WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER 1903
Find out what all happened August to September 1903

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

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)

Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists only for 10 days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town. (3. August 1903)

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

German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers. (18. August 1903)

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

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