August 1903 calendar

Events

• 02 Aug 1903 Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey.
• 04 Aug 1903 Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X
• 08 Aug 1903 3rd Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Boston (4-1)
• 10 Aug 1903 Paris Metro train fire takes place.
• 14 Aug 1903 James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 10 for heavywgt boxing title
• 16 Aug 1903 Tigers play a home game in Toledo Ohio, New York Yankees win 12-8.
• 17 Aug 1903 Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia University and begins Pulitzer Prizes
• 18 Aug 1903 German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers.
• 23 Aug 1903 6th Zionist Congres, Theodor Herzl declares Jewish state
• 25 Aug 1903 Judiciary Act passed.
• 26 Aug 1903 Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game
• 27 Aug 1903 23rd US Mens Tennis: Hugh L Doherty beats William A Larned (60 63 108)
• 29 Aug 1903 The Russian battleship Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
• 31 Aug 1903 Joe McGinnity wins his third doubleheader of the month.

Famous Birthday

• Isabel M Hickey
• Vladimir Jankélévitch

  French musicologist and philosopher (d. 1985).

• Habib Bourguiba

  Tunisian statesman who became the country's first President of the Republic of Tunisia from 1957 to 1987.

• Bruno Bettelheim

  Austrian-American psychologist and author (d. 1990).

• Jean Follain

  France Writer.

• Claude Dauphin

  French screen/stage/tv actor.

• Arthur Godfrey

  American entertainer, a radio announcer, singer, aviator, farmer, business executive, guitarist and ukulele player, a true renaissance man...

• Cornelis Gorter
• Peppino de Filippo
• Raoul Follereau

  French writer and journalist, creator of the World Day against Leprosy and founder of "Fondation Raoul-Follereau" which fights against...

• James Cozzens

  American author of some 16 books and many short stories which include "S.

• Ellen Yoakum

  American healer by laying-on-hands who is recognized by notable doctors for her work.

• Yannis Constantinidis

  Composer.

• John North

  American impresario of one of America’s great traditions, the traveling circus.

• Arpad Elo

  Hungarian-American chess player created the Elo rating system (d. 1992).

• Teresa de Marzo
• Xavier Villaurrutia

  Mexican poet (Nocturno de los Angeles).

• Bruno Bettelheim

  Austrian / US psycho-analyst (Uses of Enchantment).

• Lisle

  British lord.

• Mauritius van Haegendoren

  Flemish historian / senator.

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Famous Deaths

• Martha Jane Cannary [Calamity Jane]

  US desperado.

• Paul J C Gabriel

  Dutch water colors Painter / etcher, dies at 75.

• Robert A T G C Salisbury

  British Premier (1885.

• Frederick Law Olmsted

  American landscape architect (Born 1822).

• Eugenio Maria de Hostos

  Puerto Rican educator and nationalist (Born 1839).

• Robert Cecil

  Known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a lawyer, politician and diplomat in the United Kingdom.

• Edmond Nocard

  French veterinarian (Born 1850).

• Hans Gude

  Norwegian-German painter and academic (d. 1903).

• Calamity Jane

  American frontierswoman (Born 1853).

• August Labitzky

  Czech composer and conductor (d. 1903).

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Top #4 songs in the USA

1. Bob Roberts - Marriage is Sublime
2. Frank Stanley & Corrine Morgan - It's a Lovely Day for a Walk
3. Bob Roberts - I'm Thinkin' of You All De While
4. Cal Stewart - Uncle Josh On an Automobile