WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MARCH 1903
Find out what all happened February to March 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)

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)

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

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

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

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