What Happened In December 1903 In History

Historical Events for December, 1903

• 14th » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the 'Wright Flyer' at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
• 17th » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the 'Wright Flyer' at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
• 30th » Iroquois Theatre fire named A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago called Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1903

• 4th » Anna van der Vegt, Dutch gymnast (d. 1983)
• 4th » Cornell Woolrich, American author (d. 1968)
• 5th » Johannes Heesters, Dutch-German actor and singer (d. 2011)
• 5th » C. F. Powell, English-Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1969)
• 6th » Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)
• 7th » Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic (d. 1987)
• 10th » Una Merkel, American actress and singer (d. 1986)
• 12th » Dagmar Nordstrom, American singer-songwriter and pianist (Nordstrom Sisters) (d. 1976)
• 12th » Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1963)
• 13th » Ella Baker, American activist (d. 1986)
• 13th » Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1993)
• 16th » Hardie Albright, American actor (d. 1975)
• 17th » Erskine Caldwell, American author (d. 1987)
• 17th » Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (d. 1978)
• 19th » George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
• 21st » Maria Balcerkiewiczówna, Polish-English actress (d. 1975)
• 22nd » Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
• 24th » Ernst Krenkel, Polish-Russian geographer and explorer (d. 1971)
• 24th » Ava Helen Pauling, American activist (d. 1981)
• 25th » Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (d. 1981)
• 26th » Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor and singer (d. 1995)
• 28th » Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1983)
• 28th » John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (d. 1957)

Famous Deaths for December 1903

• 8th » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)

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