January 1903

The following events occurred in January 1903:

January 1, 1903 (Thursday)

• Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India.

January 3, 1903 (Saturday)

• Died:Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant, father of Adolf Hitler (b. 1837)

January 4, 1903 (Sunday)

• Died:Alexandr Aksakov, Russian writer (b. 1832)

January 5, 1903 (Monday)

• Died:Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Spanish politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1825)

January 6, 1903 (Tuesday)

• Born:Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born conductor (d. 1993)

January 8, 1903 (Thursday)

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January 10, 1903 (Saturday)

• Born:Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975)

January 11, 1903 (Sunday)

• Born:Alan Paton, South African author and anti-apartheid, activist. (d. 1988)

January 12, 1903 (Monday)

• Born:Igor Kurchatov, Soviet physicist (d. 1960)

January 16, 1903 (Friday)

• Born:William Grover-Williams, French race car driver and war hero (d. 1945)

January 17, 1903 (Saturday)

• Born:Warren Hull, American actor (d. 1974)
• Died:Quintin Hogg, British philanthropist (b. 1845)

January 19, 1903 (Monday)

• The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been made in 1901).

January 22, 1903 (Thursday)

• Born:Fritz Houtermans, Polish physicist (d. 1966)

January 23, 1903 (Friday)

• Born:Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (d. 1948)

January 27, 1903 (Tuesday)

• Born:John Eccles, Australian neuropsychologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1997)

January 28, 1903 (Wednesday)

• Died:
  • Augusta Holmès, French composer (b. 1847)
  • Robert Planquette, French composer (b. 1850)

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