Cuba Leases Guantánamo Bay to United States in Perpetuity, February 23, 1903

In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women. Date: March 2, 1903 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1903 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1903Frank Landslide Kills 70 in Alberta, Canada, April 29,…

German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers. Date: August 18, 1903 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1903 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1903Kishinev Pogrom Begins, Jewish…

Start of first Tour de France bicycle race. Date: July 1, 1903 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1903 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1903Românul de la Pind Founded, Longest-Running Aromanian Newspaper, May 26, 1903Italo Marchiony Patents Ice Cream Cone Machine,…

Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians until World War II, is founded. Date: May 26, 1903 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1903 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1903Kishinev Pogrom Begins, Jewish Exodus Starts April 19,…

Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town. Date: August 3, 1903 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 1903 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1903Topsy Elephant Electrocuted…

Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia. Date: January 9, 1903 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1903 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1903Kruševo Republic Proclaimed by Macedonian Rebels, August 3,…