WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1903
Find out what all happened January to December 1903

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

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

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

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

The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. (17. December 1903)

The Ford Motor Company is incorporated. (16. June 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 new Gresham's School is officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood. (30. September 1903)

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

The High Court of Australia sits for the first time. (6. October 1903)

Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series. (1. October 1903)

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

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

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

The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone. (18. November 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)