire: an unsuccessful uprising led by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization against Ottoman Turkey, also known as the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising, takes place. (2. August 1903)

Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France. (19. July 1903)

The Ford Motor Company is incorporated. (16. June 1903)

Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name. (27. September 1903)

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

The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched. (29. August 1903)

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

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

The new Gresham's School is officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood. (30. September 1903)

The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world. (11. September 1903)