February 1903
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The following events occurred in February 1903:
February 1, 1903 (Sunday)
- Died:Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Irish mathematician and physicist (b. 1819)
February 2, 1903 (Monday)
- Born:Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, Dutch mathematician (d. 1996)
February 3, 1903 (Tuesday)
- Born:Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nobleman and pioneering aviator (d. 1973)
February 4, 1903 (Wednesday)
- Born:Alexander Imich, American parapsychologist and chemist (d. 2014)
February 6, 1903 (Friday)
- Born:Claudio Arrau, Chilean-born pianist (d. 1991)
February 7, 1903 (Saturday)
- Died:James Glaisher, English meteorologist and aeronaut (b. 1809)
February 8, 1903 (Sunday)
- Born:
- Greta Keller, Vienna-born cabaret singer and actress (d. 1977)
- Tunku Abdul Rahman, first Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1990)
February 10, 1903 (Tuesday)
- Born:
- Waldemar Hoven, German physician (d. 1948)
- Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (d. 1939)
February 11, 1903 (Wednesday)
- The Oxnard strike of 1903 becomes the first time in U.S. history that a labor union is formed from members of different races.
- Born:
- Rex Lease, American actor (d. 1966)
- Hans Redlich, Austrian composer (d. 1968)
February 13, 1903 (Friday)
- Born:Georges Simenon, French writer (d. 1989)
February 14, 1903 (Saturday)
- Born:Stuart Erwin, American actor (d. 1967)
- Died:Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (b. 1831)
February 15, 1903 (Sunday)
- Morris and Rose Michtom introduce the first teddy bear in the United States.
February 16, 1903 (Monday)
- Born:Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist (d. 1978)
February 17, 1903 (Tuesday)
- El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
February 21, 1903 (Saturday)
- Born:
- Anaïs Nin, French writer (d. 1977)
- Raymond Queneau, French poet and novelist (d. 1976)
February 22, 1903 (Sunday)
- Born:
- Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer and media personality (d. 1990)
- Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian Nazi (d. 1969)
- Frank P. Ramsey, English mathematician (d. 1930)
- Died:Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
February 23, 1903 (Monday)
- Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity" under the terms of the Cuban–American Treaty.
February 24, 1903 (Tuesday)
- Born:Vladimir Bartol, Slove author (d. 1967)
February 26, 1903 (Thursday)
- Born:Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
- Died:Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor (b. 1818)
February 27, 1903 (Friday)
- Born:Grethe Weiser, German actress (d. 1970)
February 28, 1903 (Saturday)
- Born:Vincente Minnelli, American director (d. 1986)
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