WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1903
Find out what all happened January to November 1903

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

Future Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin is exiled to Siberia for three years. (9. July 1903)

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

With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia. (3. November 1903)

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

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

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)

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

The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: the Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority"). (17. November 1903)

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

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

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

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

Battle of Ciudad Bolívar, a victory of federal army of Juan Vicente Gómez over forces of general Nicolás Rolando. (21. July 1903)

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

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